Chuck Barris
- NewsYahoo TV
Mike Myers’s ‘Gong Show’ Is Dumb, Weird Fun
The new "Gong Show" is at once true to the original and very different.
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Chuck Barris, ‘Gong Show’ Host and Self-Proclaimed CIA Assassin, Dead at 87
Television host, creator, producer, and possible CIA assassin Chuck Barris has passed away. Through his long, sinuous career in showbiz, Barris was an original. Originally meant to air with a different host who didn’t fully grasp the concept that this was not a talent show but a parody of one, Barris jumped into the position of host at the eleventh hour to save his creation.
- EntertainmentAssociated Press
‘Gong Show’ Creator Chuck Barris Dies at 87
NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Barris, whose game show empire included "The Dating Game," "The Newlywed Game" and that infamous factory of cheese, "The Gong Show," has died. He was 87.