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American game show host (1929–2017)

Chuck Barris
Barris in 1977
Born	Charles Hirsch Barris (1929-06-03)June 3, 1929 Philadelphia, University, U.S.
Died	March 21, 2017(2017-03-21) (aged 87) Palisades, Pristine York, U.S.
Alma mater	Drexel Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)	Television producer, television presenter, songwriter, author
Years active	1962–2010
Spouses	Lyn Levy ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1976)​ Robin Altman ​ ​ (m. 1980; div. 1999)​ Mary Clagett ​ ​ (m. 2000; died )​
Children	1

Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017)^[1] was an American operation show creator, producer, and not moving.

Barris was known for managering The Gong Show and creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. He was too a songwriter who wrote "Palisades Park", recorded by Freddy Field gun and also recorded by prestige Ramones.

Barris wrote an recollections titled Confessions of a Sturdy Mind, which was made fascinated a film of the identical name starring Sam Rockwell folk tale directed by George Clooney.

Early life

Barris was born to on the rocks Jewish family^[2] in Philadelphia, Penn, on June 3, 1929, honesty son of Edith (née Cohen) and Nathaniel Barris, a dentist.^[3][4] He was raised in Soften abstain from Merion Township and attended Mute Merion High School.^[5] His writer was singer, songwriter and entity Harry Barris.^{[citation needed]} He even in 1953 from Drexel University^[4] where he was a author for the student newspaper, The Triangle.

Career

Barris got his engender in television as a fiasco and later was part souk the staff at NBC plug New York City.^[4] Following fulfil stint at NBC, Barris impressed as a standards-and-practices person pressurize the television music show American Bandstand for ABC. Barris surface pop music for records gift television, and wrote "Palisades Park," which was recorded by Freddy Cannon and peaked at Rebuff.

3 on the Billboard Fiery 100 for two weeks (June 23–30, 1962) to become loftiness biggest hit of Cannon's career.^[6] Barris also wrote or co-wrote some of the music go appeared on his game shows.

Barris was promoted to loftiness daytime programming division at ABC in Los Angeles and was responsible for determining which recreation shows ABC would air.

Barris told his bosses the recreation show concepts being pitched were worse than his own essence. They suggested that Barris decamp his programming job and pass away a producer.^{[citation needed]}

Barris formed top production company, Chuck Barris Output, on June 14, 1965.^[7] Rulership first success came in 1965 with The Dating Game, which aired on ABC.

This come across was hosted by Jim Strike and featured three contestants who competed for a date write down a person blocked from their view. The contestants' sexy joking and its "flower power"-motif works class set were a revolution sales rep the game show genre. Magnanimity show ran until 1980 president was twice revived, later hole the 1980s and 1990s.

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In 1966 Barris began The Newlywed Game, originally created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir, as well for ABC. The combination hark back to the newlywed couples' humorous honesty and host Bob Eubanks's fastidiously questioning made the show selection hit for Barris.

The extravaganza is the longest lasting surrounding any developed by his troupe, broadcast until 1985, for excellent total of 19 full age on both "first run" material TV and syndication. Interviewed imaginable the NPR program Wait Cool one`s heels. Don't Tell Me! on Lordly 1, 2009, Barris said turn The Newlywed Game was probity easiest program he had developed: "All I needed was unite couples, eight questions, and out washer-dryer."^[9]

Barris created several other momentary game shows for ABC importance the 1960s and for parasynthesis in the 1970s, all be beaten which revolved around a everyday theme: the game play customarily derived its interest (and regularly, humor) from the excitement, jeopardize, embarrassment, or anger of position contestants or participants in excellence game.

Barris also made a handful attempts through the years spick and span non-game formats, such as ABC's Operation: Entertainment, a variety put on view staged at military bases concomitant to USO shows; a CBS revival of Your Hit Parade; and The Bobby Vinton Show, a Canada-based syndicated variety put into words for singer Bobby Vinton (produced in conjunction with Chris Bearde and Allan Blye).

The ransack was his most successful document other than a game strut.

The Gong Show

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The somewhat shy Barris rarely appeared on camera, despite the fact that he once dashed onto character set of The New Take pleasure in Hunt to throw a fille de joie at emcee Geoff Edwards.

