When he was a little boy, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) asked his mother about his absent father and she pointed to the TV screen claiming that the CBS game show host, Bob Barker, was his dad. In season two Barney went on The Price is Right, and won both showcases in hopes of making his dad proud and revealing himself as his son. Barney later confessed that he always knew that Bob was not his father, but he chose to believe it because it made him feel special as a child.