Comments on: The Entire Internet Made the Same Incorrect Joke About Bob Barker’s Death https://popculturereferences.com/the-entire-internet-made-the-same-incorrect-joke-about-bob-barkers-death/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: FSK https://popculturereferences.com/the-entire-internet-made-the-same-incorrect-joke-about-bob-barkers-death/#comment-13027 Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:54:47 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5434#comment-13027 On the show, they frequently round prices to the nearest dollar. He was 100 rounded to the nearest year.

Also, 100 years and 10 days some people would consider to be “going over 100”.

]]> By: David Richards https://popculturereferences.com/the-entire-internet-made-the-same-incorrect-joke-about-bob-barkers-death/#comment-12477 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 20:17:17 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5434#comment-12477 Betty White beat him. January 17th, 1922 – December 31st, 2021 is 36,508 days (99 years, 11 months, and 14 days.)
Bob Barker – December 23rd, 1923 and Saturday, August 26th, 2023 – 36,406 days (99 years, 8 months, and 3 days.)

]]> By: Doug Walsh https://popculturereferences.com/the-entire-internet-made-the-same-incorrect-joke-about-bob-barkers-death/#comment-12474 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 18:21:43 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5434#comment-12474 well no, if the number is 100 and you bid 99 and someone else bids 101 you’d win.

]]> By: Jack https://popculturereferences.com/the-entire-internet-made-the-same-incorrect-joke-about-bob-barkers-death/#comment-12473 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:11:20 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5434#comment-12473 I had figured someone would make a cartoon joke of St. Peter saying, “Bob Barker, come on up”.

]]> By: Fred Finglesteing https://popculturereferences.com/the-entire-internet-made-the-same-incorrect-joke-about-bob-barkers-death/#comment-12471 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:43:32 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5434#comment-12471 Nope, the internet is right and you are wrong. They see the humor, you are trying to nitpick a joke that makes perfect sense, which is why everyone is saying the same thing. Except you. Nobody would get the joke if you told it, because the punchline would be a dud. Score one for the internet.

]]> By: Allen Winstead https://popculturereferences.com/the-entire-internet-made-the-same-incorrect-joke-about-bob-barkers-death/#comment-12458 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 23:00:52 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5434#comment-12458 As was actually focused more on the fact that Bob Barker died on National Dog Day.

]]> By: Bob https://popculturereferences.com/the-entire-internet-made-the-same-incorrect-joke-about-bob-barkers-death/#comment-12451 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 13:33:23 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5434#comment-12451 One could argue that if he hit 100 + 1 day he would technically be over. Remember we start at zero.

]]> By: Shivkaladrakh https://popculturereferences.com/the-entire-internet-made-the-same-incorrect-joke-about-bob-barkers-death/#comment-12447 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 10:14:34 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5434#comment-12447 I said that I had guessed he’d live to a 100, but I lost because I went over.

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