Barker snubbed by 'Price Is Right' anniversary

By Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY

September 5, 2012

Barker snubbed by 'Price Is Right' anniversary
Bob Barker waves to the audience during a June 6, 2007 taping of his final episode of 'The Price is Right.' (Credit: By Damian Dovarganes, AP)

The 40th anniversary special of The Price Is Right aired Tuesday morning.

And if you tuned in, you didn't see Bob Barker.

He hosted TV's longest running game show for 35 years, but he wasn't invited to participate in the game show's 40th-anniversary special, reports AP's Sandy Cohen.

The 88-year-old TV personality says the show's producers "chose to ignore me, which is fine."

The special episode featured returning contestants from the past four decades, and even showed Barker in several clips, but the legendary host of the show was not invited to appear on the program or attend the taping.

He insists he's fine with not being included in the anniversary episode, but said, "When you celebrate a 40th anniversary, you would think you'd have the fellow who did the show for 35 years there." In an interview with AP on Tuesday, he added, "They haven't even offered me a DVD."

Show producers had no comment, reports AP.

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