The Price is Right.....by Rosie?

About as long as it takes Rosie to eat a large bucket of chicken wings.

allegedly.

Why do you already have him a guilty "sleeeze bag"?

There were numerous allegations regarding his "ladies" on the show.

Bob Barker is a businessman. A soft porn peddler perhaps. But a businessman.

Vanna White on Wheel is another example of this. Would the show have been as popular without her? Look at her. Take a long look.

cjhsa- You are comparing apples with potatoes. In the case of Vanna White, she exuded a seductive image, which was beneficial to the show. In the case of Bob Barker, the models on his show did the same thing. The difference is that Barker exploited these women, off the cameras, in a way that had nothing to do with the popularity of the show, only for his own personal advantage.

Allegedly.

The fact that there were more than one accusation doesn't make them true. The one settlement wasn't for any sexual wrongdoing, but a contractual dispute with Holly.

Not exactly "The New Yorker", but interesting, nevertheless!

Link

It's a big fat mess that seems to have been going around and around for years. Reading this now and other things yesterday, you just don't know who or what to believe so guess what?

I don't care.

six settlements to date

you may consider re-reading the details of the settlement with Ms. Hallstrom.

legal issues of bob barker
Interesting dynamic: I never realized that TV time-slot for "The View" and "The Price is Right" are directly facing one another. If Rosie were to get TV host of PIR she would be stealing audience share from the TV show and network she just left.

FWIW (not gospel) here is Bob Barker hyperlink from Wikipedia ::

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Barker

Legal issues

"Dian Parkinson, a prize model for The Price Is Right from 1975 to 1993, filed an $8 million lawsuit against Barker for sexual harassment. Barker admitted that he had sexual relations with Parkinson but stated, "As God is my witness I never asked her to do anything she didn't want to do" and that everything was indeed consensual. Parkinson declared herself no financial match to Barker and his resources and gave up her legal fight with him in 1995.

Barker was involved in more legal trouble with a Price model in 1995. Holly Hallstrom, a model from 1977 to 1995, stated that she had gained 14 pounds due to a prescription medication and that Barker used the weight gain as an excuse to fire her, which he denied. Hallstrom alleged that the real reason Barker fired her was because she had refused to support him when Parkinson sued him for sexual harassment. Barker responded with a lawsuit for slander and libel, Barker v. Hallstrom, claiming Hallstrom was lying, but the court decided in her favor and ordered Barker to pay all her legal fees. Hallstrom countersued Barker and in October 2005, she received a multi-million-dollar, out-of-court settlement.

Since 1996, Bob Barker has been sued by six women for charges including sexual harassment, racial discrimination and wrongful termination (most notably by Janice Pennington and Kathleen Bradley, two other longtime and well-known models on the show). To date all the women have received out-of-court financial settlements, save one (former production assistant Linda Reigert), which is still pending."

Ain't Taking It

Thank god.

It's DREW!

Yes! And he'll be the best man for this kind of job. That was a good choice!

Susan Schneckely, come on down, and give the big lug a hug!

Oh wow! I hadn't heard that they named the new host until this post. I think Drew Carey is an excellent choice. He'll have fun with the job and he's a great comedian. Good choice in my book.