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Chuck Barris, creator of 'The Gong Show' and 'The Dating Game,' dies at 87
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| 3/22/17
| Jevon Phillips
Posted on 03/22/2017 1:43:17 PM PDT by Jim W N
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It would seem nearly impossible to have convincing evidence about Barris being a CIA operative - assassin? - or not. Apparently, Barris said he was.
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:43:17 PM PDT
by
Jim W N
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To: drewh
To: Jim 0216
In before a particular picture is posted. Let’s see how long it takes...
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:48:30 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: Jim 0216
Off to the big Gong in the Sky.
RIP Mr Barris.
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:48:36 PM PDT
by
bkopto
To: Jim 0216
Who are we to judge?
Tough job, somebody had to do it.
To: Jim 0216
To: Jim 0216
gene the dancing machine!
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:53:31 PM PDT
by
drewh
(>)
To: Jim 0216
His books are actually pretty good. Gonna miss him, the world already feels less weird.
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:54:32 PM PDT
by
discostu
(There are times when all the world's asleep, the questions run too deep, for such a simple man.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
03/22/2017 1:55:09 PM PDT
by
drewh
(>)
To: Jim 0216
The “Gong Show” was among a handful of Barris’ creations that dominated the TV game show landscape in the 1960s. The Gong Show didn't air until the mid-70s, and into the 80s. Someone at that newspaper should've caught that error.
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posted on
03/22/2017 2:08:50 PM PDT
by
WXRGina
(Repeal and DON'T replace!)
To: Ezekiel
You mean this one?
This is a family-friendly site, I can't post the other one...
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posted on
03/22/2017 2:13:27 PM PDT
by
Don W
( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
“I came up with a new game-show idea recently. It’s called the old game. You got three old guys with loaded guns onstage. They look back at their lives, see who they were, what they accomplished, how close they came to realizing their dreams. The winner is the one who doesn’t blow his brains out. He gets a refrigerator.”
Sure hope he got that refrigerator.
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posted on
03/22/2017 2:19:06 PM PDT
by
discostu
(There are times when all the world's asleep, the questions run too deep, for such a simple man.)
To: Jim 0216
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posted on
03/22/2017 2:19:51 PM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: Jim 0216
Chuck Barris had been rather incognito in his latter years—not in the public eye much. Used to love The Gong Show.
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posted on
03/22/2017 2:22:49 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Truth or tyranny (agent Able Deplor))
To: Don W; dfwgator
This is a family-friendly site, I can't post the other one... Then it was probably that one, lol. But how bad can it be? It was on the Gong Show. A pic should be okay, just not a video, just in case.
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posted on
03/22/2017 2:24:56 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: Ezekiel
His description of that in “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” is pretty great.
The dude also wrote “Palisades Park,” which is one of the more random things ever.
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posted on
03/22/2017 2:37:02 PM PDT
by
WVMnteer
To: Jim 0216
It’s a rough time to have a name that starts with “Chuck Barr-—”
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posted on
03/22/2017 2:38:08 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: Ezekiel
There was a “Gong Show Movie” that they put out that was R-rated, so that’s probably where it’s from.
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posted on
03/22/2017 2:38:51 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Oh I didn’t know about the movie... I only meant the most infamous Gong Show act on the regular TV show. Figured it would have been the first image posted on the thread.
Historians that folks are around here..
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posted on
03/22/2017 2:48:34 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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