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  Bob(bing) for the “Truth”   On August 26, Bob Barker passed away, less than four months shy of his 100 th birthday. When the list of all-time greatest game show hosts is made, if Barker is not #1, he is not far from it. Barker hosted game shows for over 50 years. Most people know him for the 35 years he hosted “The Price is Right,” from 1972-2007. What most people DON’T know is Barker got his start as a game show host in 1956, with the show "Truth or Consequences,” something he did until 1975. It was a show where people did some crazy stuff as you can see from a few clips here:  To be on the show you had to be 18 years old. Every so often, they made exceptions. My brother and sister are twins, with my brother one minute older. You will be hard-pressed to find two people more completely opposite than these two. If you didn’t know they were siblings – you would never guess that to be the case. I get in trouble for saying this, but: I am 100% sure if they were not sibl