Editing Rod Roddy (section)

==''The Price Is Right''==
After Goodson-Todman announcer [[Johnny Olson]] died in October 1985,<ref>{{cite news| title=Johnny Olson, Longtime Announcer on Television Game Shows, Dead at 75| date=October 13, 1985| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/10/13/johnny-olsen-longtime-announcer-on-television-game-shows-at/| newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]| access-date=February 2, 2025}}</ref> Roddy was chosen as one of several substitute announcers (along with [[Rich Jeffries]], [[Bob Hilton]], and [[Gene Wood]]) to announce ''[[The Price Is Right (American game show)|The Price Is Right]]''.<ref>{{cite news| date=March 6, 1986|title=New Announcer Chosen At Last for 'Price Is Right'| newspaper=[[The Wichita Eagle]]| page=14A| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WE&s_site=kansas&p_multi=WE&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADB2C66924F566&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| access-date=February 2, 2025| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122052204/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WE&s_site=kansas&p_multi=WE&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADB2C66924F566&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| archive-date=November 22, 2018| url-access=subscription}}</ref> According to former producer [[Roger Dobkowitz]], both he and CBS liked Roddy the best.<ref>{{cite web| date=April 26, 2012| title=Interview with Roger Dobkowitz, Part 3: "Everything You Wanted to Know About Price: The '80s"| url=https://sb2tlopg.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/interview-with-roger-dobkowitz-part-3/| access-date=June 5, 2021| website=Slow Boat to The Land of Parting Gifts| language=en}}</ref> Despite only announcing for six episodes (the least of the four), on February 17, 1986, Roddy was announced as the show's regular announcer.<ref>{{cite web| title=The Price is Right (2/17/86) {{!}} Rod Roddy's First Permanent Episode| website=[[YouTube]] | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDvk6kTMyKw| language=en| access-date=June 5, 2021}}</ref> He was also the announcer on [[Tom Kennedy (television host)|Tom Kennedy]]'s nighttime ''The Price Is Right'' after Olson's death.

Overweight for much of his adult life, Roddy later adopted a rigorous diet and exercise program which resulted in a loss of close to 200 pounds.<ref>{{cite web| title=Rod's Battle With Weight Loss| url=http://www.golden-road.net/index.php?topic=12950.0| access-date=June 5, 2021| website=Golden Road}}</ref> With his weight-loss regimen becoming a much-lauded success (frequently being mentioned by [[Bob Barker]]), Roddy was frequently shown on-camera, at least once per show while he announced "the next contestant on ''The Price Is Right''", and was occasionally featured in Showcase skits aiding the "Barker's Beauties", similar to Olson's frequent on-camera appearances.

Roddy was also noted for wearing brightly colored and sequined sport jackets, a practice he first adopted as a trademark when making personal appearances emceeing teen dances and concerts for [[WWKB|WKBW]] in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] in the 1960s. On ''The Price Is Right'', Roddy first wore vivid pastel jackets made in Hong Kong, to contrast with Barker's "dapper" fashion sense.<ref name=avclub>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/rod-roddy-13457|title=Rod Roddy - Interview| date=January 22, 1997 | website=The A.V. Club| access-date=September 16, 2014}}</ref> With the encouragement of Barker, he turned them into a staple of the show and traveled to Thailand several times a year to have the suits custom-made in colorful Thai silk. Roddy would also frequently travel to Thailand as the official ambassador to [[Chiang Mai]].<ref>{{cite news| date=December 19, 2001| title='PRICE IS RIGHT' HOST WAS OUT SICK |url=https://www.dailypress.com/2001/12/19/price-is-right-host-was-out-sick/ |access-date=September 26, 2023 |newspaper=[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]]| location=Norfolk, Va.| language=en-US}}</ref>