The incident which told it all to me was the episode that featured the 1st edition of the encyclopedia with the cover pic of Cullen TPIR, which Bob, on camera, ripped off the display and tossed the to the floor.
From what I\'ve read over the years, it wasn\'t so much \"Cullen was on the cover\" (as you seem to be suggesting, and I apologize in advance if I\'m wrong on that) as it was \"Barker wasn\'t on the cover\".
Having seen the episode in question, that was precisely it... and according to Steve Ryan, Bob tossing the book got it a ton of publicity that it otherwise wouldn\'t have
I mentioned Cullen because his TPIR was on the cover rather than Mr. Barker\'s. IIRC, Bob asked if TPIR was on the cover and Janice nodded yes and pointed to the pic of the old PIR. It would have been more gracious for Bob to move on at that point, but if Steve Ryan is okay with it, all is good. I wonder if TorC were featured, would Bob have done the same if the cover had a photo of Ralph Edwards?