Bob Barker hosted the TV game show
The Price is Right for a remarkable 35 years, from 1972-2007. Bob Barker was already a veteran game show host: he had been the host of TV's
Truth or Consequences for 18 years before he signed on to host
The Price Is Right in 1972. (He succeeded the original host,
Bill Cullen.) The show, in which contestants compete to guess the price of potential prizes, became the longest-running game show in television history. Bob Barker won 12 Daytime Emmys for his hosting and producing talents, and was given a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement award in 1999. Barker is also a well-known advocate for animal welfare and animal rights; for years he ended
The Price is Right telecasts with a reminder to viewers to spay and neuter their pets. At age 83, Bob Barker taped his final
The Price Is Right episode on 6 June 2007; the episode aired on 15 June 2007. He was succeeded as host by comedian
Drew Carey. Bob Barker published a memoir,
Priceless Memories, in 2009.
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