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June 19, 2007
The price is wrong, bitch
I knew Bob Barker was getting up there in years, but is he also going senile? How else can you explain his suggestion that Rosie O'Donnell take over for him on The Price Is Right?
Bob Barker gave his approval to Rosie O'Donnell as a possible successor on "The Price Is Right," although the newly retired host isn't sure CBS wants a woman to take over the show.
"I believe they're going to have a meeting with Rosie," said Barker, who won his 19th Daytime Emmy Friday night.
"She knows the show," he said. "There's no doubt in my mind she could do the show. Now, whether they want a lady host, I don't know. As far as I know, they've only auditioned men."
Barker said his friendship with O'Donnell goes back several years, when she had him as a guest on her old daytime talk show.
"She told me she loved 'The Price Is Right' and wanted to host it one day."
So look, I think Rosie would have been a great Price Is Right host about six years ago, when she was on top of the daytime TV world. Her talk show reigned supreme, and she was regarded as a truly nice person in Hollywood. However, I think it's fair to say her reputation has taken a hit lately. No, not because she's a lesbian, but because she's belligerent, leftist to the point of absurdity, and disagreeable. I think Bob Barker was so successful because the man wasn't controversial. All he does is remind people to neuter their pets, and that's about as political as suggesting people brush their teeth.
What's Rosie going to do the first time a guy in an Army uniform gets called to play, throw a dead baby at him? Or what if the Showcase contains a getaway to scenic Texas, home to her arch-nemesis, the Bush family? I somehow doubt Rosie is truly capable of being as bland as one needs to be in order to be successful on the show.
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Posted by oz115 at June 19, 2007 03:24 PM