Posted on 03/22/2017 1:33:57 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Chuck Barris, who hosted “The Gong Show” and created “The Dating Game” and “The Newlywed Game,” died Tuesday of natural causes in Palisades, N.Y., his publicist confirmed. He was 87.
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.
. . .but not Chuck Norris.
Chuck could have joked he’s now the latest contestant on The Newlydead Game.It was said he was a shy man—yet look at him as The Gong Show kept going.Is this what a camera pointed at you will do to you?Can imagine he could have gotten a certain celebrity to host Gong—after the contestant gets gonged (maybe all 3 panelists, a gang gong) this celeb host would turn to them and say, You’re Fired. Chuck’s hit Palisades Park came out in 62, same year I was born (he died in Palisades NY).I think his daughter Della (A Chuck Barris Production) was born in 62 also..and sadly died of a drug OD at 36.
The Gong Show - early YouTube.
That's unbelievable.
1977 SHOW. A happier time, ... used to watch at lunch hour with a beer and pizza....... before Carter...... and before Reagan reinstituted freedom, strength and pride.... for a time.
RIP Chuck
Hosted by RIP Taylor.
Great Show. Remember Gene Gene the Dancing Machine, The Unknown Comic.
porn star Carol Connors makes an appearance on the Gong Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIDlLIQNblM
The highest energy half hour on the planet then and ever !
Thank you Chuck, for lovely memories, belly-laughs, just incredible joy watching your television show! Those were the days. .. this was an original, creative, wonderful way to spend time in the late afternoon after school. He was a genius - very funny!! JP Mor-gone! Oh my God they were all hilarious. Gene Gene the dancing machine, the popsicle twins, the whole gamut, the unknown comic... it goes on and onz they were the best!!!
RIP Chuck . . . one of the great creative geniuses of TV history
The Unknown Comic: Chucky, Chucky, Chucky . . . I hear your wife saying you like boating . . .
Chuck: How did you know?
UC: She said you have a little dinghy!
At Hobart, the first year of the show was my freshman year. At noon, when the show came on, a lot of us would gather in the TV room to watch it, then go to class, the library, etc., it was a great early example of appointment watching!
The Gong Show was Mad Magazine televised.
LOVE that guy!
And NOW when we really need him at the Congressional hearings!
I barely remember the $1.98 Beauty Show.
Was that the one where the emcee, a flaming homo, threw bags of confetti on the audience?
Rip Torn, maybe?
Rip Taylor.
I never watched it but remember the title and a promo.
Remember The Unknown Comedian? The guy who put a paper bag on his head and told jokes. Hilarious.
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