#Price is right models series

Then-nighttime host Dennis James filled in for Bob on four daytime episodes that aired during Christmas week.

Bob Barker missed only one taping in December 1974 with back spasms.Original host Bill Cullen took an annual vacation and hosts such as Merv Griffin or Johnny Gilbert would substitute for Bill.Abhorrent Admirer: During the Bob Barker run, he was absolutely frightened of Samoan contestants-especially women, as seen here.As a one-hour daytime show, Price was at its peak for a long period of time, becoming a fixture for stay-at-home moms, children sick from school, and college students, garnering a fandom of all ages while making household names of Bob and Rod. In addition, the show's rotating cast of models ('Barker's Beauties') provided a larger cast of characters to draw from. Another rotation followed Rod's 2003 death, resulting in Rich Fields becoming the show's third announcer. Johnny Olson was the CBS version's initial caller of the phrase 'Come on down' until his 1985 death, at which point Rod Roddy replaced him following rotation of substitutes.

The hour-long format for Price was tried for the week of Septemand became permanent on November 3. This format added two new elements В— contestants are now chosen from the Studio Audience, and the winner of each item up for bids joins the host onstage to play one of dozens of pricing games.

#Price is right models series

Other concurrent syndicated series starred Tom Kennedy (1985-86) and Doug Davidson (1994-95). The daytime series can still be seen on CBS, with the concurrent nighttime show airing until 1980 (Barker replaced James in 1977). Around mid-May, while the format was being hammered out (one suggestion was to use three Showcases), CBS daytime programming chief Bud Grant expressed interest in a five-a-week daytime version (along with two other new shows, The Joker's Wild and Gambit) and selected Bob Barker to host it.but Barker wanted no part of it and felt the show could be better produced, begging Grant to let him host one of the other games (it's been speculated that Barker simply wanted to expand his abilities by doing a quiz-based game, as he'd been doing Truth or Consequences for the past 15+ years) Grant's response was that, whereas the other two shows had 'traffic cop' roles, Barker had 'far more talent' (unwittingly insulting eventual hosts Jack Barry and Wink Martindale in the process).