Editing Chuck Barris

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{{Short description|American game show host (1929–2017)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Chuck Barris
| image= The Gong Show Chuck Barris 1976.jpg
| caption = Barris in 1977
| birth_name = Charles Hirsch Barris
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|6|3}}
| birth_place = [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|3|21|1929|6|3}}
| death_place = [[Palisades, New York]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Drexel University|Drexel Institute of Technology]]
| occupation = Television producer, television presenter, songwriter, author
| years_active = 1962–2010
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{Marriage|Lyn Levy|1957|1976|end=div}}
* {{Marriage|Robin Altman|1980|1999|end=div}}
* {{Marriage|Mary Clagett|2000 |March 21, 2017|end=d.}}
}}
| children = 1
}}
'''Charles Hirsch Barris''' (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/chuck-barris-dead-dies-gong-show-host-1202013790/|title=Chuck Barris, 'Gong Show' Host, Dies at 87|first=Pat|last=Saperstein|date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> was an American [[game show]] creator, producer, and host, author, and songwriter. A key crew member of several hugely successful game shows, he was the creator of ''[[The Dating Game]]'' (1965–2021), the original producer of ''[[The Newlywed Game]]'' (1966–2013), and the host and producer of ''[[The Gong Show]]'' from 1977 to 1980, all for the network [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].

His songwriting credits include "[[Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon song)|Palisades Park]]", first recorded by [[Freddy Cannon]] in 1962 and also recorded by the [[Ramones]] in 1989, and he wrote three novels and four memoirs. Barris made unsubstantiated claims that in parallel to his career on television, he was an active international assassin for the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] in the 1960s and the 1970s, including in his 1984 memoir ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'', which was adapted into a [[Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film)|2002 film of the same name]] by director [[George Clooney]] and screenwriter [[Charlie Kaufman]], starring [[Sam Rockwell]] as Barris, and in which his alleged CIA career is mostly portrayed in an [[Surreal humour|absurdist]] manner.

==Early life==
Barris was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family<ref>{{cite news|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars |newspaper=[[Cleveland Jewish News]]|date=July 18, 2008 |url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_86beaefa-cc2e-5c8d-81ce-f5d56fd4176a.html}}</ref> in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, on June 3, 1929, the son of Edith (née Cohen) and Nathaniel Barris, a dentist.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/barris-chuck-1929|title=Barris, Chuck 1929– |website= Encyclopedia.com | year= 2009}}</ref><ref name= maybe>{{cite web| url= http://www.haaretz.com/wwwMobileSite/jewish/this-day-in-jewish-history/1.722752|title=This Day in Jewish History 1929: Maybe Chuck Barris Was Born (And No, the CIA Says He Wasn't a Hitman)|publisher= Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd.| website= [[Haaretz]].com | first= David B.| last= Green| date= March 6, 2016| access-date= March 17, 2017}}</ref> He was raised in [[Lower Merion Township]] and attended [[Lower Merion High School]].<ref name=“Merion”>{{cite news |url=https://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/03/22/chuck-barris-cia-interview/ |title=From the Archives: Our Exit Interview With Chuck Barris |work=Philadelphia Magazine |date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> His uncle was singer, songwriter and actor [[Harry Barris]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} He graduated in 1953 from [[Drexel University]]<ref name= maybe /> where he was a columnist for the student newspaper, ''[[Drexel University#Publications|The Triangle]]''.

==Career==
Barris got his start in television as a [[NBC page|page]] and later was part of the staff at [[NBC]] in New York City.<ref name= maybe /> After his stint at NBC, Barris worked as a standards-and-practices person at the television music show ''[[American Bandstand]]'' for ABC. He produced pop music for records and television, and wrote "[[Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon song)|Palisades Park]]," which was recorded by [[Freddy Cannon]] and peaked at No. 3 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for two weeks (June 23–30, 1962) to become the biggest hit of Cannon's career.<ref>[http://www0.epinions.com/content_3383337092 Palisades Park – Mr. Freddy "BOOM BOOM" Cannon] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171119/http://www0.epinions.com/content_3383337092 |date=July 14, 2014}}, Epinions.com. Retrieved October 28, 2008.</ref> Barris also wrote or co-wrote some of the music that appeared on his game shows.

