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'The Price Is Right' models, producer recount culture of sexual harassment during Bob Barker era

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CreativeFraud Mar 18, 2026 +1835
I have watched my fair share of old game shows and let me tell ya. That shit was all over the place. The kissing. Good lawd.
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Sweatytubesock Mar 18, 2026 +550
I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, and as a kid I didn’t think much about it. But looking back, yeah. Just creepy.
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NCSUGrad2012 Mar 18, 2026 +466
Lucille ball shut down that one dude. She was a total queen https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/s/LHRCZkrg9C
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PolPotbelly Mar 18, 2026 +88
Fittingly for this post, a few comments down on that post is actually a small thread about Bob Barker and The Price is Right https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/s/fdjgsznX8L
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gwaydms Mar 19, 2026 +39
I read Holly Hallstrom's wiki page yesterday. She sued Bob Barker for sexual harassment, settling for less money rather than keep silent about what she thought of his character. Barker, she said, was a "mad dictator" and an "evil old b******".
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MadeByTango Mar 19, 2026 +7
>I never understood the public attitude of getting rid of a scapegoat, then everyone assuming the rampant industry and rich person abuse has suddenly stopped worldwide. We still have priests getting shuffled around, casting couch abuse, and the countless other Harvey Weinsteins doing their worst. Out of sight, out of mind unfortunately. That was two years ago, if they could see the coverups happening now...
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FelineSoLazy Mar 18, 2026 +71
A classic clip. Love her moxie
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NCSUGrad2012 Mar 18, 2026 +40
She was an amazing woman. Very smart and way ahead of her time
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sleepymeowth052 Mar 18, 2026 +11
Thank god for lucille ball
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OcotilloWells Mar 19, 2026 +18
I took a film class in high school. One of the student's uncle's was a Hollywood propmaster. He came in and talked to us. He worked on one of Lucy's TV shows, among other things. He had nothing but praise for her. He didn't name names, but apparently there were a number of people he did not have as high regard for, so it meant something that he was praising her.
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Quick_Persimmon_4436 Mar 18, 2026 +43
I am madly, deeply in love with so much about that woman.
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reddit809 Mar 18, 2026 +40
You wanna stand with her on a mountain? Perhaps bathe with her in the sea?
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TheCarrzilico Mar 18, 2026 +37
r/unexpectedsavagegarden
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pigeonwiggle Mar 18, 2026 +6
truly
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WIgeekyGal Mar 18, 2026 +7
Madly
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Bojanggles16 Mar 19, 2026 +3
I'd give her a cherry coke-a-cola
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TreeRol Mar 18, 2026 +11
Just would you get your hands *off* her?
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NCSUGrad2012 Mar 18, 2026 +6
Same dude, great person with a great tv show
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thuggishruggishboner Mar 18, 2026 +3
David, what the f***.
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gwaydms Mar 19, 2026 +3
She was someone for whom verbal superlatives simply fall short.
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NCSUGrad2012 Mar 19, 2026 +2
Beautiful way to put it
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Taupenbeige Mar 18, 2026 +35
70’s and 80’s gameshows were where cocaine went to fester
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FreneticPlatypus Mar 18, 2026 +11
You mean there was a snowstorm going on behind that Hollywood Squares stage?!
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Taupenbeige Mar 18, 2026 +12
Show me an episode where Chuck Barris isn’t completely gormed I challenge thee
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Usual-Asparagus-1299 Mar 18, 2026 +11
Gene, Gene, the dancing machine!
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I_DontNeedNoDoctor Mar 19, 2026 +3
My heart would start racing when those piano notes hit ........❤️❤️❤️
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Kevin-W Mar 19, 2026 +4
Same and it was just limited to The Price is Right. This happened across game shows. Watch some of Family Feud when it was hosted by Richard Dawson to see another example.
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frankduxvandamme Mar 18, 2026 +109
https://youtu.be/Up2tZmB-38Y?si=M0DLbwn4Fw5ctI7R
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toucanstubz Mar 18, 2026 +29
This was parodying Family Feud with Richard Dawson, who always kissed the female contestants. They tried to spin it as "family-oriented", and now people say it was a different time and shouldn't be judged according to today's standards. But that's BS, it was creepy man behavior, and this clip shows that it *was* known to be creepy. Shit like this was rampant. It's wild.
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barelyash Mar 18, 2026 +43
What the f***
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Creative-Package6213 Mar 18, 2026 +93
You've never seen National Lampoons European Vacation???
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3-DMan Mar 18, 2026 +19
Lol I knew it would be that clip
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DuckOnARiver Mar 18, 2026 +29
That’s more WTF than the clip
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1-800-COCAINE Mar 18, 2026 +132
That’s from a movie but it’s making fun of Richard Dawson who really did that shit to basically every female guest on Family Feud. Even watching it as a little kid I thought that shit was creepy af.
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WhyLisaWhy Mar 18, 2026 +66
Fun fact, that is John Astin playing that role. He played Gomez Addams and is still alive and well. He is also Sean Astin's father.
