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I could never do a show, or be a personality like Howard Stern, where you take all that heat from critics. What he does, he does, but the critical heat would crucify me.
Spontaneity is such an entertaining facet of show business.
The Gong Show provided me with five years of the happiest times of my life, but that's that. And to be known as the guy who gave the world The Gong Show - listen, my Uncle George isn't known as anything. So I gu... (more Chuck Barris quotes)
Chuck sold his created company Barris Industries in 1986.
Chuck married Lyn Levy who is a niece of a founder of CBS. Lyn Levy was then disinherited by her family shortly after the two were married. They divorced in 1976.
Chuck was portrayed by Sam Rockwell, in the movie adaptation of his book Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
Chuck is the nephew of songwriter Harry Barris.
Chuck said in his book Confessions of a Dangerous Mind that he worke... (more Chuck Barris trivia)
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Biography - Barris, Chuck (1929-): An article from: Contemporary Authors Online by Gale Reference Team |
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