When producers hired Barker to host “The Price Is Right” in 1972, they hit the jackpot. The game show had faded significantly from its glory days in the late ‘50s and had been punted by two networks before it landed at CBS.

When producers hired Barker to host “The Price Is Right” in 1972, they hit the jackpot. The game show had faded significantly from its glory days in the late ‘50s and had been punted by two networks before it landed at CBS.

  • Ganrokh@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    He donated $3.1 million to his alma mater here in my city, and it was enough for the university to establish an animal studies program.