'Price Is Right' Model Janice Pennington Reflects on Working With Bob Barker, Show's Popularity (Exclusive)

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Bob Barker's death over the weekend, many of the people who knew and worked with the longtime TV personality are sharing their memories of the beloved game show host.For nearly three decades and over 5,500 episodes, Janice Pennington served as one of the so-called «Barker's Beauties,» who were the models that showcased the products, presented the games and helped run smoothly.ET's Kevin Frazier recently sat down with Pennington, who looked back at her time on the show — where she was Barker's right-hand model from the first episode in 1972 until the year 2000 — and recalled what it was like to be on one of the most popular gameshows in the country.«It was amazing!

I can't tell you, it was like a party every day. It was a party,» Pennington recalled with a smile. «The audience was very excited and they knew the games.

If you knew prices, you could play the games, so it was easy in that regard, and Bob was just fun, you know?»«We actually laughed so much of the day and we had lunches together and it was fantastic to work there,» she added. «Really, you looked forward to going in to work every day… it was a very friendly atmosphere.

Everyone was having fun, especially Bob.»According to Pennington, Barker loved the unscripted and unpredictable nature of the show and found great joy in playing off of the wild personalities of the contests who got called up to play and even the occasional unexpected mishap that could turn into great TV.«When something would go wrong, [like] when a refrigerator would fall over, Bob was so great at ad-libbing,» Pennington reflected. «Nothing threw him… he just would roll with any situation.»Barker hosted the series from 1972 until he retired in 2007, at the age of 83.