[desertsolitaire]

Yes, I was unaware that host Chuck Barris had a CIA background.
Wild.

[Fiji Hill]

Yes, I was unaware that host Chuck Barris had a CIA background.

His uncle was Harry Barris, one of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, which included a young Bing Crosby.

I Left My Sugar Standing in the Rain (aka Mississippi Mus)--Whiteman's Rhythm Boys (1927)

My Suppressed Desire--Whiteman's Rhythm Boys (1928)

[Snowybear]

Yeah I heard that. Can’t prove it but puts the entire show in a new light, especially considering they were all coked out of their minds during the filming.

-SB

[BBB333]

“Yes, I was unaware that host Chuck Barris had a CIA background.
Wild.”

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Chuck Barris wrote a book titled: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, It was later made into a movie which is rather good (violence, nudity and drug use warning).

It’s a good movie, the Dating Game and Gong Show are very much a part of the movie:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270288/