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 guess it isn't so bad in that context.
There's tons of creative people in television that have one failure after another, and they just step up higher. I could never get over that. When I had a failure, there was no such thing as just getting over it.
You know, you create your opportunities, some of us can create opportunities, and then you have to make a decision.
It was hard to make fun of him because he seemed to have so much fun making fun of himself.
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 worked for the CIA as an assassin during the 1960's and 1970's. In interviews since the book was published, he usually answers questions about this by saying "I can't really confirm or deny it". The CIA has denied Chuck Barris ever working for them.
Chuck was the creator of The Dating Game, which was his first game show creation.
Chuck attended Drexel University, where he also wrote for the student newspaper The Triangle, and graduated in 1953.
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