Barkerisms: He's back/overdue/21 days to go
Yep, that's a mouthful, but it's only fitting considering there's nearly three weeks worth of Barkerisms coming.
Yes, I'm badly overdue, between occasionally stretches of being insanely busy, the occasional bout of laziness, and other assorted fun.
Yes, Bob is back! He seems to be moving around pretty good despite his recent foot injury, and the layoff has done nothing to his sense of humor.
We are, of course, down to 21 days and roughly 14 1/2 hours until the big concert. On one hand, I am as anxious as a kid counting the days until Christmas. On the other hand, it's only been 20 years of waiting already...
And, onto those pearls of wisdom and laughter from the World's Greatest MC himself:
"You're loose enough. You can handle this! Go!" - Bob, after Charise started stretching before spinning the big wheel
"Now, I want to assure you that the treadmill does not cause arthritis!" - Bob, after a treadmill was shown as an item up for bids - and came with a supply of arthritis cream
"Daniel, we're about to be signing off really soon. Daniel, I'm about to do my spay and neuter plug. Get with it!" - Bob, after Daniel took his own sweet time to bid on his Showcase
"My dog kept me up all night, so when I look over there, I only see three things!" - Bob, referring to the four small prizes offered on Punchboard
"Now, I'm just going to peek. Naw, I'm not going to show that. Oh, you want to see? Heh heh heh. She did the right thing!" - Bob, after Wilma quit with $1,000 - and had only $500 in the last hole she punched out
"And now you're going to get booed. Let's here it for her!" - Bob, after Suzanne's wimpy second spin
"How old do you need to be in Sun City? How old are you?"
"Well, I'm really 55."
"55. I could've been in Sun City 20 or 30 years ago!"
- Bob and George, on the senior's group that George is a member of
"Who takes cat litter on a picnic?!" - Bob, after picnic equipment was shown as an item up for bids, and came with a supply of cat litter
"I tell you, the way we're putting these products together today is rather amusing. First of all, we're taking kitty litter on a picnic! And now, we're giving away a motorcycle, and if you fall off, there's aspirin with it!" - Bob, on the motorcycle up for bids - which came with a supply of aspirin
"Feller who has been married for 30 years, he just gets up and steps right over his wife. But not Jose!" - Bob, after Jose (wearing a Honeymooning With Bob shirt) gave his wife a big kiss after he was picked
"Ohhh, I might faint!" - Bob, after Sean claimed to know how to play Check Game
"Just a moment, just a moment... I almost fainted too soon!" - Bob, after it became obvious that Sean wasn't too sure what he was doing
"There you are... A voided check is all you got on The Price Is Right!" - Bob, after Sean lost
"I'll tell you one thing, I'm going to keep my eye on Nina for the whole show!" - Bob, after Dina thought she won her way up on stage and tried go up on stage
"You don't get back here, I'm going to go on without you!" - Bob, after Evelyn had no idea where to go
"Must be the atmospheric conditions!" - Bob, on the recent trend of contestant's spinning the big wheel, then running under the scoreboard like they've already won - even though the wheel is still spinning
"I'm going to start cutting their Achilles' tendons so they can't do that!" - Bob, after Robert also ran over the scoreboard while the wheel was still spinning
"And it's gotten to the point where I'm convinced there are kids there majoring in The Price Is Right!" - Bob, on the number of groups from University of California Santa Barbara to have attended tapings of TPIR
"I was so excited about the hug that I accidentally checked the wrong box!" - Bob, after accidentally checking "Win big" (instead of "Hug Bob") on Tammy's shirt after she got her hug
"That's a well adjusted family! That's a fine family!" - Bob, after Frances said that she makes her grandchildren watch The Price Is Right with her
"People aren't listening to me today!" - Bob, after Williard had to think about going higher than a 1 in Dice Game (there are no zeroes in Dice Game)
"Rachel? Rachel, I can't tell from here. Tell me, is there a picture of me there or not? There's not? I'm going to have a talk with the set decorator about this, I tell you!" - Bob, on not having a picture in any of the picture frames offered as a prize package
Unfortunately, we had not one, not two, not three, but FOUR contestants who didn't seem to know what "Come on down!" means:
Bob: "Hello Tyler. Tyler?"
