RIP Chuck Barris - The final Gong has sounded

[Bikerbozo]

Dating game, Newlywed game....The Gong Show.And wrote the song Palisades Park.And says he was a hit man for the CIA. I'm not making that up.It's a bad month for people named Chuck (I won't mention what my middle name is).

 

[Dockem]

Dating game, Newlywed game....The Gong Show.And wrote the song Palisades Park.And says he was a hit man for the CIA. I'm not making that up.It's a bad month for people named Chuck (I won't mention what my middle name is).

Why is it that some of these creative geniuses are also crazy??? Just an observation.

After seeing him on the Gong show, you knew he was crazy! :laugh:

 

[Catfish]

He was very accomplished. At one point he worked backstage on American Bandstand prior to becoming a producer. CIA emphatically denied that he ever worked for the Agency as he claimed in his autobiography, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Only the shadow knows for certain, :laugh:.

R.I.P.

 

[peteg59]

As you say Bozo, bad time right now for anyone named Chuck, you excluded!

The superstition says they die in 3's...Who's next, Chuck Norris? He seems too healthy, but who knows....

 

[Bronson512]

The Gong show used to crack me up. Quiet a few characters The unknown Comic, Gene Gene The Dancing Machine. His introduction to the judges each day was a show in itself.

 

[Catfish]

There are plenty of possibilities.

Charles Philip "Chuck" Bednarik-age 90

Charles Louis "Chuck" Howle-age 79

Charles Frank "Chuck" Mangione-age 75

Charles Herbert "Chuck" Woolery-age 74

Charles "Chuck" Negron-age 73

A slew of others I didn't mention. Obviously age isn't a lone factor, example, Chuck Schumer-age 65, crap happens. :Shrug: