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Price Is Right Announcer Fired? I think so.

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Skynet74

I won't sugarcoat the rumors by saying that maybe he chose to leave on his own. This was Rich Field's dream job and it's been said that Management has been trying to get rid of him ever since Bob Barker retired. So I am going to go out on a limb and say that he must have been outright fired. I'm sure you'll get your confirmation soon. Just consider this a heads up.
 
Why would they fire Rich Fields?, He's a terrific announcer and fits well on "The Price Is Right", who will they replace him with?, Burton Richardson?, Randy West?
 
If true, I would nominate Howard Hoffman as a possible replacement.
 
I don't know the exact reasons for Rich Field's possible firing other than what I heard. Apparently someone in upper mangement hasn't ever liked him and they decided that it's time to make the change now during the summer break. I think Burton Richardson is great and if Rich has to be replaced I would like to see Burton get the job.
 
azumanga said:
Is there any source to this?
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It's being talked about on a couple of Game Show forums by people in the know. People who have been correct about every change in the past before it actually happened. People with connections. I wouldn't even post this if it didn't come from a reliable source. Also a currently employed Game Show announcer has hinted around that he wants the job. I've seen his posts and he seems to know more than he cares to say about this situation. I sent Rich Field's a message on Facebook myself and he didn't deny the rumor. He didn't confirm it, but he didn't deny it either. If something is not true you would typically tell people it isn't true. Instead he just removed the whole thread where people were talking about it. So to sum things up..... All signs point to this being true. Let's just see what happens.
 
Seems like since the deaths of first, Johnny Olson, and then, Gene Wood,
Burton Richardson has been the "go-to guy" for what used to be Goodson-
Todman/Mark Goodson Productions and is now Fremantle or whaterver.
Seems he'd be the logical choice to replace Rich Fields.
 
I thought Burton should have got the job after Rod Roddy passed. Burton is good. He did announce on the syndicated version of The Price Is Right in the 1994-1995 season. He also filled in for several weeks on Barker's version after Rod was gone. I enjoyed his work on the show. Rich Fields' seems like a genuinely nice guy, but his announcing style is way over the top. He unnecessarily stretches out words. It's almost as if he's doing a parody of a Game Show announcer. It doesn't sound natural at all.
 
Skynet74 said:
azumanga said:
Is there any source to this?
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It's being talked about on a couple of Game Show forums by people in the know...
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Supposing these forums you speak of are public, would you mind linking to one of them, please?
 
Rich Fields has been seen filling in as weatherguy on L.A.'s CBS O&O KCBS-2 & sister station KCAL-9. He's still on the CBS payroll. Maybe he's there to ride out the rest of his contract if there is time left on it?
 
His statement said he's taken the KCBS/KCAL gig as a staff position now.
 
Does it seem like that they want to get rid of everything that was associated with Bob Barker from The Price Is Right? The complete makeover of the show, firing Roger D., the models, and now Rich Fields gone and turning the show into a tee total mess which it already has become since Drew Carey hosted. Now if only they change the name of the studio to The Drew Carey Studios in Hollywood, then they will get rid of Bob Barker from everything TPIR and even more reason to lower a show like TPIR to a new low.
 
Braves2005 said:
Now if only they change the name of the studio to The Drew Carey Studios in Hollywood, then they will get rid of Bob Barker from everything TPIR and even more reason to lower a show like TPIR to a new low.
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Of course, naming the studio after Bob Barker might've also miffed some die-hard fans of "The Carol Burnett Show" -- her show taped at Studio 33 during its 11 year run on CBS.
 
Complete makeover? As of now, it's basically been some redesigned set pieces with a revised color scheme (and the Barker era certainly changed the color scheme from time to time). Still four players bidding on something, then playing one of the nearly the same set of games from the Barker era. Still a big wheel, still a showcase. They haven't removed Barker's name from the studio (not Price's call, mind you, it's not their studio), and to date have still mentioned it as such on air. They had Barker himself back to hawk his book. Not exactly signs of erasing "everything" associated with Barker. Announcers come and go. It happens. The fact that he worked with Bob at one point hardly seems to be the reason, as clearly outlined in his statement.
 
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