Chuck Barris Quotes

United States, Producer
June 3, 1929 – March, 21, 2017.

Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017)[1] was an American game show creator, producer and host. Barris was known for hosting The Gong Show and creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. He was also a songwriter who wrote "Palisades Park" for Freddy Cannon. Barris wrote an autobiography titled Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which was made into the film of the same name directed by George Clooney.

Also known as Showman

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.

Chuck Barris
- Life
- World
- Bad
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.

Chuck Barris
- Personality

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.

Chuck Barris
- People
- Up
- Failure
Spontaneity is such an entertaining facet of show business.

Chuck Barris
- Business