The Price Was Right One Final Time...

If you missed Bob Barker’s final “The Price Is Right,” you missed something pretty special…

But not because of anything Bob himself did. No, for him, the show was business as usual. He moved from game to game just as he always did. Not even a spontaneous confetti shower knocked him off stride.

What made this show special were the contestants. So enthusiastic for their love of this 83-year-old man who has become like family for all of us…

The show kicked off with Denise, who was born nine days after Barker took over the show. She never stopped jumping especially after she won a $45,000 Corvette in the show’s first game…

Then there was Phillip who had waited in line five days and ended up in the showcase showdown…

There was Melva, who never stopped shaking, fell while spinning the wheel, and after one failed attempt, finally got to fulfill her 17-year-old dream of kissing Bob Barker…

And there was Dean, the Canadian who played along so gamely with Barker’s patented stalling and who saved Melva from knocking herself out on the wheel…

In the end, it was the excitable Denise who walked away the big winner with a $90,000+ showcase and a whopping $140,235 in prizes…

And then Barker looked into the camera and thanked us for welcoming him into our homes for 50 years and then reminded us—as always—to help control the pet population.

It was a perfect ending to an extraordinary run.

I have to believe that Barker himself was stunned at the devotion he inspired in so many. He wasn’t flashy. He wasn’t controversial. He was just Bob Barker. And that’s why we love him.

Enjoy retirement, Bob. We will miss you…