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Chuck Barris, ‘Gong Show’ Host, Dies at 87
variety.com ^ | March 21, 2017 | Pat Saperstein

Posted on 03/22/2017 12:41:49 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

His autobiography, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” was made into a film directed by George Clooney and starred Sam Rockwell as Barris. In the book (subtitled “An Unauthorized Autobiography”), he claimed to have worked for the CIA as an assassin during the 1960s and ’70s, a claim which the CIA denied.

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To: BradyLS

The infamous Popsicle Twins that nearly brought the country to a standstill.

21 posted on 03/22/2017 1:42:25 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Fresh Wind

Unfortunately, last name doesn’t begin with a B.


22 posted on 03/22/2017 1:42:56 AM PDT by ETL (Trump admin apparently playing "good cop, bad cop" with thug Putin (see my FR Home page))
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To: SoFloFreeper; All

If not mistaken, Chuck Barris had over 5 shows running on network TV at one time and was one of the most successful game show producers in Hollywood.


23 posted on 03/22/2017 1:44:24 AM PDT by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Still going strong at 85.

24 posted on 03/22/2017 1:45:30 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: ETL

Chuck.


25 posted on 03/22/2017 1:46:23 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: eastforker
If not mistaken, Chuck Barris had over 5 shows running on network TV at one time and was one of the most successful game show producers in Hollywood.

He also wrote the excellent song "Palisades Park".

26 posted on 03/22/2017 3:02:40 AM PDT by KevinB (Barack Obama: The best example in history of the dangers of affirmative action!)
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To: ETL

$1.98 beauty contest


27 posted on 03/22/2017 3:03:17 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

He wrote
“Palisades Park”, Freddie “Boom Boom” Cannon (1962-with commercial intro)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkNVwV5zquM


28 posted on 03/22/2017 3:08:00 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Wow - sad. Talk about someone who made you laugh!

Hey does anyone remember the act with the guy who sang to a falsetto sound track played at high speed with a viking hat and black bushy mustache? His finale was to hold up a snake and scream? Saw this as a child so vague memories. I have a fascination with finding and watching any old video of that act. I remember as a child laughing until tears were streaming down my face. He got gonged of course. :)

29 posted on 03/22/2017 3:21:05 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

One of my college roommates made it to the show. He didn’t get gonged but he didn’t win either. He did a patriotic song dressed in an Uncle Sam suit, singing the entire song with perfect clarity through his nose while his lips were taped shut.


30 posted on 03/22/2017 3:26:30 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: All

Nice Q&A with Chuck:

https://youtu.be/ZDeSytEdxN8

RIP


31 posted on 03/22/2017 3:34:02 AM PDT by Drago
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To: All

A good interview:

https://youtu.be/KFdcNBVK0Ko


32 posted on 03/22/2017 3:38:39 AM PDT by Drago
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Drinking, drugs and general hard living.... And he dies at the ripe age of 87.

The secret to life... A good pair of jeans, a quart of Jameson and a pack of Marlboro’s every day. Or... Maybe just a good pair of genes?


33 posted on 03/22/2017 3:43:47 AM PDT by jerod (Socialism=Governance by Government - The National Socialist German Workers' Party is a good example.)
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To: SMGFan
Those were pics from Treasure Hunt, one of CB's other game show creations.


34 posted on 03/22/2017 4:17:20 AM PDT by ETL (Trump admin apparently playing "good cop, bad cop" with thug Putin (see my FR Home page))
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Another one gone... RIP.

No, RIP Taylor (of The $1.98 Beauty Show) is alive and well.

35 posted on 03/22/2017 4:32:25 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Berlin_Freeper

One of the best shows was when JP Morgan ripped her shirt off during one of Gene Gene the Dancing Machine’s numbers. Must have been a lot of coke done backstage at that show.


36 posted on 03/22/2017 4:40:08 AM PDT by Snowybear
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To: ETL

Yes, I wasn’t calling those pictures $1.98, just naming another of Barris creations.
And I just learned only men were allowed on Treasure Hunt out of fear men would punch Geoff in anger if Klunked. I forgot security guard Emile Autuori


37 posted on 03/22/2017 4:48:07 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: John O
Lol! I thought the same thing when I read "RIP" on a thread related to the Gong Show.


38 posted on 03/22/2017 4:58:50 AM PDT by ETL (Trump admin apparently playing "good cop, bad cop" with thug Putin (see my FR Home page))
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To: SMGFan

OK.

And I know you meant to type, only *women* contestants were allowed on the show out of concern a man might deck the often cruel host.


39 posted on 03/22/2017 5:03:13 AM PDT by ETL (Trump admin apparently playing "good cop, bad cop" with thug Putin (see my FR Home page))
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To: Snowybear

Gene, the Dancing Machine, died recently also. I think last year.


40 posted on 03/22/2017 5:04:51 AM PDT by ETL (Trump admin apparently playing "good cop, bad cop" with thug Putin (see my FR Home page))
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