"My job is fraught with danger--contestants have done me bodily harm on many occasions," he quipped. "The worst are the Samoans: Samoan women cannot resist picking me up and throwing me around."
In a long series of questions at the end of the speech, Barker answered several of his most frequently asked questions: among them his favorite games on "The Price Is Right" and the motive behind the tall, thin microphone that has become one of his on-air trademarks.
Among his favorite games, he said, are "Three Strikes" and "It's In the Bag."
"I love 'Hole in One' if I make my putt. I if I don't, I hate it," he joked.
The microphone, he said, is designed so as not to block contestants' faces.
Barker said he was not surprised by the recent success of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?" but warned that the show will not last long if producers continue to air it so frequently.
"No matter how much you like chocolate ice cream, you don't want it every day," he said.
Barker drew another round of extended applause and a standing ovation at the end of his talk, and sent audience members away with his trademark line and salute.
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