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kickrole Mar 18, 2026 +14
Also Harry's father from Night Court... "But I'm feeling much better now."
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nobody_you_know Mar 18, 2026 +31
He's one of Sean Astin's *four* fathers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Astin#Early_life_and_education
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pokexchespin Mar 18, 2026 +20
halfway to hollyhock manheim-manheim-guerrero-robinson-zilberschlag-hsung-fonzerelli-mcquack
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ikeif Mar 19, 2026 +4
What is this, a crossover episode?!
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ReggieCorneus Mar 18, 2026 +7
And the old [Addams Family](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm7_DS0yf1k&list=PLwwhtOnMyjuxQy81h7uJMCdsR-bS-uVaD&index=12) is still funny as hell.
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EagleDre Mar 18, 2026 +5
Two things I’ll never forget from game shows. One, how Richard Dawson kiss molested every female. And how wasted Chuck Barris was hosting the Gong Show
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TheGRS Mar 18, 2026 +40
That’s just the satire, you should look up clips of Family Feud from the 70s/80s that this is riffing on, will make your skin crawl.
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MaxxDash Mar 18, 2026 +52
By watching these shows, I learned what sexual harassment was before I even knew what sex was. These dudes and the “models” made me uncomfortable, even as a kid. They rang the same bell for me as the weird relative harassing you for an unwanted hug or a kiss on the cheek.
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wrosecrans Mar 18, 2026 +18
The models were basically presented as objects amongst the prizes. In retrospect, it's very weird. "Let's look at the things you can have to take home with you..." (curtain reveals two women and a car.)
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HLOFRND Mar 18, 2026 +79
Yeah, the thing is, *everything* was like that back then. People who didn’t live through it might not realize the extent to which (what we would now call) r*** culture permeated just about everything. I rewatched Heathers for the first time in about 15 years and I was shocked to see how much “casual” r*** goes on in the background of the movie. (It’s satire, yes, hibut still. Crazy stuff.) Porky’s, Revenge of the Nerds, The Man Show, on and on and on- it was crazy back then. Even American Pie had that scene where the guys film the girl changing without her consent and stream it to all their friends. 😬 But one thing I distinctly remember is how much r*** (and beating women) was joked about in standup, and if you didn’t laugh along you were a b**** who needed to learn to take a joke. I remember sitting in a comedy club surrounded by drink guys laughing their asses off at a joke about f****** someone who was passed out and how it was a freebie bc he didn’t even have to listen to her b**** about having a headache or something like that- and truly feeling unsafe. I know some folks think this stuff has gone “too far” but man, shit was bleak back then.
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VerilyShelly Mar 18, 2026 +42
I can't remember which John Hughes movie it was but the nerd achieved fame and respect because he took advantage of the wasted hot girl *who was gifted, semi-conscious, to him by the popular jock as a friendly gesture*, and in the morning she couldn't remember who she had sex with and was good with it being this rando. Gnarly stuff, nevermind the casual racism.
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CheeseDanishEmergenc Mar 18, 2026 +21
Sixteen Candles.
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SnowyOwlLoveKiller Mar 18, 2026 +8
Sixteen Candles
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Kichigai Mar 18, 2026 +12
Only tangentially related: *Animal House*. Pinto is a fairly upstanding, reasonable, decent person, portrayed as a sort of goody-goody. Pinto invites a girl at the grocery store to a frat party. At one point they sneak off to his room to have sex. Being the kinda guy he is he has no idea he has no idea how to remove a bra, so she does it, but passes out drunk almost immediately, leaving him with a half naked girl passed out in his bed. The classic devil and angel appear on his shoulders, and they argue for/against taking advantage of the situation. Pinto decides not to, the angel praises him and the devil says, “you homo!” He then puts her back into her clothes, fits her into a shopping cart, takes her home, rings the doorbell and runs. In the grand scheme of Delta Tau Chi behavior this is downright honorable. She finds Pinto again, and they end up in a sleeping bag on the football field. After some chitchat Pinto discloses that he's been lying to her: he *is* a virgin. She replies that she also has been lying to her: she's only 13. Shocked look from Pinto, smash cut to a new scene. In the chaotic final scene of the movie where the Deltas “cut the cake” at a parade, the girl finds Pinto and drags him to her dad, *the mayor*, climbing out of a row of bleachers that had collapsed, and tells him, “daddy, this is the boy who molested me last month, anyway we simply have to be married.” I love the movie as an iconic piece of film history, but **hoo boy**. It would not fly today. And that's only part of the problematic parts of the movie. The opening bit where they try to pledge Omega is probably the only bit that's still appropriate and accurate.
