Bob Barker To Retire

Game show news: After 50 years, Bob Barker to say goodbye to TV.

Bob Barker is heading toward his last showcase, his final "Come on down." The silver-haired daytime-TV icon is retiring in June, he told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

"I will be 83 years old on December 12," he said, "and I've decided to retire while I'm still young." He'll hang up his microphone after 35 years as the host of "The Price Is Right" and 50 years overall in television.

With all due respects to Bob Barker, I would have bet anything that he was already dead. And I would have bet everything that "The Price Is Right" was no longer on the air. I've got to start watching more TV.