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tpirfan28

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« Reply #30 on: October 31, 2006, 04:10:20 PM »
Final show is June 7, 2007.  Confirmed via CNN Headline News and CBS radio.

EDIT:  Most likely tapedate.  Airdate then a few days later.
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rialtus

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« Reply #31 on: October 31, 2006, 04:14:06 PM »
Just hit MSNBC -- Same AP article...
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Ian Wallis

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« Reply #32 on: October 31, 2006, 04:14:56 PM »
I'm just glad I was able to see the show in person for the first time this past July with Bob still at the helm.
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WhammyPower

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« Reply #33 on: October 31, 2006, 04:16:35 PM »
It had to happen eventually.  50 years is a great milestone to end on.
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SRIV94

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« Reply #34 on: October 31, 2006, 04:21:13 PM »
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'136265\' date=\'Oct 31 2006, 03:14 PM\']
I'm just glad I was able to see the show in person for the first time this past July with Bob still at the helm.
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You know--you and me both (of course, last July wasn't my first time).  When Don posted the news, my first thought was, "I've been there twice (once on my own and once with the Congreff pilgrimage), and how lucky I was to be able to just go and do that."  I had an absolute blast those two times.

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mbc793

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« Reply #35 on: October 31, 2006, 04:22:53 PM »
I just hope to heck it is not a cruel joke like from April Fool's Day. I saw it on yahoo and it was like wow..50 years is a long time. IMHO, it may be hard to replace Bob Barker, but I'm sure someone will come along and do a good job, I just don't know if the new host can do it for 35 years.
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BrandonFG

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« Reply #36 on: October 31, 2006, 04:38:12 PM »
[quote name=\'mbc793\' post=\'136270\' date=\'Oct 31 2006, 04:22 PM\']
I just hope to heck it is not a cruel joke like from April Fool's Day. [/quote]
This is news that's coming from the Associated Press, one of the most credible news sources in the country. I doubt this is a "cruel joke".
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« Reply #37 on: October 31, 2006, 04:38:57 PM »
[quote name=\'mbc793\' post=\'136270\' date=\'Oct 31 2006, 05:22 PM\']
I just hope to heck it is not a cruel joke like from April Fool's Day. I saw it on yahoo and it was like wow..50 years is a long time. IMHO, it may be hard to replace Bob Barker, but I'm sure someone will come along and do a good job, I just don't know if the new host can do it for 35 years.
Michael
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Nope, no joke, I saw it on the AP here at work.  Personally if I were him I would've retired 12-13 year ago and just enjoyed life, but then it dawned on me, his wife's death could've had a lot to do with why he kept working.  

I certainly wish him well.  TV legends of his caliber don't come along every day and won't.
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cweaver

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« Reply #38 on: October 31, 2006, 04:40:24 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'136276\' date=\'Oct 31 2006, 05:38 PM\']
This is news that's coming from the Associated Press, one of the most credible news sources in the country. I doubt this is a "cruel joke".
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...and the AP didn't exactly pick it up from the grapevine either, Bob told them himself.  CBS then backed it up.
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chad1m

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« Reply #39 on: October 31, 2006, 04:44:06 PM »
But just remember where it broke first. =D
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LetsGoMets2003

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« Reply #40 on: October 31, 2006, 04:44:20 PM »
We all knew the day would come, one way or another, but still, there is a bit of shock on my part. It only takes three words for me to sum up this announcement: THANK YOU, BOB!

James
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ChrisLambert!

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« Reply #41 on: October 31, 2006, 04:48:06 PM »
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'136263\' date=\'Oct 31 2006, 04:10 PM\']
Final show is June 7, 2007.  Confirmed via CNN Headline News and CBS radio.

EDIT:  Most likely tapedate.  Airdate then a few days later.
[/quote]

A Thursday not long after May sweeps... could be a primetime airdate.
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« Reply #42 on: October 31, 2006, 04:50:42 PM »
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'136282\' date=\'Oct 31 2006, 05:48 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'136263\' date=\'Oct 31 2006, 04:10 PM\']
Final show is June 7, 2007.  Confirmed via CNN Headline News and CBS radio.

EDIT:  Most likely tapedate.  Airdate then a few days later.
[/quote]

A Thursday not long after May sweeps... could be a primetime airdate.
[/quote]

One of the AP stories I saw does make reference to some kind of prime time special at some point.
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petek66

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« Reply #43 on: October 31, 2006, 04:53:05 PM »
[quote name=\'cweaver\' post=\'136284\' date=\'Oct 31 2006, 05:50 PM\']

One of the AP stories I saw does make reference to some kind of prime time special at some point.
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Time to trot out the Yolanda clip again
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« Reply #44 on: October 31, 2006, 04:57:08 PM »
[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'136230\' date=\'Oct 31 2006, 02:50 PM\']
Just talking about this at work with some folks...realized that I (and a couple other people here) have not known a time when Bob Barker wasn't hosting TPiR every weekday morning.[/quote]
You can add most of the "rest" of us by making it "I have not known a time when Bob Barker wasn't on TV" as I too come from the TorC days.

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So who will be next? Hmmmmm.... (if this is true, which I bet it is. Going out on 35 is a good, round TPiR number.)
And he didn't overbid. (Barely ;) )
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