Bob Barker writing memoirs...

[aaron sica]

Chapter 5: "The Dian Years: Using my personal Plinko Stick for a Hole In One"

[MikeK]

[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'181113\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 04:36 PM\']/would think of his own title, but knows that anything he types would get losing horned[/quote]
And you still continue to type.

With apologies to Lob, Chris C. won with his title.  He gets the Fry image from me and the crown.

/<Rip Taylor> and a dollar ninety-eiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. </Rip Taylor>

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'181137\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 06:05 PM\']Chapter 5: "The Dian Years: Using my personal Plinko Stick for a Hole In One"[/quote]
...or Two?

Well done, Aaron.

[Dbacksfan12]

Does MTV still have the copyright on Jackass?

[catkins522]

How about "I went to the HURDLES to get some BUMPing time"...

Naaaaah...to obvious...

Charles

[Fell Into A Trivia Trap]

With chapter titles like "Line 'em Up" "Switch?' and "Dig We Must!"

[chris319]

He gets the Fry image from me and the crown.

I already have a crown, yotch, and proudly I wear it :-P

I'll gladly accept a bunch of long-stemmed roses, though.

Truth and Consequences takes on a special meaning when Barker is involved.

Alternate title: I Love Bob Barker, a quote which could be from Dorothy Jo or Bob himself.

[BillCullen1]

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'181089\' date=\'Mar 12 2008, 01:31 PM\']
Now's his chance to revise history while he still can.

I wonder if Chris Mann's tell-all will come out before Barker's.
[/quote]

I'm wondering the same thing.  It will be interesting to see which book beats the other out for release.
And the possible chapter titles are endless.

[rigsby]

I don't know, y'all...I just assumed his memoirs would skip the years 1975-1995.

[The Ol' Guy]

The publisher is putting Barker's book in their "wholesome and family friendly" line. HA!
So either (a) there will be no references to the harrassments and peccadillos, or (b) it'll be described the same way Mel Brooks' character talked at the convention in High Anxiety.

[WhammyGuy28]

Barker's Bargain Book

Foreword by Ezekiel Barker, VIII

[Jay Temple]

[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' post=\'181255\' date=\'Mar 13 2008, 05:01 PM\']
The publisher is putting Barker's book in their "wholesome and family friendly" line. HA!
So either (a) there will be no references to the harrassments and peccadillos, or (b) it'll be described the same way Mel Brooks' character talked at the convention in High Anxiety.
[/quote]
That was my reaction, too.

[BillCullen1]

I'm not sure about this, but I get the feeling that Barker got more than one offer to do this, and he figured (or his publicity people figured) that this offer would be the best for his "image." Possibility, yes?

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'181381\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 06:02 PM\']
I'm not sure about this, but I get the feeling that Barker got more than one offer to do this, and he figured (or his publicity people figured) that this offer would be the best for his "image." Possibility, yes?
[/quote]
I have no idea what you're talking about.

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'181390\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 07:44 PM\']
[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'181381\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 06:02 PM\']
I'm not sure about this, but I get the feeling that Barker got more than one offer to do this, and he figured (or his publicity people figured) that this offer would be the best for his "image." Possibility, yes?
[/quote]
I have no idea what you're talking about.
[/quote]
Well, it makes perfect sense if the other offer was from, say, Chris Hansen. ;-)

[chris319]

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'181391\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 04:47 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'181390\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 07:44 PM\']
[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'181381\' date=\'Mar 14 2008, 06:02 PM\']
I'm not sure about this, but I get the feeling that Barker got more than one offer to do this, and he figured (or his publicity people figured) that this offer would be the best for his "image." Possibility, yes?
[/quote]
I have no idea what you're talking about.
[/quote]
Well, it makes perfect sense if the other offer was from, say, Chris Hansen. ;-)
[/quote]
Do you mean Chris Mann, who has been working on his tell-all for a couple of years now? Chris Mann has cultivated some good sources who are free to speak (i.e. not bound by non-disparagement clauses in legal settlements). I was interviewed by Chris and gave him some background on the inner workings of G-T and TPIR to the extent that I knew them. He asked me specifically about Barker and the models and I didn't have anything to give him as that all took place after I left the company (Dorothy Jo was still alive but passed away about a year later). I was not about to give Chris hearsay information simply to make myself come off as an expert on something I'm not.

Anyhoo, I have a feeling Barker's collaborator is going to write exactly the kind of memoir Barker likely wants to see written: highly sanitized and casting Barker in none but the most favorable light. As an aside, I'm told Barker had to approve Stan's book before he would consider writing the introduction.

(Note to attorneys for Bob Barker: The above statements are my opinion and you can't sue me for that.)