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Kichigai Mar 18, 2026 +19
>Porky’s, Revenge of the Nerds, The Man Show, on and on and on- it was crazy back then. *The Man Show* was not the same “back then” as those movies. That came about 20 years later, and while it was a bit raunchy and misogynistic, it did exist in a place that was 20 years different. It tried to be the last hurrah of that kind of stuff, but it also existed in an era where there was an HR department that didn't want scandal. So it wasn't just all sex, it was other “manly” things. Sports, cars, dumb stunts, making fun of each other. It had to be clean enough to be on basic cable. It wanted to be evocative of *Porky’s*, but it couldn't upset the suits at Comedy Central. You get closer to *Porky’s* with all the ads for [Girls Gone Wild](https://youtu.be/RajKFOXZzZI&t=4m52s). Holy carumba they were everywhere. I swear to God, they ran those goddamn ads everywhere, even on shows with no sexual content. Like *Battlebots* reruns or later in the evening during 24 hour MST3K marathons, I remember watching them on syndicated reruns of *The Simpsons*.
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Bluest_waters Mar 18, 2026 +9
> I rewatched Heathers for the first time in about 15 years and I was shocked to see how much “casual” r*** goes on in the background of the movi it's been a long time since I've seen that movie, when is there r***?
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HLOFRND Mar 18, 2026 +14
The one scene I’m thinking of happens on a golf course? There’s something else we’re watching in the scene- I think it’s a convo with Winona and another character- and one of the blonde Heathers is literally being pinned down and assaulted while she visibly fights back and struggles to get away. It’s not the only time it comes up in the movie, either. Handsy dudes ignoring no happens more than that scene. Again- I know it’s satire, and I maintain Heathers isn’t just our (GenX’s) version of Mean Girls or anything. It’s meant to be dark. But fuuuuuuuck. That element of it was pretty jarring.
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qawsedrf12 Mar 18, 2026 +10
I couldn't watch Mad Men at first. Made me feel dirty. I finally visited again, wish my dad was still around to confirm if it was really like that
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HLOFRND Mar 18, 2026 +6
I have to chuckle bc I tried to watch Mad Men a couple of months ago and I tapped out in season one bc, and I know this sounds stupid, I just can’t find it in me to get invested in another straight, white dude’s issues. 😂 I came to an episode where it started to hint at Don having Daddy issues or something and I told my BFF I was out. lol. Nothing again MM, and I was really stoked to see all of the beautiful MCM furniture and decor, but I tapped out. I might go back someday, but right now? Nah. I’ve spent my life watching that story.
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CreativeFraud Mar 18, 2026 +8
Tell me about it. I'm rewatching MadTv and In Living Color with my nephew, who's in their 20s. He has been shocked too many times to count. 😂
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HLOFRND Mar 18, 2026 +6
Right? It’s wild what used to be normalized.
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ReggieCorneus Mar 18, 2026 +3
>and if you didn’t laugh along you were a b**** who needed to learn to take a joke. Be upset about comedy and what is the first thing you will hear? "If you don't like comedy why do you watch it?". "If you don't have a sense of humor".. "Chill out, it is just a joke, bro". Low empathy people say those kind of things, they just can't imagine there are different senses of humor and one can love an art form without loving the EXACT THING THEY LOVE.
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HLOFRND Mar 18, 2026 +2
I’d bet my next paycheck those same dudes wouldn’t find it funny if a woman joked about falsely accusing them!
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Ink_Smudger Mar 19, 2026 +3
I recommended *Mad Men* to my aunt thinking it'd be a show she enjoyed due to how authentic the show was to a time period she grew up in. I didn't consider just *how* authentic when she had enough of being treated like a sex object in the workplace to sit and watch it. (Though, of course, I'd argue that show is about confronting that and the women who were able to overcome it, but I get her point.)
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reddit_understoodit Mar 18, 2026 +12
That was Family Feud.
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timkatt10 Mar 18, 2026 +6
I think Richard Dawson was way worse than Barker.
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peon2 Mar 18, 2026 +41
Yeah Chuck Woolery kissed every female contestant to the point there's a family guy bit about it
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OdoWanKenobi Mar 18, 2026 +131
Do you mean Richard Dawson?
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gonewild9676 Mar 18, 2026 +28
Yeah he kissed pretty much every woman on Family Fued. I heard he stopped doing it for a while but the women were so offended that he wouldn't kiss them that he started doing it again.
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stroppy Mar 18, 2026 +22
That was his shtick. People loved it back then. They used montages of him kissing the women contestants in commercials for the show.
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gwaydms Mar 19, 2026 +3
Most of the women *wanted* to kiss him. In that sense, it truly was a different time.
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peon2 Mar 18, 2026 +23
Oh maybe that was it yeah sorry
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SnausageFest Mar 18, 2026 +26
Chuck Woolery was a turbo d*****. Wouldn't be surprised if you were accidentally right.
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TWiThead Mar 18, 2026 +22
On camera, Chuck Woolery exhibited the utmost professionalism. That's why it was so disappointing to learn that he was a horrible person in real life.
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Hesitation-Marx Mar 18, 2026 +8
On the other hand, I just remembered he was dead, so that was nice. Thanks.
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mkstot Mar 18, 2026 +2
He would also gift the women a bouquet of lollipops on their birthday too.