Tyler: "Yes?"
Bob: "Where you from?"
Tyler: "Utah!"
Bob: "And you've watched The Price Is Right?"
Tyler: "Yes I have!"
Bob: "And you've heard people out there in the audience, and there name has been called to be on the show?"
Tyler: "Yeah!"
Bob: "And they jump up, and they come on down.. To where?"
Tyler: "Right here!"
Bob: "Right here... Have you ever seen anyone stop down there?"
Tyler: "Oh, yeah! I'm gonna go back!"
Bob: "That's where Tyler belongs!"
- Bob and Tyler, after Tyler decided to run right up on stage
Bob: "Now, Alberto. It's a pleasure to have you here at The Price Is Right! And I'm just trying to push you forward. The light's better here. I don't care about you, but I want to look as good as I can! Now, Alberto, are you having fun at The Price Is Right?"
Alberto: "I'm having a lot of fun!"
Bob: "Great. And are you excited about being up on stage?"
Alberto: "I'm really overwhelmed!"
Bob: "You're really overwhelmed... These three are really overwhelmed that you're up here, too... Carol, is there anything you'd like to say to Alberto?"
Carol: "Just keep up the great spirit, Alberto! You're just awesome!"
Bob: "Katherine, is there anyone you'd like to say to him?"
Katherine: "You have great moves, Alberto!"
Bob: "Anything you'd like to say, Anastasia?"
Anastasia: "Alberto, watch out! I'm going to beat you!"
Bob: "It's not working, I'm just going to have to tell him..."
Rich: "Tell him, Bob!"
Bob: "Alberto, you're going to have to get down there and start down there!"
- Bob, after yet another contestant got picked and ran right up on stage
"Hello, Patsy. Hello, Patsy. Here you go, right down those steps, Patsy. Go around. There you go. Welcome to Contestant's Row!" - Bob, after Patsy came right up on stage
Bob: "Hello, Martha. It's a pleasure to see you!"
Martha: "I can't believe it!"
Bob: "Turn around, so everyone can see you. You watch the show a lot?"
Martha: "As much as I can!"
Bob: "But you have seen it?"
Martha: "Many times!"
Bob: "I say to Rich 'Who is our next player?', and Rich says 'Martha Calloway, come on down!', or 'Joan Smith, come on down!', and they come running down the aisle. And where do they go?"
Martha: "They come up on stage!"
Bob: "They come right up on stage?"
Martha: "Yeah, to be with Bob Barker!"
Bob: "I wonder why those three stopped down there?"
Martha: "They're gonna bid and probably won a lot of money!"
Bob: "Now wait a minute, she has an answer... Now why do you supposed they stopped?"
Martha: "They're contestantants!"
Bob: "They're contestantants.. And what are you?"
Martha: "I'm a contestant!"
Bob: "Yes. So why are they down here and you're up here?"
Martha: "I'm coming on down..."
Bob: "What? You tell her, Jeffrey!"
Jeffrey: "Come on down!"
Bob: "Yes, they want you down there. Get down there!"
- Bob and Martha, after yet another contestant didn't seem to understand what "Come On Down!" means
And considering this is more or less three weeks worth of Barkerisms, why not name three Barkerisms Of The Week(s)?
"And with this kayak comes a supply of drain opener!" - Rich, on that item up for bids
"If you have leaky boat, and you want to open it up..." - Bob, on the drain opener
"Now, Lucia, I have been doing this long enough to know a dangerous person when I meet one... You are the type who would do me bodily harm! I want security standing by, please! You lay one hand on me, and they're going to break your legs! Okay? Alright..." - Bob, after Lucia got called down
"Wait a minute, this is Price Is Right history. First contestant who ever bid Kingston, Arizona!" - Bob, after Lucy confused "What do you bid?" with "Where do you live?"
"No, I asked where do you live?!" - Bob, after Lucy bid
Let's hear it for the funniest man on television!
