TPIR tapings cancelled this week. Barker has flu.

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Feb 5 2004, 07:20 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Feb 5 2004, 03:32 PM\'] [quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Feb 5 2004, 01:06 AM\']If Barker were out for an extended period they could also press one of the Reno emcees into service. Now THAT would be interesting.[/quote]
Probably not so much a problem if Newton got the call, considering the time he's been spending over at 33 (and he supposedly has been watching the show since--everyone--he was a kid). [/quote]
I believe Newton is 34, meaning he wasn't older than 3 when CBS TPIR began.[/quote]
*Studio* 33, Zach.  *Studio* 33.  Despite the signs, that's what everyone at TV City still calls the place when Barker's not within earshot.

And I would be disappointed but understanding if Barker had to cancel, just as I'm sure the people who witnessed the snowboarding accident on Letterman last night understood when the taping was called off early.  These things do happen.

Last year, I made plans to go to Washington, D.C. to see a certain jazz musician from Germany at the Kennedy Center's Mary Lou Williams Festival.  With tickets and hotel all set up, I find out a few days beforehand that she cancelled (probably due to the SARS scare).  I went to Washington and saw the performance anyway.  Enjoyed the evening and her replacement, although I most likely would've it enjoyed it more if she were there.  But in this case, there were other performers on the bill and the show went on.  Didn't stop me from having a good time in Washington for the weekend.

[DrBear]

Agreed. One time I had a vacation in Boston, bought tickets to see the Brewers (back when they were merely mediocre) play the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Rainout, of course. So I looked in the paper, and darned if the Boston Pops weren't playing that night, with John Williams conducting. Not a bad backup plan.

When life throws you a lemon...

[Terry K]

A couple of points:

TPIR can be indefinately held up on taping.  They have what 32 years of shows in the can?  They can play back the last 2 or so years without anyone really noticing (Other than Rod being on many of them)  

I went to TPIR.  I had a backup plan if I didn't get into the show.  I had tickets for Wayne Brady and Kilbourn, so I was ready if I couldn't get into 33.  (I nearly didn't get in, I got #325)

If you're going to see The Price Is Right in person, always have a backup plan.  Going to see Wayne Brady (while still in production), Craig, or even *gasp* a show at another studio (eg, Feud, Pyramid, or so on), its not as much as a disappointment.  Trust me on this.  

I went to Wayne Brady the next day and it was a lot of fun, sure it wasn't TPIR, but what *is*?

On a side note, who is going to announce TPIR #6,000?

[Mario500]

...and to answer that side-note question of who's going to announce show #6000, the one that's soon to be Price's new announcer (ok, Randy).

[Jimmy Owen]

The only person that might have a reason to be disappointed is Roger Rose.  He probably had some good topical humor for the warmup that will go unheard.

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Feb 6 2004, 11:12 AM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Feb 5 2004, 07:20 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Feb 5 2004, 03:32 PM\'] [quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Feb 5 2004, 01:06 AM\']If Barker were out for an extended period they could also press one of the Reno emcees into service. Now THAT would be interesting.[/quote]
Probably not so much a problem if Newton got the call, considering the time he's been spending over at 33 (and he supposedly has been watching the show since--everyone--he was a kid). [/quote]
I believe Newton is 34, meaning he wasn't older than 3 when CBS TPIR began.[/quote]
*Studio* 33, Zach.  *Studio* 33.  Despite the signs, that's what everyone at TV City still calls the place when Barker's not within earshot. [/quote]
 Zach may have been referring to the "since he was a kid" part of your post.  At least, that's how I interpreted it.  Your mileage may vary.  Use only as directed.

Doug -- celebrating 350 posts (just for the heck of it)

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Feb 6 2004, 05:47 PM\']
*Studio* 33, Zach.  *Studio* 33.  Despite the signs, that's what everyone at TV City still calls the place when Barker's not within earshot. [/QUOTE]
Zach may have been referring to the "since he was a kid" part of your post.  At least, that's how I interpreted it.  Your mileage may vary.  Use only as directed.

Doug -- celebrating 350 posts (just for the heck of it) [/quote]
 Yes that is what I was referring to, the approximate age of Todd.

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'Gromit\' date=\'Feb 6 2004, 03:22 AM\'] I suspect many of the "big deal the show was cancelled" opinions are those who've seen the taping many times, and who live in the area.

As someone who took special vacation days, drove thousands of miles and tented in freezing weather just to get to see the show, I'd have been *devastated* had they cancelled the taping.

Sure, missing Bob and getting a sub would have been disappointing, but that would be nothing compared to an outright cancellation. [/quote]
 Cancelling Price at the last minute to the dismay of 300-some-odd potential contestants who waited hours in line before the show was to air is not much different than the other 100+ people who did the same thing, slept in a little later and wound up in the stand-by lines.  

