Bob Barker Dead at 99

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00:00 And now here's the star of "The Price is Right,"

00:03 Bob Barker!

00:04 - I have been blessed in that I have had 50 years

00:10 doing something that I have thoroughly enjoyed

00:14 and I've been paid for it.

00:15 How good can you have it?

00:17 - There they are, trading $5,000.

00:19 I'm constantly looking for a contestant

00:23 with whom I can get laughs.

00:25 - I had a dream about you, so I had to come down here.

00:29 What were we doing in the dream?

00:31 - You were chasing me in the halo.

00:33 - Bob started his career in radio

00:36 while he was still in college.

00:38 And even though when you think of "The Price is Right,"

00:40 you think of Bob, his big break was actually

00:43 truth or consequences in 1956.

00:46 - Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen.

00:48 And I became the host of a national television show

00:51 just overnight.

00:52 It was the break of my lifetime.

00:55 - It was 16 years later in 1972 when Bob landed the job

00:58 he would hold for nearly 35 years.

01:01 - No matter how tired you get,

01:07 there's always a place to take a little rest.

01:09 - Bob helped thousands of contestants win big on the show,

01:12 but those wheel spins and car giveaways

01:15 helped him win 17 Emmys, the most of any game show host.

01:20 - How about that?

01:22 Give it back now.

01:23 - Love it.

01:24 - But in 2007, Bob decided to drop

01:25 his signature skinny mic and hand

01:27 "The Price is Right" over to Drew Carey.

01:29 - Drew Carey, come on down.

01:32 - It seemed to me that it was a neat time to retire.

01:35 The show has been a hit since day one

01:38 and is still right up there at the top.

01:40 And I thought this was just a good time to quit.

01:45 - He wasn't gone for long though.

01:46 Bob returned to the show three more times,

01:49 first in 2009 to promote his autobiography.

01:52 - With your permission,

01:54 I would like to give everyone in the audience

01:56 a big round of applause.

01:58 (audience cheering)

02:00 - Then again in 2013 to celebrate his 90th birthday.

02:03 - Everybody say hi to the birthday boy, Bob Barker.

02:05 (audience cheering)

02:07 - And finally in 2015 for an epic April Fool's Day prank,

02:12 taking Drew's place for a while

02:13 before handing the reins back over.

02:15 - Here's your host, Drew Carey.

02:18 (audience cheering)

02:23 - I'm here because I was selected by the Price is Right

02:28 to be their April Fool.

02:31 (audience cheering)

02:35 - How do you keep in such marvelous shape?

02:37 - Well, I'm a vegetarian and I try to get my rest

02:42 and I drink.

02:43 (laughing)

02:46 - That sounds like a nice start for my life.

02:47 I'm gonna change it all over to that.

02:50 - Bob had other iconic gigs.

02:51 His appearance in Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore in 1996

02:55 was his first ever movie role in that fight, Comedy Gold.

03:00 - I don't want a piece of you.

03:01 I want the whole thing.

03:03 (thudding)

03:04 - E.T. was on the set with Bob where at 72 years young,

03:07 he did his own stunt work.

03:09 - Let's go.

03:10 (thudding)

03:12 - Fellas on the Price is Right,

03:13 we were talking about this in the dressing room

03:15 and I told them that I was gonna be doing this

03:18 and that I won the fight and so on.

03:20 And they said, "Well, you gotta do it yourself.

03:21 "You gotta do it yourself."

03:23 And so I suggested that and they're letting me do it myself.

03:26 I'm pleased.

03:27 (grunting)

03:30 Here's a young man who watched me as he was growing up

03:33 and look at him, he's a star.

03:34 He's a success.

03:35 - See, that's what happens.

03:36 - It could happen to you if you watch me on television.

03:39 (laughing)

03:40 (upbeat music)

03:42 - Bob went on to do cameos in other shows

03:44 like How I Met Your Mother and Family Guy

03:46 and even dropped in on the Everybody Loves Raymond set

03:49 for a gag.

03:50 - Brad.

03:51 (laughing)

03:53 This is Brad.

03:55 - Brad.

03:56 Yes, Brad.

03:57 Yes, Bob.

03:58 - Brad.

03:59 - How are you?

04:00 - I've been your fan for years.

04:01 - You're the best.

04:02 Thank you.

04:02 Brad.

04:03 - But perhaps his favorite role

04:05 was that of devoted husband to his wife of 36 years,

04:08 Dorothy.

04:08 The couple met when Bob was just 15 years old

04:11 and remained together until her death from lung cancer

04:14 in 1981 at age 57.