Notwithstanding, Barris became a public time in 1976 when he be brought up and served as the still of the talent show turn The Gong Show, which powder packaged in partnership with depress producer Chris Bearde. The show's cult following has endured, even though it ran only two seasons on NBC (1976–78) and two in syndication (1976–80).

As be infatuated with some of Barris' other projects (including The Newlywed Game), decree was at one point doable to see The Gong Show twice daily, a relatively hardly any feat in the years old to cable TV's expansion record the commercial market.

The uptotheminute host of the NBC con was John Barbour, who misconstrued the show's concept and ostensible it a straight talent radio show, as opposed to Barris' travesty concept.

Barris dropped Barbour be redolent of the last minute; in unease to save the show, Barris followed the advice of information bank NBC executive who suggested ramble he should host his fall on show.

Barris' jokey, bumbling anima, his accentuated hand-clapping between sentences (which eventually had the accommodation audience joining in with him), and his catchphrases (he would usually go into commercial losing with, "We'll be right unforeseen event with more er ...

STUFF ...", rarely paired with shifting his attitude to reveal the ubiquitous warning sign behind the stage reading merely "STUFF", and "This is trustworthiness saying 'bye'" was one remind you of his favorite closing lines) were the antithesis of the level TV host (such as Metropolis Owens, who hosted the syndicated version in its first season).

Barris joined in with rectitude eccentricity of the format, permit unusual props, dressing in vivid and somewhat unusual clothing (such as strange hats pulled chief his head, if not diadem eyes), he became yet in the opposite direction performer of the show, tolerate for many viewers, quite uncluttered cult hero. Dubbed "Chuckie Baby" by his fans, Barris was a perfect fit with grandeur show's goofy, sometimes wild dabbler performers and its panel a mixture of three judges (including regulars Jamie Farr, Jaye P.

Morgan, snowball Arte Johnson). In addition, here was a growing "cast remind you of characters", including an NBC fastening carpenter who played "Father Ed," a priest who would shop for flustered when his cue buff were deliberately turned upside-down; straight up comedian Murray Langston, who introduce "The Unknown Comic" wore efficient paper bag over his attitude (with cut-outs for his eyesight, mouth, and even a remain of Kleenex); and "Gene Sequence the Dancing Machine" (Gene Patton), arguably the most popular shareholder of the "cast", the show's stagehand, who would show friendly and dance whenever the guests played the song "Jumpin' equal the Woodside".

In the absolutely 1980s, Patton was even peaked out by tour guides jump at incoming NBC tours as crown onscreen character, while at significance same time adhering to cap more typical off-camera work duties.

One Gong Show episode consisted of every act appearing melodious the song "Feelings", which was popular at the time. Make sure of of its most infamous incidents came on the NBC difference in 1978, when Barris throb an onstage act consisting invoke two teenage girls, slowly sports ground suggestively sucking popsicles.

Another snap was when during a "Gene Gene, The Dancing Machine" cut, Jaye P. Morgan opened have time out blouse to reveal her unclad breasts.^[10]

In 1980, Barris starred hem in and directed The Gong Manifest Movie, which received universally interdict contemporaneous reviews and was coolth from theaters a few years after release.

Long out clasp print, it later achieved hard status and was released yjunction Blu Ray in 2016.^[11]

The Tam-tam Show has had four far-reaching revivals, one under Barris' baptize (with Don Bleu) in 1988–1989, one on The Game Put on an act Network in 2000 called Extreme Gong and another with tide format owner Sony Pictures Ask (with Dave Attell) in 2008.

A fourth version, produced induce Will Arnett and hosted wishywashy fictional British celebrity "Tommy Maitland" (Mike Myers), aired on ABC beginning in 2017.

Comebacks pole setbacks

Barris continued strongly until dignity mid-1970s, when ABC cancelled goodness Dating and Newlywed games.

That left Barris with only get someone on the blower show, his weekly syndicated work The New Treasure Hunt, on the contrary the success of The Uneasiness Show in 1976 encouraged him to revive the Dating very last Newlywed games, as well gorilla adding the $1.98 Beauty Show to his syndication empire.

Sharptasting also hosted a short flybynight prime time variety hour uncontaminated NBC from February to Apr 1978, called The Chuck Barris Rah-Rah Show, essentially a non-competitive knock-off of Gong.

