Author Topic: Could Barker's Successor Be Known? (Read 8943 times)

FOXSportsFan · « **on:** June 23, 2006, 01:35:05 AM »

Time to preface this with a warning:
I don't necessarily know the validity from this person's posting (for all I know it could be bowling buddy time or it could be legit). That said, this claim comes from a site (which I frequent) where both fans of the TV news industry and individuals from the broadcast TV industry talk about TV News and TV in general.

Okay, that being said...here's the link: The New Price Host May Be Known?

I, of course, am very skeptical of this having truth, and I even showed my skepticism in said thread. But, I figure since it sparked some opinions from all angles on that forum, why not let you folks in and debate the pros and cons and such, eh? It's a different look at that whole "Who Will Replace Barker?" angle than I bet most of y'all had in mind. I'm skeptical, but hey, with CBS you never know, right?

clemon79 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 23, 2006, 01:39:43 AM »

I have not one friggin' idea who Dave Price is.

Which is why there is no way in nine blue hells this rumor has a single shred of accuracy to it.

FOXSportsFan · « **Reply #2 on:** June 23, 2006, 01:43:21 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'122202\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 01:39 AM\']
I have not one friggin' idea who Dave Price is.

Which is why there is no way in nine blue hells this rumor has a single shred of accuracy to it.
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And if Chris Lemon doesn't know him? Audience?

Audience (yelling): HE DOES NOT EXIST!

Chris, I'm not disagreeing with you...I'm skeptical, as I mentioned. Do I think it could happen? In this day and age, never say never. I made the point in the very thread about how one would think the stage show would be deemed, whether higher ups say something or not, a training ground for a probable successor.

clemon79 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 23, 2006, 02:04:36 AM »

[quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' post=\'122207\' date=\'Jun 22 2006, 10:43 PM\']
And if Chris Lemon doesn't know him? Audience?

Audience (yelling): HE DOES NOT EXIST!
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Well, for a job that high-profile? Yeah.

My point is, I consider myself fairly well-versed in the matter of personalities in the television industry, and despite the fact that he's on The Morning Show Nobody Watches Unless It's To See The Recent Ejectee From Whatever Reality Show CBS Is Current Pimping, this was the first time I have ever heard his name.

And if he's that far off of MY radar, what the hell is the average peripheral television watcher gonna think? Hint: it has something to do with the remote control and wondering if Elizabeth Hasselbeck has stopped wearing bell bottoms yet.

If CBS is seriously considering replacing Barker with that much of a nobody (and trust me, they're not, unless Les Moonves is really that p-whipped by Dave's coworker), then that's a shark and a landing ramp I see rapidly getting smaller in my rear-view mirror.

DrBear · « **Reply #4 on:** June 23, 2006, 07:52:08 AM »

Of course, Conan O'Brien's name was on the tip of everyone's tongue when it came time to find Letterman's replacement at NBC.

aaron sica · « **Reply #5 on:** June 23, 2006, 08:22:05 AM »

That makes a lot of sense to hire him. Then they can rename the show "Dave Price is Right".

/Ithankya

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 23, 2006, 08:50:19 AM »

[quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' post=\'122201\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 12:35 AM\']
I, of course, am very skeptical of this having truth[/quote]
Words to all Kleist's who may post on the board in the future.

I could make a post on a message board and say Jenny Craig is going to host a revival of Dog Eat Dog and have just about as much validity.

chris319 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 23, 2006, 10:05:36 AM »

Guess what? I'm going to be the Executive Producer of The Price Is Right when Barker kicks the bucket. Yes, that's right, me, Chris Clementson. It's a deal I made when Howard Felsher hired me in 1978.

The first problem with this story is that the employer of the TPIR emcee is FremantleMedia, not CBS. Fremantle owns the show, 'member? I don't see where the TPIR emcee job is CBS' to use as a bargaining chip with a local yokel who has no prior experience doing game shows. This story also implies that all of these Harrah's shows have turned up naught in terms of a replacement for Barker.

