[quote name=\'pentellit\' post=\'229639\' date=\'Nov 1 2009, 04:31 PM\'][quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'229630\' date=\'Nov 1 2009, 01:26 PM\'][quote name=\'ClockGameJohn\' post=\'229617\' date=\'Nov 1 2009, 10:51 AM\']I've heard "yes" from reliable sources.[/quote]
Was the visit before or after the, um, "Fremantle corporate policy prohibiting on-camera appearances by off-camera announcers" went into effect?
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Barker's shameless Public Relations hospital visit to Rod was long after. Way before Rod got sick, Barker had already yanked Rod's on-camera time, and Rod's beloved closeups, (immediately following the big loud argument between the two men over nightime specials pay rate, which led to the furious Barker decree that Rod was no longer to have on camera scheduled closeups.) After that came the sudden new Fremantle corporate policy "prohibiting on-camera appearances by off-camera announcers".
Rod was well into dying when Barker made his infamous "Bob Barker Self Serving Promotional PR Visit to Rod Roddy In The Hospital". By the time of that PR farce, Rod hadn't been seen in his regular closeups on TPIR for way too long.
In spite of vindictive Bob Barker, Rod was seen in his last days on talk shows and news briefs all across the country, pleading with his fans and audience to get regular colonoscopies and breast cancer checkups.
RIP Rod, you were greatly loved, and you are missed.
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Here's a question....if "old man Barker" got rid of Rod's camera time, how did he manage to get camera time on the 32nd season premier - however brief it may have been?