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I grew up with him and remember that the contestants were embracing him, running up to him, laughing. he did leave the script a lot, and you loved that about him. >> he never lost his cool. people were winning money, so they're screaming and jumping up and down. he was so consistent. you cannot talk about bob barker without talking about his commitment to animal rights. it goes back to very early on the show. they were giving away fur coats on the show, and bob went to mark goodson, the producer of the show and said, i'm not doing this anymore. i'm not giving fur coats away. he not only contri...

Of the game show "the price is right" and "truth and consequences," and the list goes on. >> you're talking about one of the true legends in the television industry. bob barker was on the show for decades. he was sort of revolutionary in what he did to the game show. in quiz shows, you used to see a host sitting behind a desk or standing behind a lectern. bob walked the stage and interacted with the performers, guided them, calmed them down, embraced them. you didn't see that before him. he kind of changed tv that way. there was an expectation you had to be more tactile and more involved in th...