I'll tell you one thing, in what I do for a living, there's no substitute for experience. I don't care how much natural talent you may have... In the type of show I do, you can depend on surprises.

Broadcasting Career
While attending college in Drury Barker worked his first "media job" at KTTS-FM Radio in Springfield. An audiobook is also available read by Barker himself. Eastern) for the past 25 years with its closest competitor (currently ABC's The View) normally getting about half of TPIR's ratings.

Barker began his game show career in 1956 hosting Truth or Consequences. In 1950 Barker moved to California in order to pursue a career in broadcasting. Barker worked part-time in radio while he attended college.