For 35 years, Barker was a familiar presence in the living rooms of everyone from little old ladies, to kids home sick from school. He used his fame to promote another great passion: animal rights.
"I really had myself worked up in an emotional state," he said,"and I thought, I've got to go over there and do this show — straighten yourself out, Barker!"
Born in 1923, Barker grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where his mother was a schoolteacher. He never thought his future career would require cake makeup, the glare of camera lights or games like Plinko and Cliffhanger. "I wanted to pitch for the Saint Louis Cardinals. That was my dream," Barker said."And the only thing that prevented it was a total lack of talent."
Instead, Barker pitched in with the World War II effort. He served as a Navy fighter pilot, although he never saw combat. After the war, he returned to finish college and took a job hosting a radio show in Los Angeles. That eventually launched his career, and his next job was hosting TV'sThat gig lasted for 18 years, twice the average lifespan for most TV stars — and for Barker, it was just a warm-up.that cemented his fame.
The show's simple format — average people trying to guess the price of common household products, from Windex to washing machines — appealed to fans, and the show didn't change much over four decades. Nor did the host, except once: when Barker stopped dying his hair. Seemingly overnight, he went from dark hair to white. It's one of the most talked-about events in"The audience just gasped," Barker said."And I got a card from a man in the Midwest.
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