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UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: From Hollywood, the dating capital of the world, it's "The Dating Game." DAVIES: Chuck Barris, the creator of "The Dating Game," "The Newlywed Game" and "The Gong Show ...
Chuck Barris, the man who gave us game shows like The Newlywed Game and The Gong Show, has died at 87. Publicist Paul Shefrin, speaking on behalf of Barris' family, confirmed to the Associated ...
Airing at 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays, it's the cable channel's No. 2 show behind Emeril ... moustache and slicked back hair. The announcer calls him "the West Coast's top man." ...
The Gong Show is one of television history's most delightful oddities — here are 10 clips to celebrate Chuck Barris' finest moment Chuck Barris, one of the most influential figures in American ...
The revival of “The Gong Show” on ABC (10 p.m. Thursdays) would seem to be about as low-brow as TV can go. Like the original version from the 1970s, the 21st century edition has a smarmy host ...
Hosted by Chuck Barris, “The Gong Show” (1976-1980) was a circus sideshow with some of the weirdest acts of the day. Though the series lived on with other hosts, it is most closely identified ...
Long before “America’s Got Talent,” America had the bizarro talent of “The Gong Show.” That ’70s show, hosted by creator Chuck Barris, celebrated the quirky and outlandish from a ...
Now the network is reviving the "The Gong Show." “ABC has tapped into the nostalgia and excitement of prime-time game shows,” said Rob Mills, senior vice president, Alternative Series ...
In its original incarnation, “The Gong Show” was brought to us by Chuck Barris Productions and ran from 1976 to 1980. While you could technically call it a talent show, what most people ...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — He starred on TV's "The Gong Show" for years but few people could probably tell you his real name. Berkely-born Gene Patton died Monday in Pasadena at the age of 82.
CALL it the cinematic reunion of the year. Chinese actress Gong Li and director Zhang Yimou, whose on- and off- screen couplings kept tongues wagging in the 1990s, are together again. But this ...