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NickCageFreeChicken Mar 18, 2026 +59
Richard Dawson
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NYstate Mar 19, 2026 +2
There's Fergie Olver a Canadian game show host [who had a straight up pedophile](https://youtu.be/2sJJtCp9eRw)
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EquivalentSpot8292 Mar 18, 2026 +513
The price is wrong, b****.
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ItAintLongButItsThin Mar 18, 2026 +74
I knew he played an a****** too well!
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HappyGilOHMYGOD Mar 18, 2026 +19
I loved you on "let's make a deal"
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Media-critique Mar 18, 2026 +8
You used the one TWICE Joyyyy!
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PaulSarlo Mar 18, 2026 +295
Remember to spay and neuter your gameshow hosts.
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whopewell Mar 18, 2026 +10
*chef's kiss*
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Demerzel69 Mar 18, 2026 +562
Like 35 years late on this one, lol.
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Morgan-Moonscar Mar 18, 2026 +138
It wasn't that long ago the executive producer from this show who tried to make himself host of Jeopardy was outed as sexually harassing/assaulting women on Price is Right.
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Nebearska Mar 18, 2026 +19
He also got Roger Dobkowitz fired after the first year with Drew. He’s been with the show since Day 1. And also Announcer Rich Fields three seasons in. Mike said he fired Roger due to his smoking complaint, but I think Dob was the only If not the few guys that didn’t take part of any harassment. Even Bob had trust with him, and Rogers been known to be pretty chill. He’s bitter about the firing, but he’s been keen on his experience. Rich too. Both great guys.
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gwaydms Mar 19, 2026 +6
Dobkowitz was an associate producer on *Match Game* and probably some other Goodson-Todman/Mark Goodson shows, and earlier he was the guy who wrote names and answers on cards to remind Gene Rayburn. Gene occasionally pointed out when Roger misspelled something, or wrote the wrong word, to poke a little fun at him. Sometimes Gene would say, "And this man has a master's degree!"
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spmahn Mar 18, 2026 +3
Roger was fired for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one was his constant refusal to allow the show to evolve in any meaningful way and being obstinately stuck in 1985 with his ideas on television production.
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YinzaJagoff Mar 18, 2026 +30
This was brought up before and not much happened.
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Demerzel69 Mar 18, 2026 +28
Plenty of out of court settlements happened over the years.
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YinzaJagoff Mar 18, 2026 +9
But it was all before Me Too so no social replications and no jail
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BaronsHat Mar 18, 2026 +12
Repercussions.
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mdp300 Mar 18, 2026 +63
I remember hearing about this aaaaaages ago, and nothing came of it.
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Demerzel69 Mar 18, 2026 +83
He settled multiple cases out of court. 1994 is when the first woman came forth and sued.
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Bluest_waters Mar 18, 2026 +2
Yeah this is not new at all this has been known for a long time
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trampus1 Mar 18, 2026 +8
Anything presented on one of these "dark side of" type shows is new to the 20 something audience they're after.
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Cyke101 Mar 19, 2026 +5
Eh, we're only finding out now about Cesar Chavez being a sex pest, and he died in 1993.
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gwaydms Mar 19, 2026 +7
And Dolores Huerta had to keep quiet all those years, because she didn't want to derail the movement. The marches should be held in her honor.
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VeteranSergeant Mar 18, 2026 +18
The story is old, but this was a scandal in the 1990s with multiple lawsuits.
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Demerzel69 Mar 18, 2026 +15
Yes, hence about 35 years too late on this. I remember as well.
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[deleted] Mar 18, 2026 +240
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nowhereman136 Mar 18, 2026 +68
I think you meant centuries, not decades
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Existing_Set2100 Mar 18, 2026 +21
Probably since we’ve had anatomically modern humans, and probably before.  Consent has often and still often is a mild suggestion if it was even a concept at all. We’re not as fully evolved as we often like to imagine.  
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BrickwallBill Mar 18, 2026 +6
"Fully evolved" implies an endpoint and also some sort of "ideal" that the various mechanisms of evolution are driving towards, but that's not how it works.
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travio Mar 18, 2026 +4
Yeah. It wasn't til the 90s that sexual harassment was actually taken seriously and not waived away as boys being boys.
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Nebearska Mar 18, 2026 +38
I loved Bob as he was great for animal rights, and resigned from hosting Miss USA due to the use of fur coats in pageants, just like he did for The Price is Right by getting rid of them and any items that were used on animals. Problem is, the guy was known to be difficult. The ego trip started when his wife Dorothy Jo died, and when major people died during the show’s first 25 year reign such as announcer Johnny Olson, producer Frank Wayne and creator Mark Goodson. Bob also got the original director Mark Breslow fired due to “creative differences” when it was known he hated him. The only models that spoke fondly of him of the Barker era were Janice Pennington and even Kathleen Bradley. Both were let go due to the bullcrap “model search” production was going to do, but it was used to replace both models due to age. Janice loved Bob and holds no ill will to the show or Barker and spoke fondly of him after his death. Bradley also loved Bob, but had many issues with the production staff with harassment.