Yes, I'm badly overdue, between occasionally stretches of being insanely busy, the occasional bout of laziness, and other assorted fun.
Yes, Bob is back! He seems to be moving around pretty good despite his recent foot injury, and the layoff has done nothing to his sense of humor.
We are, of course, down to 21 days and roughly 14 1/2 hours until the big concert. On one hand, I am as anxious as a kid counting the days until Christmas. On the other hand, it's only been 20 years of waiting already...
And, onto those pearls of wisdom and laughter from the World's Greatest MC himself:
"You're loose enough. You can handle this! Go!" - Bob, after Charise started stretching before spinning the big wheel
"Now, I want to assure you that the treadmill does not cause arthritis!" - Bob, after a treadmill was shown as an item up for bids - and came with a supply of arthritis cream
"Daniel, we're about to be signing off really soon. Daniel, I'm about to do my spay and neuter plug. Get with it!" - Bob, after Daniel took his own sweet time to bid on his Showcase
"My dog kept me up all night, so when I look over there, I only see three things!" - Bob, referring to the four small prizes offered on Punchboard
"Now, I'm just going to peek. Naw, I'm not going to show that. Oh, you want to see? Heh heh heh. She did the right thing!" - Bob, after Wilma quit with $1,000 - and had only $500 in the last hole she punched out
"And now you're going to get booed. Let's here it for her!" - Bob, after Suzanne's wimpy second spin
"How old do you need to be in Sun City? How old are you?"
"Well, I'm really 55."
"55. I could've been in Sun City 20 or 30 years ago!"
- Bob and George, on the senior's group that George is a member of
"Who takes cat litter on a picnic?!" - Bob, after picnic equipment was shown as an item up for bids, and came with a supply of cat litter
"I tell you, the way we're putting these products together today is rather amusing. First of all, we're taking kitty litter on a picnic! And now, we're giving away a motorcycle, and if you fall off, there's aspirin with it!" - Bob, on the motorcycle up for bids - which came with a supply of aspirin
"Feller who has been married for 30 years, he just gets up and steps right over his wife. But not Jose!" - Bob, after Jose (wearing a Honeymooning With Bob shirt) gave his wife a big kiss after he was picked
"Ohhh, I might faint!" - Bob, after Sean claimed to know how to play Check Game
"Just a moment, just a moment... I almost fainted too soon!" - Bob, after it became obvious that Sean wasn't too sure what he was doing
"There you are... A voided check is all you got on The Price Is Right!" - Bob, after Sean lost
"I'll tell you one thing, I'm going to keep my eye on Nina for the whole show!" - Bob, after Dina thought she won her way up on stage and tried go up on stage
"You don't get back here, I'm going to go on without you!" - Bob, after Evelyn had no idea where to go
"Must be the atmospheric conditions!" - Bob, on the recent trend of contestant's spinning the big wheel, then running under the scoreboard like they've already won - even though the wheel is still spinning
"I'm going to start cutting their Achilles' tendons so they can't do that!" - Bob, after Robert also ran over the scoreboard while the wheel was still spinning
"And it's gotten to the point where I'm convinced there are kids there majoring in The Price Is Right!" - Bob, on the number of groups from University of California Santa Barbara to have attended tapings of TPIR
"I was so excited about the hug that I accidentally checked the wrong box!" - Bob, after accidentally checking "Win big" (instead of "Hug Bob") on Tammy's shirt after she got her hug
"That's a well adjusted family! That's a fine family!" - Bob, after Frances said that she makes her grandchildren watch The Price Is Right with her
"People aren't listening to me today!" - Bob, after Williard had to think about going higher than a 1 in Dice Game (there are no zeroes in Dice Game)
"Rachel? Rachel, I can't tell from here. Tell me, is there a picture of me there or not? There's not? I'm going to have a talk with the set decorator about this, I tell you!" - Bob, on not having a picture in any of the picture frames offered as a prize package
Unfortunately, we had not one, not two, not three, but FOUR contestants who didn't seem to know what "Come on down!" means:
Bob: "Hello Tyler. Tyler?"
