Daytime TV will never be the same after Bob Barker steps down from The Price is Right next month.  He has been the host of the ever-popular-astro-turfed show for more than 35 years.

The 83-year-old Barker told The Associated Press he picked “just the right time” to say goodbye to the cameras.

“I do not have any regrets about retiring,” he said. “Isn’t that strange? I expected to have second thoughts.”

Don’t expect Bobby to play dead once the cameras quit rolling.  He has always been active and at age 83 he isn’t planning on slowing down.

He also plans to travel with his brother and continue working with his animal-welfare charity, the DJ&T Foundation. Named for his late wife, Dorothy Jo, and his mother, Matilda (”Everybody called her Tilly,” he said), the organization provides grants for spay and neuter services nationwide. Barker has financed the program since he established it in 1995.

CBS is planning two tribute shows to air during prime time during the next couple of weeks to celebrate Barker’s five decades on TV.

Barker said he was “absolutely delighted” by the network tribute.

The legendary daytime game-show host won’t tape his last “Price Is Right” episode until June 6, but CBS will honor Barker next week with a pair of prime-time specials celebrating his five decades on television.
“For them to celebrate my 50 years on television was just a wonderful climax to the whole thing for me,” he said. “It was fun, fun, fun, wasn’t it?”

I remember spending many hours in front of the TV as a kid before I started school watching ‘The Price is Right’ and trying my best to guess the correct price of items on the show before the big breasted blonde from Iowa could do it successfully.  I don’t think the show will do well without Barker and could possibly even end up getting canceled.