RIP Thread

Losing Bob Barker at just one age shy of 100 is the equivalent to losing Alex Trebek. The fact that Pat Sajak is still moving forward even after retirement from Wheel of Fortune is just proof that our favorite game show hosts loved by Baby Boomers and the Great Generation alike are almost going to be gone after it’s all said and done.

I hope Bob can rest peacefully, even with The Price Is Right theme playing in his head.

Super-Chevy454 said:
And we remember his fight against Adam Sandler.
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As someone that absolutely loves Happy Gilmore, I can only imagine what Adam is thinking right now, This is still one of the best examples of a random celebrity fight that can never be duplicated. Thank you for making me not forget this.
 
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Thiletonomics said:
Farewell Bob, you are one of the last standing of a dying breed, Game Show Hosts that were that from the start. Hope that you can have some fun (no not that kind) with Alex Trebek in the afterlife.
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They both strike me as the kind of men who could spend eternity exchanging stories about imbecile contestants and the dumb shit they said and did, but are both far too classy to do that and instead will spend eternity exchanging stories of the more wholesome behind-the-scenes stuff that undoubtedly happened with the non-stupid contestants.
 
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moocow said:
They both strike me as the kind of men who could spend eternity exchanging stories about imbecile contestants and the dumb shit they said and did, but are both far too classy to do that and instead will spend eternity exchanging stories of the more wholesome behind-the-scenes stuff that undoubtedly happened with the non-stupid contestants.
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Such is the nature of hell.
 
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Kind of niche, but Alexandra Paul, a Canadian figure skater, died in a car pile-up a few days ago. She was 31, married to her skating partner from back in their competitive days, and had just had a baby who was also in the car at the time of the accident, but he was thankfully spared. Figure skating is a really small, insular community so all these young deaths (Denis Ten, Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya) in the past few years have been devastating.
 
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moocow said:
They both strike me as the kind of men who could spend eternity exchanging stories about imbecile contestants and the dumb shit they said and did, but are both far too classy to do that and instead will spend eternity exchanging stories of the more wholesome behind-the-scenes stuff that undoubtedly happened with the non-stupid contestants.
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Dian Parkinson sucked Bob Barker's dick between tapings of TPIR: "classy" is not a word I'd use to describe him.
 
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IDanceonTrannyGraves said:
Bob Barker has died

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For our foreign kiwis, this is a big deal to a lot of people who grew up watching Price is Right in the daytime (and considering he hosted it for 35 years, that's a lot).

One of the last game show greats; Pat Sajak's really the last one who's still active at the moment, although he's retiring soon. If you count living retirees, add Wink Martindale and Bob Eubanks to that list.

EDIT: Peter Marshall as well.
 
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He's Ronald McDonald said:
RIP, she was also the literal inspiration for Harley herself.

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Yeah despite being a massive Batman fan I had no idea that Harley's character came from Days of Our Lives of all things. Also yes I'm linking to this Youtube video in part due to how it makes me laugh that the thumbnail is Arleen's butt.
She will continue to reign as the definitive Harley Quinn, while most of her appearances on BTAS is just her doing Harley's Manic Pixie Brooklyn voice she did show range as seen in that musical number but most of all in the episode "Mad Love" that gives Harley's origin story. Long ago I was naïve and thought the concept of Harley Quinn was absurd, then I learned about women who actually do have insane romantic fascination with serial killers and the general dregs of humanity.

I really do hope Lady Gaga is able to pull a standout performance as Harley for Joker 2. The character of Harley Quinn deserves better than the lame DCEU content, I think Margot Robbie did her best but no one could save Suicide Squad or Birds of Prey. But anyway it sucks to lose the BTAS voices of Harley and Bruce Wayne.
 
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Homer J. Fong said:
I really do hope Lady Gaga is able to pull a standout performance as Harley for Joker 2. The character of Harley Quinn deserves better than the lame DCEU content, I think Margot Robbie did her best but no one could save Suicide Squad or Birds of Prey. But anyway it sucks to lose the BTAS voices of Harley and Bruce Wayne.
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Think of it this way: it’s not like it’ll be on the level of the HBO Max series. Right?

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Either way, RIP Ms. Sorkin.
 
