“It’s Time To Play…Pass The Buck”
Submitted by Sarah D. Bunting on June 12, 2007 – 9:37 PM12 Comments
Prospective Replacements For Bob Barker On The Price Is Right:
Bob Vila
PROS: Hiring another dude named Bob could ease the transition for announcer Burton Richardson; Vila’s home-renovation expertise is handy for contestants unsure of how to deploy recently-won dinette sets.
CONS: Vila’s Beauties won’t look good in hard hats; “Come on down!” does not mean “Trip over tarp!”
NB: Wing wrote half of this piece.
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It must be said… “You’ve won a new bi-… Where’d the bike go?” “DAWSON!”
I was going to go on some bender about George Hamilton, then I looked on his wikipedia entry and found that he actually IS a contender to replace the Bob. Now it just isn’t fun….
Aw. Bubbles beat me to the “DAWSON!”
Somebody in a Bill Simmons mailbag or chat suggested Magic Johnson, and since I heard that, I just can’t get it out of my head. I want Magic to host, dammit.
Bubbles- Heeeee!!
I still think Ryan Seacrest should be chosen to replace Barker, though it would take magic to fit another daily show into his already crammed schedule. I’d love to see The Big Ladies pick him up and carry him around the stage.
Here’s a thought! How ’bout Joe Buck! Then ALL Americans can loathe his style of speaking! It might get him out of sports announcing!!
Seriously though, my vote goes to Scott Bakula. He’s not busy at the moment, he is personable, likeable and handsome! Just a suggestion.
“Somebody in a Bill Simmons mailbag . . .”
For some reason, I parsed that as RICHARD Simmons. Oh dear. The mental image of him hosting TPIR is going to haunt me for weeks.
So, this is what happened to Fametracker?
I say Marc Summers should take the job. He has the Game Show Host voice already, and there isn’t any slime. Besides, I think he might be capable of subtlely winking at the camera when some idiot contestant bids $300 on a grand piano.
Frighteningly, I said about a week ago that I thought Wayne Brady should be the new host. He would be awesome! (And then two days after that, I saw clips of him on “The Chapelle Show,” which put things in a completely different perspective.)
Not Marc Summers! I mean, he seems like a nice enough guy, but he does this horribly annoying “STRESS-ing words whether… or NOT they are important… IN the sentence” thing. If you haven’t noticed that, listen for it next time you watch “Unwrapped” on the Food Network. Then you won’t be able to stop hearing it.
Hamilton really seems like the obvious choice here for a smooth transition from BB, but the show probably wants someone funnier.
Scott Bakula! I would never have thought of that, but I like it.
I was just at TwoP reading this post. I laughed out loud several times. Great job, Sars (and Wing).
“Toothy, Mormon, Toothy.”
Nice.
“Obviousness of hairplugs may lead to some awkward moments.”
Even better.