04:16 It was true love for Bob,

04:18 who always credited his wife with his success.

04:21 - My wife and I had our own radio show

04:23 years and years and years ago.

04:26 And when we'd go on vacation,

04:27 we'd be talking about the show.

04:29 If we had a long weekend,

04:31 no matter what we were doing,

04:32 we'd say, you know, for the show we could.

04:34 And it was always the show, the show.

04:37 - Bob never remarried.

04:38 And in his later years,

04:39 he was often seen visiting Dorothy's grave.

04:41 But here's something else most people never knew about Bob.

04:44 - I am a karate enthusiast.

04:47 Chuck Norris was my first instructor.

04:49 I had never even seen karate, let alone do it.

04:52 And I had Chuck Norris as a guest on "Truth or Consequences"

04:56 and he did a demonstration that was so impressive

04:58 that I thought, ooh, I want to do that.

05:01 Here's my friend in retirement.

05:03 She sees more of me and I see more of her

05:07 and we're happy on it, aren't we, Jesse?

05:10 - And while Bob's TV legacy is undisputed,

05:13 he hosted everything from "The Rose Parade"

05:15 to the Miss USA pageant

05:17 and earned a Lifetime Achievement Award

05:19 at the Emmys in 1999.

05:22 - I've thoroughly enjoyed listening

05:24 to all of these nice things said about me.

05:26 Things that in the past only I've said about me.

05:29 (audience laughing)

05:31 Well, you can't get too many of them.

05:33 - He was also universally admired as an animal activist,

05:37 using his platform to raise awareness

05:39 with his famous sign-off.

05:40 - To help control the pet population,

05:43 have your pets fed or neutered.

05:45 - That sign-off was immortalized by Eddie Murphy

05:48 decades later in "Shrek 2".

05:50 - I say we take the sword and neuter him right here.

05:52 Give him the Bob Barker treatment.

05:54 - Well, I've always loved animals.

05:58 I felt compelled to try to do what I could

06:03 to change the situation.

06:05 - Bob took a hard stance when it came to fighting

06:07 for the humane and ethical treatment

06:08 of animals around the world.

06:10 He was a vocal campaigner against all forms

06:12 of animal cruelty and exploitation,

06:15 protesting publicly on behalf of his four-legged friends.

06:18 - Release those elephants

06:21 and let them go into a sanctuary.

06:23 - I would prefer that animals were not exploited

06:27 in any way, circuses, rodeos, movies, zoos, you name it.

06:32 Now look up there and smile.

06:34 There you are.

06:35 We need more voices like mine

06:38 and we need more voices, period.

06:40 - I think that the fact that I have the opportunity

06:43 to be with you on entertainment tonight is important.

06:47 The fact that I have the opportunity to talk about animals

06:50 to your vast audience is important.

06:53 - Bob even took on movie studios,

06:55 demanding the ethical treatment of animals on set.

06:58 No matter how cute and cuddly or large and majestic,

07:01 Bob was their champion and made no apologies for it.

07:04 - You get the idea I have an opinion?

07:06 - You sure do.

07:07 I'll tell you that much.

07:09 You should see me when I get councilman to listen.

07:12 (laughing)

07:14 - In his later years, Bob was plagued by health problems,

07:16 including a torn ligament in his ankle,

07:18 prostate surgery and neck surgery.

07:21 - I had a carotid artery that had become blocked

07:25 and I had some surgery from which I've recovered

07:28 very well, thank you.

07:29 And I am back at work

07:31 and we're grinding out one hit after another.

07:35 - In 2015, he suffered a bad fall

07:37 on the sidewalk outside his home.

07:39 - Well, I twisted and landed right over here,

07:42 but my head was up on the cement

07:45 and so I cut my head all up and cut my knee and scraped it.

07:50 - Bob recovered from the scrapes and bruises

07:54 and enjoyed relatively good health well into his late nineties

07:58 but we will always remember him

08:00 for his warm smile and good nature

08:02 and the happiness he brought to millions of fans.

08:05 - I've enjoyed the whole thing, I really have.

08:09 Where am I gonna be?

08:10 I hope I'm up there looking down on the whole thing.

08:14 I'd hate to think I'm looking up.

08:16 - I would like to have them remember me

08:17 as a man who loved all living things

08:22 and did all he could during his life

08:25 to make ours a better world for animals.

08:29 And at the same time, did a lot of television shows.

08:32 (laughing)

08:34 (upbeat music)

08:38 (bells chiming)

08:40 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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