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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.
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.
In 1976–77, he hosted the first season of the nighttime version of The Gong Show; he was replaced by the show's creator, Chuck Barris. [ citation needed ] In that same year, Owens became the voice of a new cartoon character, the Blue Falcon, a character who fought crime in fictional Big City with the "help" of his clumsy sidekick, Dynomutt ...
Hosted by the great Rip Taylor, the title told you everything you needed to know about it; it was a beauty show, and the winner won $1.98 ) and what appeared to be a bouquet of carrots.
Barbour is perhaps best known for creating and appearing in the hit 1970s TV show Real People. He also hosted the pilot for The Gong Show in the mid-1970s (walking away from the show in objection to its farcical premise and forcing producer Chuck Barris to step in front of the cameras as host), and was a regular panelist on the 1988 Canadian ...
The former host of USA Network's “Up All Night” and the creator of the Ahh Bra, she appeared on “The Gong Show” in 1979 to perform an impressive contortionist act to the musical ...
Gray's first in-studio show was Extreme Gong, an updated version of The Gong Show, on GSN [4] in the late 1990s. He also hosted the first season of the American version of Junkyard Wars, which was nominated for a prime-time Emmy.
The Gong Show Movie is a 1980 American slapstick film starring, co-written and directed by Chuck Barris, host of the game show of the same name. [2] Plot