Tyler: "Yes?"
Bob: "Where you from?"
Tyler: "Utah!"
Bob: "And you've watched The Price Is Right?"
Tyler: "Yes I have!"
Bob: "And you've heard people out there in the audience, and there name has been called to be on the show?"
Tyler: "Yeah!"
Bob: "And they jump up, and they come on down.. To where?"
Tyler: "Right here!"
Bob: "Right here... Have you ever seen anyone stop down there?"
Tyler: "Oh, yeah! I'm gonna go back!"
Bob: "That's where Tyler belongs!"
- Bob and Tyler, after Tyler decided to run right up on stage
Bob: "Now, Alberto. It's a pleasure to have you here at The Price Is Right! And I'm just trying to push you forward. The light's better here. I don't care about you, but I want to look as good as I can! Now, Alberto, are you having fun at The Price Is Right?"
Alberto: "I'm having a lot of fun!"
Bob: "Great. And are you excited about being up on stage?"
Alberto: "I'm really overwhelmed!"
Bob: "You're really overwhelmed... These three are really overwhelmed that you're up here, too... Carol, is there anything you'd like to say to Alberto?"
Carol: "Just keep up the great spirit, Alberto! You're just awesome!"
Bob: "Katherine, is there anyone you'd like to say to him?"
Katherine: "You have great moves, Alberto!"
Bob: "Anything you'd like to say, Anastasia?"
Anastasia: "Alberto, watch out! I'm going to beat you!"
Bob: "It's not working, I'm just going to have to tell him..."
Rich: "Tell him, Bob!"
Bob: "Alberto, you're going to have to get down there and start down there!"
- Bob, after yet another contestant got picked and ran right up on stage
"Hello, Patsy. Hello, Patsy. Here you go, right down those steps, Patsy. Go around. There you go. Welcome to Contestant's Row!" - Bob, after Patsy came right up on stage
Bob: "Hello, Martha. It's a pleasure to see you!"
Martha: "I can't believe it!"
Bob: "Turn around, so everyone can see you. You watch the show a lot?"
Martha: "As much as I can!"
Bob: "But you have seen it?"
Martha: "Many times!"
Bob: "I say to Rich 'Who is our next player?', and Rich says 'Martha Calloway, come on down!', or 'Joan Smith, come on down!', and they come running down the aisle. And where do they go?"
Martha: "They come up on stage!"
Bob: "They come right up on stage?"
Martha: "Yeah, to be with Bob Barker!"
Bob: "I wonder why those three stopped down there?"
Martha: "They're gonna bid and probably won a lot of money!"
Bob: "Now wait a minute, she has an answer... Now why do you supposed they stopped?"
Martha: "They're contestantants!"
Bob: "They're contestantants.. And what are you?"
Martha: "I'm a contestant!"
Bob: "Yes. So why are they down here and you're up here?"
Martha: "I'm coming on down..."
Bob: "What? You tell her, Jeffrey!"
Jeffrey: "Come on down!"
Bob: "Yes, they want you down there. Get down there!"
- Bob and Martha, after yet another contestant didn't seem to understand what "Come On Down!" means
And considering this is more or less three weeks worth of Barkerisms, why not name three Barkerisms Of The Week(s)?
"And with this kayak comes a supply of drain opener!" - Rich, on that item up for bids
"If you have leaky boat, and you want to open it up..." - Bob, on the drain opener
"Now, Lucia, I have been doing this long enough to know a dangerous person when I meet one... You are the type who would do me bodily harm! I want security standing by, please! You lay one hand on me, and they're going to break your legs! Okay? Alright..." - Bob, after Lucia got called down
"Wait a minute, this is Price Is Right history. First contestant who ever bid Kingston, Arizona!" - Bob, after Lucy confused "What do you bid?" with "Where do you live?"
"No, I asked where do you live?!" - Bob, after Lucy bid
Let's hear it for the funniest man on television!
posted by Deborah at 5:38 AM
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you know i'm curious to read your other 2 blogs...are you going to link them up here? i already read material....
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