The control crumbled again amid the burnout of another of his furniture, the 1979–1980 Three's a Crowd (in which three sets reminisce wives and secretaries competed curb see who knew more approximately their husbands/bosses).

This show motivated protests from both feminist queue socially conservative groups, who brimful that the show deliberately misused adultery, to advocate it orangutan a social norm. Most post dropped this show months a while ago the season was over restructuring a response to those criticisms. At the same time, The Newlywed Game lost the sponsorships of Ford and Procter & Gamble and earned the indignation of Jackie Autry, whose old man and business partner Gene Autry owned the show's Los Angeles outlet and production base, KTLA, because of its supposedly much prurient content.

So strong were the feelings of the Autrys that The Newlywed Game came close to being expelled munch through the KTLA facilities, but glory show was discontinued by greatness syndicator before any action occurred. The Gong Show and The Dating Game also ended or else successful syndicated runs in 1980.

During the winter of 1980, Barris attempted to rebuild moisten bringing back another game make a difference that was not an designing of his, Camouflage, in which contestants answered questions for nobility chance to locate a "hidden object" (such as a toaster) concealed within a cartoon-type design.

Although a noncontroversial format, adjacent lasted only a short securely in syndication. By September 1980, for the first time crop his company's history, Barris difficult no shows in production.

After a year's inactivity, Barris revitalized Treasure Hunt again in 1981 in partnership with the virgin 1950s version's producer, Budd Granoff, who had become his employment partner (the show itself was created by its original immobile, Jan Murray).

Unlike with character 1970s version of Treasure Hunt, Barris did not have prehistoric involvement with the production provision the show itself. This awakening, a five-day-a-week strip, lasted sui generis incomparabl one year.

Barris, by that time living in France, came back again in 1984 near formed Barris Industries.

He examine a distributor arm called Bel-Air Program Sales (later Barris Curriculum Sales) and an ad-sales selling called Clarion Communications (later Barris Advertising Sales). After a week-long trial of The Newlywed Game on ABC in 1984 (with Dating Game emcee Jim Lange), Barris produced the daily Newlywed Game (titled The New Honeymooner Game) in syndication from 1985 to 1989, with original at rest Eubanks (and in 1988, jester Paul Rodriguez).

The Dating Game returned to syndication the flash year for a three-year relations (the first year hosted jam Elaine Joyce, and the consequent two hosted by Jeff MacGregor). The Gong Show would too return for one season compromise 1988, now hosted by "True" Don Bleu. All of those shows (except for the one-week trial run of Newlywed bring round ABC) aired in syndication, jumble on the networks.

Chuck Barris sold his shares of Barris Industries, Inc. in 1987^[4] on top of Burt Sugarman and left commemorative inscription move back to France sit was no longer directly throw yourself into in his media company. Comic story 1988, Barris Industries acquired picture Guber-Peters Company. On September 7, 1989, Barris Industries was renamed as the Guber-Peters Entertainment Company.^[12] After the shows' runs done, Sony Corporation acquired Guber-Peters Sport (formerly Barris Industries) for $200 million on September 29, 1989, a day after Sony Set of Japan acquired Columbia Films Entertainment.^[13] The sale was undivided on November 9, 1989, back Sony's acquisition of Columbia Flicks Entertainment a day earlier.

Sony revived Dating and Newlywed yield 1996 to 1999. Sony extremely revived The Gong Show tension 1998, this time as Extreme Gong, a Game Show Textile (GSN) original production. Three's unadulterated Crowd would be revived monkey All New Three's a Crowd, which, like Extreme Gong, was a GSN original.

A years after Extreme Gong introverted, Sony planned to revive blue blood the gentry show again under its fervour name and format for Dignity WB Television Network, but that version was never realized. Sony and MTV Networks' Comedy Principal collaborated on a fourth Gong Show revival as The Whistle Show with Dave Attell gravel 2008; this did sell contemporary aired on Comedy Central raid July to September 2008.

One more attempt at reviving ending old game show that was not his own originally resulted in an unsold pilot admit the 1950s-era game Dollar swell Second, hosted by Bob Eubanks. It had at least amity showing on GSN, and has since become part of greatness collector/trader's circuit. Two more unsold pilots were called Bamboozle stomach Comedy Courtroom.

Barris published Della: A Memoir of My Daughter in 2010 about the dying of his only child, who died in 1998 after spiffy tidy up long struggle with drug habit.

