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Remembering Chuck Barris, the godfather of the game show
Chuck Barris passed away yesterday at 87 years old. He created the Gong Show, a platform for amaeatur performers. Some were so terrible that celebrity judges banged a gong to get them offstage when they couldn’t stand watching anymore. Barris also created The Dating Game and the Newlywed Game.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readChuck Barris passed away yesterday at 87 years old. He created the Gong Show, a platform for amaeatur performers. Some were so terrible that celebrity judges banged a gong to get them offstage when they couldn’t stand watching anymore. Barris also created The Dating Game and the Newlywed Game.
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