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Random Internet Person said:
Think of it this way: it’s not like it’ll be on the level of the HBO Max series. Right?

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Either way, RIP Ms. Sorkin.
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Jonah Hill poster said:
I 100% prefer this Harley Quinn over the recent version of her being used as an excuse to write as a barely disguised fetish over actual character development.
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The problem is the new gen just don't get that standard Batman stories only really work in a retro setting. Because Batman was made in 1939, by the time of the Adam West TV Show Batman was already an old school character. Tim Burton got that, that's why Batman 89 is heavy with Film Noir style and then Returns goes admittedly overboard with German Expressionism. Bruce Timm and Paul Dini really got it, Batman TAS draws heavily on old school Hollywood and definitely Fleischer Studios timeless Superman shorts. And back to Harley Quinn how many giant franchises wind up getting a new character 50 years later who winds up being in top 3 of the most popular characters? Harley seamlessly fit into the Batman universe because her romance with Mr. J is derived from screwball comedy. It just makes Joker such a more entertaining villain.

Even that Twitter user doesn't fully get it. To hell with satire, Batman and Superman need to be played straight. The Harley Quinn show is shitty satire, more or less the lamest imitation of The Venture Bros. And look I've been a lonely nerd, Harley and Ivy yuri pairings can titillate but the problem is turning the two into rugmunchers doesn't develop much beyond that. Harley only got paired with Ivy as a fun little tribute to Thelma and Louise. Again Harley's pairing with The Joker is fun because they have that screwball relationship and it's great to have the Joker treat Harley like shit and then Harley gets some revenge. One of my favorite BTAS memories is when the Joker is put into a Paddy Wagon where Harley reveals she's disguised herself as a cop and tells Joker "Welcome to the Club", the episode ends with us just hearing the Joker getting beaten to shit by his girl. Comedy gold, and that deserved retribution only works Harley beating his ass.

Anyway I sperged out hard in two paragraphs. Let me end it by saying Robert Pattinson's The Batman felt like the ultimate Monkey's Paw wish. That is a Batman movie I dreamed of when I was in High School. It's gritty, violent, dark, has a plot filled with shades of grey, even has NIRVANA music! I would have loved that film and declared it my favorite movie had it been made years ago. But now that I'm older I feel that movie is such a mess. Whereas I loved Joker because Todd Philips made it retro via a pastiche of Scorceses's 70s classics. I hope he can do it again. Scorcese pretty much delivered the 70s Harley I want Gaga to practically emulate; Sandra Bernhardt in The King of Comedy.
Make her a crazy ass bitch. IMO an incredible subversion of expectation would be that Joaquin's Joker is the abused partner. That would be far more interesting than another "Poor Harley Quinn she needs to get outta that relationship." We'll see next year how it turns out, if Todd Philips and Bruce Timm's upcoming cartoon fail in doing the character justice I'll be worried that such an endearing character will be gone for good. Replaced by a rave girl fapbait for horny teenagers.
 
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Homer J. Fong said:
Replaced by a rave girl fapbait for horny teenagers.
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I think Hot Topic has already made that happen. Hell, I'm willing to bet they don't know who Arleen Sorkin even IS.

Homer J. Fong said:
One of my favorite BTAS memories is when the Joker is put into a Paddy Wagon where Harley reveals she's disguised herself as a cop and tells Joker "Welcome to the Club", the episode ends with us just hearing the Joker getting beaten to shit by his girl. Comedy gold, and that deserved retribution only works Harley beating his ass.
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I found the episode you were talking about, Joker's Millions.




 
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:( Whilst we never had the Bob Barker version of The Price Is Right over here, I've seen plenty of clips on YT. Arguably the GOAT of game show hosts.
Pissmaster said:
DAMMIT! He was gonna hit 100 in December.
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Bob's agent and family should've held off on the announcement until after his 100th birthday. I forget who it was (I want to say either Bob Hope or George Burns), but I vaguely remember some famous old-timey comedian's death being announced in a similar manner.
Smar Mijou said:
I believe Drew Carey still does this as a PSA/tribute to Bob Barker at the end of the show.
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Whilst he'll never be Bob (mainly because of the generational thing), Drew Carey is the only game show host worth a damn these days.
 
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