This is odd. We've been covering this whole "who is going to replace Bob Barker" story for several months now, and this is the first time I've heard Dan Patrick's name come up.
But the ESPN Radio host told listeners yesterday that although he didn't audition to be the new host of The Price Is Right, producers of the CBS game show did indeed call him and ask if he wanted to audition. He said, um, no. (OK, I added the "um" part, but you can probably imagine he was thinking it that way.)
This is kinda too bad. He's one of the more interesting ideas the show has had in this search. Though probably too snarky. But I don't know who I want to get the gig. Mario Lopez and Ian Ziering? Too young and hip for my tastes (yeah, I know, Bob Barker was young once too, but not in the way they are today). George Hamilton? Just can't see it. Mark Steines and Todd Newton? Not bad, but I wonder if they're too "game show." John O'Hurley? I like him, but for some reason he's too overbearing on game shows.
Barker is going to be hard to replace, not just because he really was the show, but also because he (and daytime game shows in general) came from a different era, and it's not going to be just a matter of plugging some one in there because they a.) speak well and/or b.) they're younger and can get younger viewers. I bet handling the ins and outs of the games can be done by anyone, and as for getting younger viewers, college kids were some of Barker's biggest fans.
This isn't going to be easy.
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7-05-2007 @ 2:23PM
David said...
I'm pretty sure that the producers even left a call on my answering machine asking if I wanted the show.
This is how you have to report it through, who ISN'T getting the job.
And let's make one thing clue, Rosie is an asshole and obviously lied about her getting the job and turning it down.
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7-05-2007 @ 2:28PM
TVGenius said...
Marc Summers. That is all.
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7-05-2007 @ 2:39PM
smashthesymbols said...
TVGenius is right. Marc Summers would be a perfect replacement. Why his name has never been mentioned I don't know.
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7-05-2007 @ 2:44PM
Elf said...
Damn, I guess this means there's little chance of Kenny Mayne getting the job either...
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7-05-2007 @ 3:33PM
mja said...
I think Marc Summers is a great idea! He even has a background with the Price is Right because he has hosted stage versions of the show & Bob Barker was a mentor to him when he worked as a page at CBS. My own idea was Tom Bergeron (America's Funniest Home Videos) but I like TVGenius' choice better.
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7-05-2007 @ 4:06PM
David said...
I love Dan Patrick, but he wouldn't be right for "Price is Right", because he's too smug. The new host should embody the same selfless qualities Barker did, in my opinion. To that end, I agree with comment #5, putting forth Tom Bergeron. I've said for a while now that Bergeron is the closest TV has seen to Johnny Carson in a long time. He has so much class and articulates humor so effortlessly.
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7-05-2007 @ 5:24PM
Karen said...
I don't have any opinion at all about the new "Price is Right" host. I just want to know who spray-painted Dan Patrick orange. Was it a Syracuse fan??
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7-05-2007 @ 5:44PM
Dustin Hanson said...
Personally, its most likey impossible to find anyone that will "save" the Price is Right. It has been and always be Barker's show and without him it will die.
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7-05-2007 @ 8:46PM
Will Teullive said...
Dan Patrick? I guess they are not concerned with ratings.
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7-06-2007 @ 9:18AM
Eric said...
NO to Tom Bergeron!!!!! Overexposure doesn't begin to describe him. Neither does overrated. You might as well just throw Regis Philibin's name into the mix if that's the route you want to go. Marc Summers is someone who totally slipped my mind in thinking about this but I think he would be GREAT. For some reason, I thought Dave Price of the CBS Early Show basically had the job already, though. I heard that somewhere. I see the show lasting only a couple more years, no matter who they get. You can't replace Bob Barker. But you might as well try and get the best fit for the show and let it go out with a decent amount of quality. Bergeron, Patrick and Hamilton ain't it.
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7-06-2007 @ 1:18PM
Rictor Gadget said...
Wayne Brady.
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7-09-2007 @ 10:49PM
Keri said...
How about Al Roker?
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7-10-2007 @ 10:00AM
Daddy Dave said...
I think Danny Osmond would be a good fit. I came real close to upchucking when fat pig idiotic rude Rosie was mentioned. Maybe Katie Couric (a true light weight) since she is flopping as a newscaster, causing the CBS evening news ratings to go in the toilet--her sophmoric attitude might fit on a game show.
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