Monday, May 21, 2007

The End of an Era

Robert William "Bob" Barker (born December 12, 1923) is a seventeen-time Emmy Award-winning American television game show host. He is best known for hosting CBS's The Price Is Right since September 4, 1972, making it the longest-running daytime game show in television history. On October 31, 2006 he announced that he would retire from hosting The Price Is Right in June 2007 after holding the job for nearly 35 years and having been in television for 50 years. His last episode of The Price Is Right is set to air on June 15, 2007.

We'll miss you, Bob!

2 comments:

David Cho said...

Maybe you should consider teaching Merster how to create links. When she tagged people to write 7 things about themselves in this posting, she readily admitted not knowing how to do it.

Man, that show was one of the first American TV shows me and my sister caught back in 1980. Wow.

wagamama said...

I was born in 1980. :o)