# Bob Barker retiring

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-barker-retiring/378646>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 31, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-barker-retiring/378646 "2006-10-31T21:32:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-barker-retiring/378646/41 "2006-11-03T12:29:32Z")

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Now if they would only yank the I Love Lucy reruns, I might be able to get over the emotional scarrings of sick days as a child.

/There, I’ve said it.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-barker-retiring/378646/42 "2006-11-03T14:37:25Z")

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Emotional scarring? Explain the joke.

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**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-barker-retiring/378646/43 "2006-11-03T16:06:24Z")

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Just let me say that I hope to retire at 83 with a godzillion dollars in the bank and a babe wife (VeryCoolSpouse, of course), to spend the rest of my time supporting a cause that I sincerely care about whenever I’m not just goofing off. That would work for me.

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**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-barker-retiring/378646/44 "2006-11-03T23:08:10Z")

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Right about the time _Happy Gilmore_ came out, I was listening to the radio as the DJ, who had somehow got Bob Barker’s home phone number, called him up and chatted for a while, live on the air. It sounded like the real deal to me, and Bob came off as being an easygoing guy with a self-effacing sense of humor. He talked pretty openly about his issues with his female co-stars, though I don’t recall any specifics. He also talked about being in _Happy Gilmore_ – he’d told the producers that he would do the whole fight scene with Adam Sandler on one condition. That he got to win.

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