My letter to the Big Guns

Part of Project Center Stage was letting the Powers That Be know how I feel about this great opportunity Rich has to be the next host. So late Sunday night, I wrote a letter and mailed it the next day (I wrote one letter and printed it twice - one for CBS and one for Fremantle). I tried to be as professional and honest as I could in the letter, and outlined my feelings towards all this hoopla.

Here's what I wrote:

December 4, 2006


To whom it may concern:

My name is Stephanie Saczawa. I’m 27 years old from Canada, and I’m an avid game show fan. More so, I have been a fan of The Price is Right, which you are associated with, since the age of 2 and I watch it any chance I get.
When I read the news at the end of October that Bob Barker had announced his retirement, I was like many other fans of the show shocked. Nowadays you cannot find a site, message board or chat group online without people talking about possible candidates for an eventual successor. Names such as Todd Newton, Marc Summers, Dave Price and David Ruprecht have been tossed around on many of the sites I have visited. Bob has said that whoever eventually becomes the next host needs to be personable, interact well with the contestant (be able to have fun with them), and know all the games forward and backward.

There is one possible candidate that stands out in my mind that possesses all of the above qualities that Bob has addressed, and that is current “Price” announcer Rich Fields. It was Bob himself that encouraged Rich to add his name to the list of possible successors, so it is very obvious to see that Bob believes in his abilities. Over the past two and a half years, Rich has really gotten a feel for Studio 33. He has great energy, possesses incredible charisma, knows all the 80+ games on the roster, and from what I’ve been hearing from other fans who have attended show tapings, interacts tremendously well with the audience through the energy and enthusiasm he displays in his warm-ups before the show. He has shown he already appeals to the broad demographics that make up the show’s fan base – from the young college student to the young-at-heart seniors – and they in turn have come to embrace him.
Also, who better to be the next host than a “Loyal Friend and True” (a devoted “Price” fan) himself? Rich has been a fan ever since Bob first came through the big doors, and deeply loves the show and the people he works with – thus truly establishing himself as a proud member of the “Price” family. Rich has said that there’s no better place than being at Studio 33 with a man he greatly admires and respects in Bob.

I encourage you to take a look at Rich and give him a tryout. I’m sure that he would fare extremely well with focus groups as well as with the current established fan base. He has a dream of one day being the host of his own show, and I would love nothing more than to see such a talented, hard-working person and loyal fan of the show achieve this dream.

If you wish to contact me, you can send me an email at fieldsfan336@yahoo.ca You may also feel free to visit my web site at http://richfields.co.nr


Thank you for your time in this matter

Sincerely,


Stephanie Saczawa


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