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Priceless memories : a memoir / Bob Barker with Digby Diehl.

Barker, Bob, 1923-2023 (Author). Diehl, Digby. (Added Author).

Summary:

The host of "The Price Is Right" shares experiences from his public and personal life, including favorite contestants and episodes, his childhood on a Native American reservation, his training as a WWII Navy pilot, and his marriage to the love of his life, Dorothy Jo.

Record details

ISBN: 9781599951355
ISBN: 1599951355
Physical Description: viii, 245 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Center Street, 2009.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Phone call from Ralph Edwards -- Truth or consequences, my first national show -- I go to work for Mark Goodson, too -- Contestants and celebrities I've met -- Dorothy Jo: wife and partner -- My years on the reservation -- Tilly--what a mom! -- Up, up, and away as a Naval Aviation Cadet -- Let me tell you of dogs, cats, rabbits, and ducks -- What's right about The price is right -- Hurray for Hollywood! 1950-1981 -- Beauty pageants and the "fur flap" -- Touching bases from Happy Gilmore to the Rose Parade -- DJ&T Foundation -- Retirement can keep you busy.