No one is ever guaranteed to see an episode on any given day, regardless if they are VIPs, tour bus trippers, or people who wrote in for tickets & planned their vacations around the show.  Same thing goes for any other TV show taping.


On the flip side of the Penny Ante coin,  I think most people who come to see Price wouldn't really care *who* was emceeing the show, despite the throngs of Pro-Bob T-shirts.  Getting called down and winning $25,000 in cash or prizes on the show is not going to feel any different if I won it from Bob, Todd Newton, Randy West or whomever had to fill in at the last minute...

..Then again, if it was a Barker's Beauty -- past or present -- who was filling-in, I may have to issue a retraction on my last paragraph!!!  ;-)

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'Terry K\' date=\'Feb 6 2004, 01:44 PM\']
If you're going to see The Price Is Right in person, always have a backup plan.  Going to see Wayne Brady (while still in production), Craig, or even *gasp* a show at another studio (eg, Feud, Pyramid, or so on), its not as much as a disappointment.  Trust me on this.  

I went to Wayne Brady the next day and it was a lot of fun, sure it wasn't TPIR, but what *is*?

 [/quote]
 This comes from recent past experience:

If you are a TRUE Price fan, you would plan to see Price at the BEGINNING of your trip to L.A. (For those who come from the East Coast, you'll truly understand this reasoning in more ways than one), during a time when multiple tapings were still ahead of you when you are out there.

If you can't get in on the first try, stop at the little ticket booth at the gate and pick up tickets for the next abvailable taping and plan accordingly -- even if you are near the first stand-by section.  I would much rather spend that 5 or 6 hour sit-a-thon on sightseeing than finding out you missed getting in by 3 people, then waiting in line all over again the next time.

My wife & I did that, wound up going to Palm Springs, got our Price fix at the casinos there, and came back 2 days later, got in, got called, and won some lovely parting gifts.

[Fedya]

[quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Feb 6 2004, 01:32 PM\'] When life throws you a lemon... [/quote]
 I didn't think throwing Chris Lemon was legal.

[Starkman]

I think it is way too early for a sub host. TPIR is a tough show to get right with the large rotation. This was the right decision, albeit a tough one. I personally would NOT want to sit through a Marc Summers or Todd Newton trying to get through close to 50 pricing games or to have the staff tighten up the rotation to make the guy's life easier (Fremantle dream come true, a TPIR played with nothing but quickies, BRILLIANT!).  

Of course if you do want someone expirienced there's always Doug Davidson j/k :dodges flying tomatoes: :runs to the Split Decision room:

However at Bob's age I would reccommend him hire a Todd Newton or Marc Summers to become his understudy because this would most likely need one as things go forward in his advanced age. Of course this comes close to a "life without Bob" thread and well we've had some doozies of those in the history of this boards.

[Jimmy Owen]

Oh, come on.  Million of viewers have memorized the games, why can't aspiring game show hosts figure them out?

[cmjb13]

Let's not forget that several shows were cancelled in 2002 due to Barker's prostate procedure.

Several shows were also cancelled in 1999 due to his Cartoid Artery surgery.

Maybe this is different because he should tough this flu out?

[passwordplus]

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 04:54 PM\'] [quote name=\'GSWitch\' date=\'Feb 4 2004, 12:59 PM\']I remember that around the late 70's when Bob Barker was either ill or injured, the people in the audience were informed of a sub host.  All the people were outraged over not having Bob Barker that day because he never missed a show (didn't see or remember Dennis James), that the staff told everyone to leave![/quote]
If this happened in the late '70s it was because Dennis James was no longer available as a fill-in emcee, not because the audience was outraged.

Nowadays there is still no alternate emcee available to fill in on a moment's notice, so the only option is to cancel the taping. If Barker were out for an extended period they might be able to press Tom Kennedy into service, but I doubt they would. [/quote]
 Are we all forgetting the fact that Bob DID MISS six weeks of tapings in late 2002 after his prostate surgery. I, for one, had tickets to the show in July 2002, but didn't buy the airfare. Good thing I didn't, they had cancelled them just in time(for my sake too) so I didn't go all the way to LA for nothing.

Hey, Randy hosting TPIR? Might work! Todd for announcer? Maybe! But I think the other way around might be the best!

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Fedya\' date=\'Feb 8 2004, 07:33 AM\'] [quote name=\'DrBear\' date=\'Feb 6 2004, 01:32 PM\'] When life throws you a lemon... [/quote]
I didn't think throwing Chris Lemon was legal. [/quote]
 I've seen me inna mirror. I didn't think it was POSSIBLE!