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TreeRol Mar 18, 2026 +7
This is really interesting context. Thank you.
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soothsayer2377 Mar 18, 2026 +128
This was a pretty big scandal in the 90s, I thought.
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thisistherevolt Mar 18, 2026 +86
Early 00's I think. I remember Barker confirming the affair with one of the models right after I left high school.
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Demerzel69 Mar 18, 2026 +49
1994 is when the first woman came out against his behavior and there were multiple settlements made to women at various times after that.
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Crossovertriplet Mar 18, 2026 +22
They settled if the price was right
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funkhero Mar 18, 2026 +5
$1, Bob.
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Mildly_Irritated_Max Mar 18, 2026 +8
Pulling the hundred dollar bills out of his pocket....
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Toxicity246 Mar 18, 2026 +5
It's addressed in the article, he was sued but the plaintiff dropped the suit after health problems arose.
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GuitarCactus Mar 18, 2026 +193
Ever watch older episodes of this show or family fued? I get second hand cringe / embarassment from all the blatant harassment/ weirdness.
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360walkaway Mar 18, 2026 +59
Now Family Feud is terrible in a different way... most of the questions are sexual in nature and Steve Harvey acts all surprised with that dumb look on his face when someone says something risque.
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runninhillbilly Mar 18, 2026 +26
"What is something that people do on their wedding night? "They consummate the marriage!" "OH MY GOD HOW DARE YOU AND YOUR DIRTY MIND!" or "What's a part of the body that gets bigger as you get older?" "A p****?" "CAN YOU BELIEVE HE SAID THAT?!"
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Nebearska Mar 18, 2026 +34
I hate Harvey man. He’s the reason why I stopped watching it save for the Celebrity edition. O’Hurley was the last good host.
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360walkaway Mar 18, 2026 +4
Hurley was good. Combs was my favorite old-school guy.
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gwaydms Mar 19, 2026 +2
I felt so bad for Ray Combs. Things just all fell apart for him.
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3yeless Mar 18, 2026 +7
I watch a lot of FF. The reason why it has gone downhill is the vague questions with answers that are completely opinion, with no way to know just how to approach it. For example, "What is one candy you wish edible underwear was made out of?" Nobody could answer it, there was no context to give a correct answer, they just kept rattling off different candies, and the answers were just your typical popular candies, nothing specific to the actual question at all. Very frustrating to play along with those types of inquiries.
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FourEightNineOneOne Mar 18, 2026 +116
Richard Dawson kissing women and young girls on the lips was incredibly creepy.
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Shenanigans99 Mar 18, 2026 +44
When I was a kid, we used to have a blast playing the Family Feud home edition with extended family. They thought it would be a great idea for us to audition for the show, but it kinda fell apart when I said there's no way I'd let Richard Dawson kiss me. I think I was maybe 6 years old, and I already knew it was creepy.
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LanceFree Mar 18, 2026 +5
> When I was a kid, we used to have a blast playing the Family Feud home edition with extended family. I thought this was going to get creepy.
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lapislaswholie Mar 18, 2026 +5
what was the other's reaction?
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pargofan Mar 18, 2026 +4
According to [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskOldPeople/comments/1b78fgy/did_anyone_think_men_like_richard_dawson_were/kthlbta/), they had a right to decline being kissed. Few women did.
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kain459 Mar 18, 2026 +10
I was a kid seeing that shit and knew it was wrong.
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Well_Spoken_Mute Mar 18, 2026 +35
Reading the title I was terrified it would say Drew Carey. Drew is a goat
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CeeArthur Mar 19, 2026 +14
I've barely watched this in years, but after Drew took over it seemed like the culture changed quite a bit. His approach was a lot more laid back, he'd have conversations with the models and they'd also have male models. One episode I did watch, during one of the parts where they would cut to each product and describe it, I remember him smashing each product as they would cut to it. I thought it was hilarious
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lavahot Mar 19, 2026 +5
But why male models?
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CeeArthur Mar 19, 2026 +8
Are you serious I just explained that
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Kaldricus Mar 18, 2026 +18
Man just wants to trip balls and watch Phish at the sphere
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CodenameBear Mar 18, 2026 +7
It could never be Drew, be for real. He’s a treasure.
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StrangerKatchoo Mar 18, 2026 +55
When Drew Carey became the host, I couldn’t figure out why the show felt different. Not just “new host” different. And then I realized he wasn’t sexually harassing the models on national television.
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dagbrown Mar 18, 2026 +37
That's the main thing I'm getting out of this article: Drew Carey doesn't put up with any of that kind of shit. As if you needed more reasons to like the guy.
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The_Pandalorian Mar 18, 2026 +22
I went to a taping of TPIR (sadly not a contestant!) and Carey was so amazingly warm and kind and fun to be around. He purposely sought out veterans to put on as contestants and the dude he picked right in front of us ended up winning it all, which was really fun. I'm a huge Carey fan after seeing him live and in-between the actual on-air stuff.