Will TPIR continue without Barker? You bet. If not for Barker's leviathan ego, an orderly transition should be arranged to a new emcee while Barker still has the strength to pass the microphone, rather than after he buys the farm. The notion that the show cannot succeed without Barker is hogwash.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 23, 2006, 10:58:21 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'122202\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 12:39 AM\']
I have not one friggin' idea who Dave Price is.

Which is why there is no way in nine blue hells this rumor has a single shred of accuracy to it.
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Gawd.

I knew Dave Price as a weather guy at WBBM/Chicago (he was a high profile hire who turned out to be a dud but managed to get a network gig anyway).

OTOH, some good TV personalities came out of weather--Pat Sajak, David Letterman, Rich Fields. . .

OK, two out of three ain't bad. :-)

Doug

mystery7 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 23, 2006, 11:10:36 AM »

Include Pat Finn and the count evens to 2 and 2.

I guess Dave Price is decent based on what little of him I watch, but I'd have my doubts about him on a high-energy show like Price, which already has one weatherman to its credit (more than two and the show would have to become "The Climate's Right"). Besides, he looks too much like a grown-up Milhouse.

clemon79 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 23, 2006, 11:36:07 AM »

[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'122228\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 04:52 AM\']
Of course, Conan O'Brien's name was on the tip of everyone's tongue when it came time to find Letterman's replacement at NBC.
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Point absolutely taken, but you must admit that's the exception rather than the rule.

I'd also suggest that the Price gig is higher-profile (and therefore in need of a better-recognized name) than a 12:30a talk show.

I'm not suggesting that Dave Price couldn't do the job. But then, I think I could do the job too. And either hire would make about as much sense.

FOXSportsFan · « **Reply #11 on:** June 23, 2006, 01:22:46 PM »

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'122245\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 10:05 AM\']
The notion that the show cannot succeed without Barker is hogwash.
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Everything you said before that I'm with, except for this. I think we should identify what is defined by the word "succeed". If you mean have a long, healthy run (say 10+ years) on television post-Barker, I don't necessarily believe so. People are going to equate this show with Bob for some time (as well they should), and odds are when someone new comes along the look and feel of the show will greatly modernize. Gradual change has worked for the show...complete overhaul (think Mr. Davidson's version) not so much.

tvwxman · « **Reply #12 on:** June 23, 2006, 01:43:10 PM »

[quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' post=\'122279\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 01:22 PM\']
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'122245\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 10:05 AM\']
The notion that the show cannot succeed without Barker is hogwash.
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Everything you said before that I'm with, except for this. I think we should identify what is defined by the word "succeed". If you mean have a long, healthy run (say 10+ years) on television post-Barker, I don't necessarily believe so. People are going to equate this show with Bob for some time (as well they should), and odds are when someone new comes along the look and feel of the show will greatly modernize. Gradual change has worked for the show...complete overhaul (think Mr. Davidson's version) not so much.
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No, I can't prove it, but you're absolutely wrong on this. This is a cash cow that will likely remain on the CBS schedule until CBS feels that it's local affiliates can completely run daytime better than them. Replacing Bob with an unknown entity will only save CBS millions in production costs. And if someone pulls a Rolf, they'll replace em and do it again, until they get it (not right, but rather) cost efficient.

The same can be said for Pat, Vanna, Alex, Regis, Kellly, Jeff Probst, Howie, and everyone else who tries to wrangle big money as the 'star' of a show. The days of 'host' being the most important entity on a game show are long over. The shows may not be going anywhere, but the hosts will.

chris319 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 23, 2006, 01:50:45 PM »

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I'd also suggest that the Price gig is higher-profile (and therefore in need of a better-recognized name) than a 12:30a talk show.

Are you kidding? Watch Conan some time. He ain't exactly selling diabetes supplies, Medicare supplements and mobility scooters.

FOXSportsFan · « **Reply #14 on:** June 23, 2006, 01:58:22 PM »

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'122285\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 01:50 PM\']

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I'd also suggest that the Price gig is higher-profile (and therefore in need of a better-recognized name) than a 12:30a talk show.

Are you kidding? Watch Conan some time. He ain't exactly selling diabetes supplies, Medicare supplements and mobility scooters.
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He isn't? I thought the masturbating bear promoted the effects of diabetes...