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Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017) [1] was an American game show creator, producer, and host, author, and songwriter. A key crew member of several hugely successful game shows, he was the creator of The Dating Game (1965-2021), the original producer of The Newlywed Game (1966-2013), and the host and producer of The Gong Show from 1977 to 1980, all for the network ABC.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 American biographical spy film depicting the fictional life of game show host and producer Chuck Barris.The film was George Clooney's directorial debut, was written by Charlie Kaufman and starred Sam Rockwell as Barris, as well as Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, and Clooney.
The film shows a fictional week in the life of Chuck Barris as the host and creator of The Gong Show, through a series of outrageous competitors, stressful situations, a nervous breakdown (which compels him to run away and hide in the Moroccan desert) and other comic hijinks in his life and work on the TV show.
Game Shows 101. Chuck Barris was a trailblazer. A television producer who made memorable game shows in the 1960s and 1970s, he produced beloved programs.
The Gong Show is an American amateur talent contest franchised by Sony Pictures Television to many countries. It was broadcast on NBC's daytime schedule from June 14, 1976, through July 21, 1978, and in first-run syndication from 1976 to 1980 and 1988 to 1989, and was revived in 2017 for broadcast on ABC.
Morgan appeared as herself in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, [18] a 2003 semi-biographical film about the life of Chuck Barris, creator of The Gong Show, The Dating Game, and The Newlywed Game. [11] [19] She also appeared on Rhyme and Reason, Match Game, Make Me Laugh.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, a 1984 autobiography by Chuck Barris. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, a 2002 film adaptation of the book; Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, the fifth studio album by rapper Logic "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (song), the second single and title track from the album
In 1966, Eubanks received a phone call from Chuck Barris, asking him to host a new game show, The Newlywed Game; the show premiered on ABC later that same year. During its debut, it was an immediate hit, and the show's popularity led the network to expand the prime-time lineup, where it had run on the air for five years.