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ElectricPeterTork Mar 18, 2026 +14
That's one of the few issues with the current show... it's cut so damn thin by ad time. CBS puts 23 minutes of ads in the show, making it about 37 minutes of content. So you lose all the breathing room and time for Drew and the contestants to interact, and that interaction time was a big deal back in the olden days like you can see on the Pluto TV channel.
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The_Pandalorian Mar 19, 2026 +4
That's very true. It does feel like the show is a rushed affair compared to what I remember back in the 80s.
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CodenameBear Mar 18, 2026 +5
He’s just friendly to everyone 🥰
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ThingsThatMakeSense Mar 19, 2026 +9
He beat up that young golfer. None of this is surprising /s on the first part.
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Independent_Math_840 Mar 18, 2026 +29
Couple this with the LA Times article on Cesar Chavez…ugh.
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Weird_Fiches Mar 18, 2026 +18
Thank goodness it's OK if the President does this, though.
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Independent_Math_840 Mar 18, 2026 +9
Interesting. I did not say this. I don’t think that pointing out sexual assault by a historical figure means that I condone it in the current president or former presidents.
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Kichigai Mar 19, 2026 +6
You didn't say it. It's a commentary on how you can make yourself immune to such accusations if you put the magic [(R)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States\)) next to your name. The President has been found [civilly liable for sex crimes at the same level as r***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Jean_Carroll_v._Donald_J._Trump#Return_to_original_defamation_lawsuit_(May_2023%E2%80%93present\)). He's previously bragged about walking in on half naked Miss Teen USA contests to [inspect the merchandise](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/12/donald-trump-miss-usa-dressing-room-2001-rehearsal). He's [bragged about groping married women's genitals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape). Meanwhile a [Democratic House candidate texts explicit pictures to a teenager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner)? Persona non-grata among the party. He tries running again once he's out of jail, and runs for mayor of New York only to be [f****** b**** slapped by voters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_New_York_City_mayoral_election). Then there's Al Franken who was exposed taking lewd photos with a fellow comedian before a USO show and was accused by her of inappropriate kissing. He didn't deny it happened, said he didn't see it that way at the time, but acknowledged that behavior was now unacceptable and apologized. She even accepted his apology. He was then accused of squeezing women's butts during photo ops at the Minnesota State Fair, which he didn't deny. He said he couldn't remember these incidents, but said that wasn't out of character for him at that time, and thought it credible. Meanwhile there were accusations that Roy Moore abused teenagers barely allowed Doug Jones to become Senator.
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Weird_Fiches Mar 18, 2026 +12
Oh, I'm not saying you did! Just commenting on our collective sad, strange set of current events. You said nothing inappropriate.
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MrsPandaBear Mar 18, 2026 +144
It feels like this was pretty commonplace in a lot of workplaces in those days. Seems like both men and women accepted it and the ones who didn’t were seen as Karens.
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BigMax Mar 18, 2026 +63
Haha, well... "accepted" it, sure. It's like saying a prisoner accepts being locked up or something like that. Back then, it was either accept it, or just not have a job at all. If you complained, you'd just get fired and blackballed. So when that creepy guy pinched your butt and said "looking HOT today Jane!" Jane had to suppress her anger and say "gee, thanks Mr. Jones!"
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PC_Mwende Mar 18, 2026 +34
Women knew who did what and it was talked about. We knew who not to get left alone with and tried hard to stick together whenever Mr. AH was coming to the office.
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BigMax Mar 18, 2026 +16
Yes, women knew, and probably worked together to alleviate some of the worst of it, but at the time, there was no way to stop it all. It was either accept it, or just not have a job. An awful situation to be in.
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LanceFree Mar 18, 2026 +3
My neighbor’s daughter was hired on as an intern and I ate lunch with her the first day, met some of her peers. One day I showed up where she was working and she wasn’t really talkative. I tried to engage the woman next to her, who was a bit cold. Not long later, 2-3 of her peers showed up and one greeted me by name and politely told me I should leave. What I found out later is that moments before I showed up, there was an activity which involved a kind of obstacle course, and someone had groped the teenager. They didn’t know who it was (yet) but it had to be one of 8 people. They didn’t want me to get mixed up with the suspects. They found out who it was quickly, actually. He was fired (at least) because I asked my boss about the guy and he always said there was an ongoing investigation.
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BasilisksRPretty Mar 18, 2026 +138
The way women and men "accepted" it was starkly different. The men propagated it, benefited from it, helped each other cover up rapes, etc. The women accepted they were powerless to change it. Not accusing you of saying otherwise, but this is the incel mecca known as Reddit, so….
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sdwoodchuck Mar 18, 2026 +27
There's also a pernicious bit of rhetoric around this topic, suggesting that people are overreacting because "it was this way for ages and it never was all that dramatic." And like you, I'm not saying that OP falls into this mentality, but I feel like we gotta be careful about the way we talk about these topics, because the people who *are* disingenuous will latch onto f****** anything.
