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  • Birth Name: Robert William Barker
  • Birth Place: Darrington, WA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/12/1923, Sagittarius
  • Profession: TV host; actor
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Exclusive: Oh Sit Producer Brings Back Game Shows Truth or Consequences, Treasure Hunt

Truth or Consequences, one of the most popular game shows from the early days of TV, could be making a comeback. The Gurin Company, which produces Oh Sit! for The CW, has licensed the rights to the show and is currently shopping it to networks.

"Truth or Consequences is a great collection of game, stunt, hidden camera, reunions, surprises, strange talents and unique guests," says Phil Gurin, president and CEO of The Gurin Company. "It's just a really fun show. We're taking the original show and making it bigger."

Truth or Consequences ran for 38 years on radio and TV, including on both CBS and NBC, and later in syndication. The show, which Gurin licensed from Ralph Edwards Productions (which launched it on radio in 1939), was Bob Barker's first TV job in 1956. A town in New Mexico renamed itself Truth or Consequences, N.M., in homage and is still called that to this day.

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Drew Carey Calls Bob Barker's Price Is Right Snub a Big Misunderstanding

Bob Barker was not deliberately left out of The Price Is Right's 40th anniversary special, according to Drew Carey.

"I feel really bad about that," Carey tells TMZ. "It wasn't because of animosity or anything like that. ... It just didn't occur to anybody to invite him personally to be on the show because it was a salute to the contestants."read more

Bob Barker: Videos

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On This Day: June 14
Drunk Price Is Right
Happy Gilmore/Billy Madison - DVD Trailer

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Happy Gilmore
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Happy Gilmore

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Showdown
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Family Guy: Screwed the Pooch
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The Lesser of Two Evils
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Denver McKee

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Year Title Description
2007 Bob Barker TV Show Series, Subject (person only)
2005 Daytime Emmy Awards TV Show Series, Guest
2003 The Price Is Right Million Dollar Spectacular TV Show Series, Host
1996 Happy Gilmore Movie, Actor - Himself
1981 That's My Line TV Show Series, Host

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Why Wasn't Bob Barker Invited to The Price is Right's 40th Birthday Bash?

Nobody asked him to "Come on down!" CBS' The Price is Right celebrates its 40th anniversary on Tuesday's episode with host Drew Carey welcoming favorite contestants from the past, but don't expect to see the show's original, much-loved emcee Bob Barker. He wasn't invited. (CBS declined comment; a source with the show says Barker will be seen via vintage clips.) read more

American Idol: What Do the Girls Need to Do to Survive?

The two remaining American Idol girls need to step up their game if they want to end the guys' winning streak. The last time a female won, fans were still waiting for the final Harry Potter book to hit shelves and Bob Barker was still hosting The Price Is Right.

But after only four female wins in the show's past nine seasons (including hugely successful alums Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood), the men have dominated the last four seasons, including the current one. With only two women left and seven weeks to go... read more

TV Fitness Pioneer Jack LaLanne Dies at 96

Jack LaLanne, a TV pioneer who urged coach potatoes to get fit long before Richard Simmons and others, has died, his longtime agent told The Associated Press. He was 96.

Rick Hersh told the AP that LaLanne died of respiratory failure from pneumonia Sunday at his home in Morro Bay, Calif.

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John Lithgow to Play Barney's Father on How I Met Your Mother

One of How I Met Your Mother's mysteries is about to be revealed.

John Lithgow will play Barney Stinson's estranged father, Jerome Whitaker, Cobie Smulders confirmed on TV Guide Network's Hollywood 411.

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Bob Barker in "Top-Notch Condition" After Fainting

Bob Barker says he's doing fine after fainting at a Los Angeles shooting range last week.

"My healthy young body has bounced back," Barker told Access Hollywood Live.

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