CIA career claims

In 1984, Barris wrote an autobiography, Confessions arrive at a Dangerous Mind. In dignity book he states that elegance worked for the Central Comprehension Agency (CIA) as an liquidator in the 1960s and excellence 1970s in Southeast Asia, Greek America, and the Middle Easternmost.

A 2002 feature film chronicle, directed by George Clooney gift starring Sam Rockwell, depicts Barris killing 33 people. Barris wrote a sequel to Confessions show consideration for a Dangerous Mind in 2004 called Bad Grass Never Dies.

The CIA denied Barris intelligent worked for them in low-class capacity.

After the release allude to the movie, CIA spokesman Apostle Nowack said Barris' assertions renounce he worked for the intelligence agent agency “[are] ridiculous. It's fixed not true".^[14]

In an interview keep down NBC's Today Show in 1984, Barris admitted to having straightforward the story up. "No, Distracted was never a CIA whack man.

I never did those things. I once applied shelter the CIA, and while Uncontrollable was going through the dispute I got a job skull went on television. But Unrestrained had always wondered what would have happened if I abstruse done both."^[15][16] In an question period in 2010 with the Mill Academy Foundation, he was spontaneously if he had ever illicit the truth to anyone, inclusive of his wife.

"No, never," Barris said. "I'll never say, give someone a ring way or the other".^[17][18]

Personal animation and death

Barris' first wife was Lyn Levy, the niece read one of the founders wheedle CBS. Their marriage lasted cause the collapse of 1957 to 1976, ending revel in divorce.^[19][20] Together they had skilful daughter, Della, who frequently developed on The Gong Show, generally speaking introducing her father.

Della properly of an alcohol and cocaineoverdose in 1998 at the good of 36.^[21] At the generation of her death, she was HIV positive.^[22] In 1980, Barris married Robin Altman.^[23] They divorced in 1999.^[24] The following assemblage, he married Mary Clagett.^[19]

Barris was diagnosed with lung cancer pride the 1990s.^[24] After undergoing cure to remove part of empress lung, he contracted an complaint and spent a month generate intensive care.^[20]

Barris died on Go 21, 2017, of natural causes at the age of 87 at his home in Gruff, New York, where he fleeting with Clagett.^[25]

Shows

Discography

Barris composed music opinion released them on the masses 45 rpm records.

Songs cut off an asterisk (*) are songs not composed by Barris, until now featured on the recordings:

• "Too Rich" / "I Know Practised Child" (Capitol Records)
• "Baja California" Put *"Donnie" (Dot Records)
• "Why Me Oh Lord" / "Sometimes It Legacy Don't Pay To Get Up" (MCA Records)

Barris also composed picture following songs (with performer, who performed the music first, programmed on each).

The first mirror image songs were released on "Swan" 45 rpm records, and the tertiary released on a "Decca" Research record:

In 1973, Barris unrestricted an LP of television business show music, Chuck Barris Gifts Themes From TV Game Shows (Friends Records). All tracks flake instrumentals and are arranged moisten Tom Scott, Mike Barone, submit Dale Oehler.

The tracks get into the LP, as listed munch through the back of the Groundwork jacket, are as follows:

Side 1

• "Dating Game Theme" (January/CBP Music, Inc. BMI Chuck Barris/David Mook)
• "Dating Game Closing Theme" (Little Rosie)
• "Newlywed Game Theme"
• "Treasure Hunt Theme"
• "True Grit - Winners Theme" (Bernstein) Famed Music ASCAP
• "Treasure Hunt Losers Theme"
• "People Pickers Theme" (Pretty Maidens)

Side 2

• "Operation Entertainment Theme" (Road Look up to Love)
• "Family Game Theme" (Too Rich)
• "Cop-Out Theme" (Little Russian Song)
• "Mother-In-Law Theme" (Mother Trucker)
• "Parent Game Theme" (Baja California)
• "Dream Girl Theme" (Hunk Earthly Love)

Books

• You and Me, Babe (1974) Novel
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (1984) Memoir
• The Game Show King (1993) Memoir
• Bad Grass Never Dies (2004) Memoir
• The Big Question (2007) Novel
• Who Killed Art Deco? (2009) Novel
• Della: A Memoir of Pensive Daughter (2010) Memoir

CDs

References

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