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DM_Me_TaTaz Mar 18, 2026 +31
Incel Mecca is the name of my new industrial metal album
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slayer_of_idiots Mar 19, 2026 +2
I mean, the women were also taking jobs just to stand around and look hot. So these women benefited from these jobs too. It’s a bit like lingerie models complaining that people are staring at them.
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lapislaswholie Mar 18, 2026 +6
I'll pray you don't have any daughers
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osmlol Mar 18, 2026 +64
I mean women were props in that era. It was pretty obvious they were just objects to men during that period and it was normal.
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FatFreddysCat Mar 18, 2026 +8
God, I remember back in the 70s when someone hit $1.00 on the wheel there was a $100 bonus in the form of cash and he had it in his suit and made the women reach into his pocket to fish it out!
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Affectionate_Day1079 Mar 18, 2026 +28
From another edition of Norm McDonalds favorite magazine “Duh”.
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100292 Mar 18, 2026 +8
I feel like the Drew era is just so wholesome
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Kiliksbigshtick Mar 18, 2026 +5
Of course it did.  Bob's hundred dollar pocket for just the lady contestants!
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drunkandy Mar 18, 2026 +22
Wow, I didn't realize there were male models now: [https://priceisright.com/cast/](https://priceisright.com/cast/)
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chiree Mar 18, 2026 +16
One of the first things that Drew Carrey did when he took over was to introduce male models. Since then, there have been no allegations and apparently it's a clean set.
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majorpotatoes Mar 18, 2026 +9
I saw an episode recently, and he was making sure to give them some exposure, calling them out by their name. Thought that was pretty cool, too.
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adamsandleryabish Mar 18, 2026 +5
He says it every episode and it seems sincere but also baked into the models contracts to at least get there name out there and hopefully a couple extra followers with each episode
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somebodysbuddy Mar 18, 2026 +5
Except for all the accusations against Michael Richards No Not That One The Game Show One, that forced him out of permanent Jeopardy! host after like a month.
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Chapple69 Mar 18, 2026 +14
They’ve been on the show for at least a few years
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FourEightNineOneOne Mar 18, 2026 +19
Longer than that even. I think it was \~2012?
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fcocyclone Mar 18, 2026 +7
Honestly when you think about it the male models make more sense given the viewership is predominantly women, and probably moreso back in the day when there were even more SAHMs.
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AgentElman Mar 18, 2026 +52
but why male models?
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csonny2 Mar 18, 2026 +37
Are you serious? I just...i just told you that a moment ago
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mahboilucas Mar 18, 2026 +6
I just love how it's called "Ew dot com" oddly suitable
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Aggressive-Cut5836 Mar 18, 2026 +10
Was it possible not to be sexually harassed in the 70s? I just assumed it was happening everywhere
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livefreeordont Mar 18, 2026 +2
A lot of people had to work very hard and many had their lives ruined in order to fight this stuff that vast majority of people either did themselves or just looked the other way. And it’s not like it all of a sudden vanished in the 80s either
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the_nintendo_cop Mar 18, 2026 +9
Everyone will rightfully point to Drew Carey as an amazing host but I just want to shout out Bill Cullen here. Few people know there was a host prior to Bob, but there was and Cullen was in TV for almost 60 years with nary a scandal to his name.
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ElectricPeterTork Mar 18, 2026 +9
The Price is Right that Bill Cullen hosted was a mostly different show. It was just bidding, over and over. No games, no showcases, just a lot of bidding. Lasted from '56 to '65, though. Survived the late-50s Game Show scandals and everything. When they brought it back in '72, with the idea of bidding leading to pricing games the major reason Cullen wasn't considered was the fact that the size of the new set would've made it difficult for him to handle the job. He had polio as a kid, and walked with a massive limp for the rest of his life. The production companies were always more than willing to accommodate him. Chairs at the podiums where other hosts would stand, and the "Bill Cullen entrance" on shows like Password or Pyramid where the host or guest would usually walk a long distance to the game area would either have Cullen and his partner already there and seated if he was a contestant, or he'd have a short walk in from just off camera if he were hosting where Allen Ludden or D*** Clark would come in from half the stage away, over three staircases, and two orchestra pits. And that's more than you wanted to know about Bill Cullen.
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the_nintendo_cop Mar 19, 2026 +4
You can never know too much about any one subject, I bought an entire book about Bill Cullen. It’s actually fantastic! So much good info about not just Bill, but the landscape of media in the mid 1900s in general. Heavily recommend it https://www.bearmanormedia.com/products/quizmaster-the-life-and-times-and-fun-and-games-of-bill-cullen-softcover-edition-by-adam-nedeff?srsltid=AfmBOoq-YO3a22f9vzgZT1bAMttJgfAgXRcIpK-dU6TPihFB1k0walML (FWIW I have absolutely nothing to do with the publication of this book, I’m just endorsing it here)
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pdieten Mar 19, 2026 +2
I thought it was interesting. TIL.
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willow_you_idiot Mar 18, 2026 +5
I mean, the entire of humanity was in sexual harassment era … forever really. But certainly also in 1970s - 1990s America. We can barely say we are out of it now. Still happens, companies just sort of so something about it now.
