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Bob Barker[]

  • Before The Price is Right, Barker hosted Truth or Consequences.
  • Also before TPIR, Barker hosted the 1971 unsold pilot Simon Says.
  • Also before TPIR, Barker hosted the 1967 ABC game The Family Game.
  • Outside game shows, Barker made a cameo in the Adam Sandler comedy Happy Gilmore.
  • In 1980, Bob Barker hosted That's My Line on CBS. It lasted until 1981.

Rod Roddy[]

  • Before The Price is Right, Roddy announced Soap from 1977 to 1981.
  • Before The Price is Right, Rod announced Whew! from 1979 to 1980.
  • Before The Price is Right, Roddy announced Press Your Luck from 1983 to 1986.
  • Before The Price is Right, Roddy announced Battlestars from 1981 to 1982.
  • Before The Price is Right, Roddy announced Hit Man in 1983.
  • Also before TPIR, Roddy announced the 1983 unsold pilot House Party.
  • Roddy also announced Love Connection from 1983 to 1985.
  • Roddy also announced the 1984 unsold pilot Babble.
  • Rod also announced the 1984 pilot episode of Scrabble.
  • Roddy also announced the 1988 unsold pilot Star Play.
  • Roddy also filled in for Gene Wood on Family Feud.
  • Outside game shows, Rod voiced Mike the Microphone on House of Mouse.
  • Roddy also voiced the first ever "Game Show Week" on Hollywood Squares in 2002.
  • Rod Roddy appears as a celebrity guest alongside Janice Pennington on It Takes Two in 1997.