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On what would have been #BobBarker 's 101st bday, here are 101 of his opening monologue jokes and stories during the early-to-mid 1980's (the show's "golden era"), as compiled by Pluto TV: youtube.com/watch?v=xdk-IUhX9VA
Even includes the one about a semitruck hitting a wire and pulling down the parking lot guard shack at CBS, as well as someone in the audience bringing a copy of a San Antonio newspaper TV guide, with Bob's photo on the cover -- all at the 2:35 mark (of interest to @Bigrigtravels ... ).

Watching the Price is Right: the Barker era, on #plex.

Bob was debuting a new prize and there was a really uncomfortable 5 second pause before they could get the doors to open up.

The suspense was killing me.

Then inside was this really jank-ass looking solid wood rocking horse. It was such a weird moment.

This is a good example why I stopped watching #ThePriceIsRight after #BobBarker left (a contestant being 1$ off in the showcase a month ago [2024-06-07 - show 0654L]):
youtube.com/watch?v=uPVjC75tic
I did give #DrewCarey a chance when he started hosting, but could tell by the time the "Perfect Bid" happened in 2008, that he would have this bitter side (not that Bob was a saint, by any means, either). Drew's commentary after the reveal speaks a lot about how he still thinks they way he does to this day.