Tony Barber: Sale Of The Century
“Wellwell, I really fancied myself as a nightclub crooner/actor-type but I’m happy with the way things went,” says Tony of his time as the TV host with the dancing feet on Sale Of The Century.
These days, Tony is far from our screens – happy in semi-retirement on the Mornington Peninsula with “my beautiful wife Kristine
and a Lagotto
Romagnolo calcalled Maestro”, but laughs that he “is still available for appropriate job offers suitable to a relatively fit upright gentlemen of 81 years vintage”! Why does Tony think Sale was so popular? “Quiz has always been big in Oz, and we were the duck’s guts of this genre. Fast-paced, fabulous prizes and very attractive models and co-hosts,” he says, adding that his favourite moment was “the first time I handed someone the keys to the Merc”. Another memorable highlight – one Tony can laugh about now – was a painful one. “I announced the cash jackpot and got hit on top of my head when the safe came down!”