Thursday, May 20, 2010

Don't drop the prison soap!

No, Bob Barker who supplies prison toiletries (hey, someone has to) is not the same Bob Barker from "The Price Is Right."

I love the rumor that he is, and that BB got into the biz because he had a jailed son. When that can be easily disproved because Bob Barker of game show fame had NO children. (Which in itself is very unusual for an 86-year-old man who was married to the same woman for nearly 40 years.)

UPDATE: The Wikipedia entry said Barker had no children earlier. Now it has been changed to say he and his wife had three. Snopes definitely said he had none. Who's right?

5 comments:

EAG46 said...

Actually, according to the Wiki you posted, Bob Barker and his wife had 3 children.

Anonymous said...

No children? Your own link to wikipedia states that he had 3 children.

T-Shirt Fort said...

Why exactly do you know who supplies prison toiletries anyway. I've never heard of this but I've never been on the inside.

Chuck said...

Snopes is right...also, the Wikipedia entry in question must have been edited back, since it now states "the couple (Bob and Dorothy Jo Barker) had no children"...this makes sense, as Bob makes no mention whatsoever of any kids in his book, Priceless Memories.

tomservo56954 said...

I understand Bob and his wife agreed not to have children.