Impressive that he guaranteed admission to the next round by getting as close as possible to 100 without going over. 

The last words he wanted to hear while he died..."Bob Barker, come on down!."
 

Critic’s Appreciation: Bob Barker Was the Patron Saint of Sick Days

RadioActive wrote:

Considering Barker's stance on animal rights and that he quit hosting the Miss America pageant over their insistence on giving away fur coats as a prize, it's incredible to watch the original TPIR episode from 1972. 

The first prize ever offered "up for bids" on the show - a fur coat!

There were some reasons on why GSN back in the mid to late 1990’s were not allowed to re air some episodes with fur coats.

Another amazing thing about the show - in 51 years, it's still using pretty much the exact same theme song and incidental music. It was composed by Score Productions and has certainly withstood the test of time. I can't think of another long running show that's done that.

But there is one big change from the beginning. If you watched that very first episode, you'll see that famous "Come on Down!" wasn't originally used off the top. Instead, they asked the future contestants to "Stand up!" and then come to the stage. 

RadioActive wrote:

Another amazing thing about the show - in 51 years, it's still using pretty much the exact same theme song and incidental music. It was composed by Score Productions and has certainly withstood the test of time. I can't think of another long running show that's done that.

But there is one big change from the beginning. If you watched that very first episode, you'll see that famous "Come on Down!" wasn't originally used off the top. Instead, they asked the future contestants to "Stand up!" and then come to the stage. 

Edd Kalehoff composed / created the majority of the music cues as well as the main theme for TPIR.  Kalehoff made extensive use of the Moog synthesizer, and studio session musicians for cues that had a more orchestral sound. 

The main theme "Come on Down" while written/composed by Kalehoff is credited to Susan Cole. Cole was the wife of Score founder Bob Israel. Israel is said to have duped or pulled a fast one on Kalehoff when he asked him to allow Susan Cole to be credited as the composer of "Come on Down" on the promise that there was more production work coming from Goodson * Todman.  The "Come on Down" cues and their variants are the most used music cues on TPIR, and Susan Cole gets the royalty each time they are played, not Kalehoff.

RA mentioned the first episode where Johnny Olson called the contestant's name followed by "Standup".  The producers were worried that the audience members would not hear their name being called, so they did not use the audience vamp music cue...  the music bed was not fed to the studio PA/foldback speakers.  After the first taping, it was felt that the open was a bit flat, so the music vamp was added. Announcer Johnny Olson is credited as changing "Standup" to the now familiar "Come on Down", and apparently it was an ad lib on the part of Olson.
 

I completely forgot about Bob's tribute last night.  Look's like it had respectable ratings for CBS and performed well in the 18-49 demo.  http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/2023/09/thursday-tv-ratings-83123-price-is.html

RadioActive wrote:

Not too late to see it. I recall reading that it will be rerun on Monday morning in the normal TPIR timeslot on CBS @11 AM.

That is good news. My cable was out Thursday night.

There’s a proposal to rename a portion of LA’s famous Sunset Boulevard after Bob Barker.

It’s coming from PETA.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/peta-hopes-to-showcase-bob-barker-with-renamed-portion-of-sunset-boulevard/amp/