On Sunday, January 10, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-5, Susan P. Repole wrote:
As much as I like Price Is Right and Bob Barker, it does appear that
he and I will never see eye to eye on the issue of body size. It was
fairly widely publicized that one of "Barker's Beauties" was fired
because she was "too fat". It was the red-head who had been with the
show for 20 years or so. Even worse, her change in weight was caused
by a medecine she was taking, and they fired her even after she
offered to stop taking the drug. Maybe she's better off getting away
from bigots and staying on the medecine her doctor prescribed.
On 6 Jan 1999 12:53:26 GMT, erinp...@aol.com (ErinPW0805) wrote:
Hello everyone,
Just needed to rant abt. yesterday's Price is Right. Did anyone see it? I was
in the middle of a marathon microbraiding session (ten hours! yow!) and the >braider had it on as "entertainment."
Anyway, you know how some of the women like to grab Bob Barker and kiss him and
coo over him, etc., and usualy, if they're young, skiny and pretty (like the >Barker's Beuties he'll allow it. Dirty old fart.
But yesterday, the last woman to come out of Constestant's Row was a BBW, >obviously overjoyed to get a chance at last to be onstage. She went over to >give Bob Barker a hug, and the freak warded her off saying something like "Hey,
I'm fragile, I'm fragile."
What a butt? Am I wrong in thinking that was rude and insensitive? He wasn't >fragile with the nymphets but when a BBW wanted to hug him, all of a sudden he
was made of porcelain? I asked my braider to change the channel after that.
Maybe I'm making a big deal out of othing, but it seemed as if he were singling
this woman out NOT to hug him because she was fat. It would have been a >different story if he'd allowed all to hug him or none to hug him.
If anyone saw yesterday's show and would like to disagree or agree, please do.
thanks all,
E
Dear All,
This conversation cracked me up, 22 years later. Aren't you all ridiculous?
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