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oldfogey12345 Mar 18, 2026 +7
It would be a real challenge to find a gameshow that didn't for those days. Bob Barker was just projecting his need for widespread birth control to dogs.
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jnmjnmjnm Mar 18, 2026 +6
… to find a *workplace* that didn’t…
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GoOnThereHarv Mar 18, 2026 +10
Now everyone just eye fucks Drew Carey...and I can't blame them.
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Significant-Act-8990 Mar 18, 2026 +56
WAKE TF UP ......some of you. When I was a kid - say 1972..... it was legal in all 50 states to r*** your wife. Women couldn't have their own credit cards. I recall my grandmothers had to get permission to drive, or leave the house. It was fairly common for men to beat their wives regularly. Women would boast, my husband rarely slaps me around! This suggests what? That women were regarded as PROPERTY, kinda like our pick up trucks. MANY guys still feel this way, especially in the SOUTH. Many women incredibly feel this way too.... BTW - if/when you vote - know a vote for the GOP is a return to these 'good ol' days', when white guys were in total command - everybody else was there to serve. FACT.
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Upset_Development_64 Mar 18, 2026 +16
> BTW - if/when you vote - know a vote for the GOP is a return to these 'good ol' days', when white guys were in total command - everybody else was there to serve. FACT. This is true, but at the same time if you’re a white male and for some reason the thought of this excites you - think again. You are not immune to being enslaved based on on the color of your skin. And these billionaires running the GOP would love nothing more to enslave every last non-billionaire. We’re all props to them in 2026!
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reddit_understoodit Mar 18, 2026 +6
It is good to point out how much has changed. We do not want to go back to these good ole days.
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dan1101 Mar 18, 2026 +3
I think this is a lot of the reason that MAGA persists, many old people were brought up this way and their demographic votes at high rates.
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danisreallycool Mar 18, 2026 +6
while I understand they’re totally different people, I wish they’d include a line about how Drew Carey is super cool and not a problem, because that’s the case
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DrWalterJenning Mar 18, 2026 +3
Sometimes I'll watch the old Barker era episodes on Pluto. I'm surprised they air some of the stuff that went on. One wild episode with a lot of Bob comments about the women: https://archive.org/details/tpir-5132d
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hockenduke Mar 18, 2026 +3
I grew up watching these live, and now when I watch - Barker or Dawson especially - I’m like Gawd Dayum what was up in the 70’s? Shit! As a kid I thought that shit was normal!
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Eastbound_Pachyderm Mar 18, 2026 +3
Even as a kid home from school on sick days I thought it was weird that he would kiss on everyone
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Outside-Dress594 Mar 18, 2026 +3
My favourite part that most people forgot was the “hundred dollar pocket” If your bid on contestants row was exactly right, you got a hundred dollar bill Bob would hand it to the men The women had to reach into his pocket to get it
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MisterBowTies Mar 18, 2026 +3
The guy who made women reach into his pocket for money (but not men) was inappropriate with ladies who were so pretty they went pro?
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Satinsbestfriend Mar 19, 2026 +3
One of the creepy guys, producer Mike Richards, is now president of the daily wire...
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TheGRS Mar 18, 2026 +5
I watched a lot of this show with my grandma in the 90s. I’m pretty sure anyone watching at the time could have told you there was a sexual harassment culture on that show and pretty much any other featuring many scantily clad models.
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ThreeLittlePuigs Mar 18, 2026 +4
Noooooooo not Bob!
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sean_psc Mar 18, 2026 +23
This was all known years ago. I found it weird when he died that nobody seemed to bring it up.
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Office_Hendo Mar 18, 2026 +14
Part of me is with you, but the other part that grew up loving like Jimmy Savil and MJ, cutting off admiration towards famous people is just another day.
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istasber Mar 18, 2026 +5
I never really figured out how to feel about MJ, whether he was just a lonely weird dude whose fame and success totally fucked up his development and some slimy opportunists tried to take advantage of that, or if he was actually a predator that harmed children in some way. Its much easier to know who the villain is when the perpetrator is clearly of sound mind, like with the savils and Weinsteins and Epsteins of the world.
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TaraJaneDisco Mar 18, 2026 +2
Wasn’t that just standard everywhere for that era though?
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WeedIsForFunDude Mar 18, 2026 +2
Well no duh
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Delta632 Mar 18, 2026 +2
Nowadays the models act almost as secret service for Drew taking the metaphorical bullet in the form of every overly excited winning contestant.
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Street_Anxiety2907 Mar 19, 2026 +2
So basically this guy was a huge POS
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Educational_Tea7782 Mar 19, 2026 +2
Don't forget......Get your pets neutered.
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FormerMrsUnicornPhD Mar 19, 2026 +2
The price is wrong, b****.
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bloatedkat Mar 19, 2026 +2
I remember one contestant in the '70s who was a housewife and Barker said he could imagine her husband beating and slapping her. She was so excited to come up and suddenly looked sad when he said that to her.
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