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NFT: RIP Chuck Barris

NNJ Tom : 3/22/2017 8:12 am
Bad week for guys named Chuck. Gong Show was incredibly stupid, but damn if it didn't make you laugh a little.

Real interesting guy.
Barris - ( New Window )
Loved the show as a kid....  
BillKo : 3/22/2017 8:20 am : link
esp when the Unknown Comic was on..................
and Gene-Gene the Dancing Machine  
Victor in CT : 3/22/2017 8:24 am : link
In 7th grade I thought that show was a riot.
our country's greatest assassin...  
EricJ : 3/22/2017 8:29 am : link
RIP
The CIA  
Beer Man : 3/22/2017 8:30 am : link
Assassin
for those who haven't seen it  
Greg from LI : 3/22/2017 8:44 am : link
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a great movie
It always bothered me that  
BJ Slade : 3/22/2017 8:49 am : link
Chuck was absent from the episode of What's Happenin' where Rerun (almost) went on the Gong Show.
RE: for those who haven't seen it  
NYBEN1963 : 3/22/2017 8:50 am : link
In comment 13402245 Greg from LI said:
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a great movie


+1
Bad week  
NYBEN1963 : 3/22/2017 8:50 am : link
for Chucks
Even as a kid  
lono801 : 3/22/2017 8:56 am : link
I remember thinking...who the hell is J.P. Morgan.
Chuckie, Chuckie, Chuckie...  
Giantgator : 3/22/2017 9:01 am : link
RE: Even as a kid  
Johnny5 : 3/22/2017 9:33 am : link
In comment 13402262 lono801 said:
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I remember thinking...who the hell is J.P. Morgan.

Yeah, I kept thinking to myself "This chick looks awful laid back to be a corporate banker".
I loved the Gong Show!  
Section331 : 3/22/2017 9:41 am : link
"I loved that act...but then again, I like to eat dirt." RIP Chuck, thanks for the laughs.
I don't know anything about the CIA stuff  
Mike in Long Beach : 3/22/2017 10:16 am : link
other than his claims, the film, and the CIA's refuting of his claims.

What's the general consensus on this? Do most people believe him or think he's a lunatic (or both)?
I don't think anyone believes them  
Greg from LI : 3/22/2017 10:22 am : link
He was a goofball.

BTW, he also created my favorite game show when I was a little kid, Treasure Hunt. That show was loony.
True story. I was once on a yacht with him in the French Riveria  
FranknWeezer : 3/22/2017 11:11 am : link
We were visiting my (then well-off) uncle at one of his estates in St. Tropez. I was 8. Had no idea who Barris was, or what the Gong Show was. I just remember he had a curly head of salt-and-pepper hair, wore a black silk L.A. Raiders jacket and the chicks seemed to be into him.
RE: True story. I was once on a yacht with him in the French Riveria  
Beer Man : 3/22/2017 1:44 pm : link
In comment 13402446 FranknWeezer said:
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We were visiting my (then well-off) uncle at one of his estates in St. Tropez. I was 8. Had no idea who Barris was, or what the Gong Show was. I just remember he had a curly head of salt-and-pepper hair, wore a black silk L.A. Raiders jacket and the chicks seemed to be into him.
And your still alive, awesome!
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