Barris was promoted to the daytime programming division at ABC in Los Angeles and was responsible for determining which game shows the network would air. When he told his bosses at ABC that he felt the game show concepts being pitched were worse than his own ideas, they suggested that he quit his programming job and become a producer.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

Barris formed his own production company, Chuck Barris Productions, on June 14, 1965.<ref name="broadcasting19650614">{{cite magazine|date=June 14, 1965|title=Fates & Fortunes|magazine=Broadcasting|page=98}}</ref> His first success came with ''[[The Dating Game]]'', which debuted in 1965 on ABC. The show was hosted by [[Jim Lange]] and featured three contestants who competed for a date with a person hidden from their view. The contestants' suggestive banter and its "[[flower power]]"-motif studio set were a revolution for the game show genre. The show ran until 1980 and was twice revived, later in the 1980s and 1990s. A celebrity version of the show began in June 2021.<ref>White, Peter (February 18, 2021). "Zooey Deschanel & Michael Bolton To Host Celebrity Reboot Of 'The Dating Game' At ABC". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 18, 2021.</ref>

In 1966, Barris launched ''[[The Newlywed Game]]'', originally created by [[Bobby Nicholson|Nick Nicholson]] and [[E. Roger Muir]], also for ABC. The combination of the newlywed couples' humorous candor and host [[Bob Eubanks]]'s sly questioning made the show another hit for Barris. The show is the longest-lasting of any developed by his company, broadcast until 1985, for a total of 19 years on both "first run" network TV and syndication. Interviewed on the NPR program ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]'' on August 1, 2009, Barris said ''The Newlywed Game'' was the easiest program he had developed: "All I needed was four couples, eight questions, and a washer-dryer."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hartlaub|first1=Peter|title=Giving reality TV the gong / '60s game show host Chuck Barris is no fan of today's humiliations|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Giving-reality-TV-the-gong-60s-game-show-host-2640077.php|access-date=March 22, 2017|work=SFGATE, Inc.|date=January 21, 2003}}</ref>

Barris created several other short-lived game shows for ABC in the 1960s and for [[Broadcast syndication|syndication]] in the 1970s, all of which revolved around a common theme: the game play normally derived its interest (and often, humor) from the excitement, vulnerability, embarrassment, or anger of the contestants or participants in the game. Barris also made several attempts through the years at non-game formats, such as ABC's ''[[Operation: Entertainment]]'', a variety show staged at military bases akin to [[United Service Organizations|USO]] shows; a CBS revival of ''[[Your Hit Parade]]''; and ''[[The Bobby Vinton Show]]'', a Canada-based syndicated variety show for singer [[Bobby Vinton]] (produced in conjunction with [[Chris Bearde]] and Allan Blye). The last was his most successful program other than a game show.

===''The Gong Show''===
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Somewhat shy, Barris disliked appearing on camera, though he once dashed onto the set of ''[[Treasure Hunt (American game show)|The New Treasure Hunt]]'' to throw a pie at emcee [[Geoff Edwards]]. But he became a public figure in 1976 when he produced and hosted the talent show spoof ''[[The Gong Show]]'', which he packaged in partnership with television producer Chris Bearde. The show's [[cult following]] has endured, though it ran only two seasons on NBC (1976–78) and four in syndication (1976–80). As with some of Barris's other projects (including ''[[The Newlywed Game]]''), it was at one point possible to see ''The Gong Show'' twice daily, a relatively uncommon feat before cable TV's expansion into the commercial market.

The NBC show's original host was [[John Barbour (actor)|John Barbour]], who initially misunderstood the show's concept as a straight talent show, as opposed to Barris's parody concept. Barbour was dropped as host at the last minute; to save the show, Barris took the advice of an NBC executive who suggested that he should host it himself.

Though initially uneasy before the camera, Barris soon settled in comfortably as the show's host. His jokey, bumbling personality, accentuated hand-clapping between sentences (which eventually had the studio audience joining in with him), and catchphrases (he usually went into commercial break with "We'll be right back with more, uh, STUFF"—occasionally paired with shifting his head to reveal the later ubiquitous sign behind the stage reading simply "STUFF"—and "This is me saying 'bye'" was one of his favorite closing lines) were the antithesis of the smooth TV host (such as [[Gary Owens]], who emceed the syndicated version of the show in its first season). Barris joined in with the eccentricity of the format, using unusual props, dressing in colorful and somewhat unusual clothing and wearing strange hats, pulled down and nearly covering his eyes. He became yet another performer of the show, and for many viewers, a cult hero. Dubbed "Chuckie Baby" by his fans, Barris was a perfect fit with the show's goofy, sometimes wild amateur performers and its panel of three judges (including regulars [[Jamie Farr]], [[Jaye P. Morgan]], and [[Arte Johnson]]). In addition, there was a growing "cast of characters", including an NBC stage carpenter who played "Father Ed," a priest who got flustered when his cue cards were deliberately turned upside-down; stand-up comedian [[Murray Langston]], who as "The Unknown Comic" wore a paper bag over his head (with cutouts for his eyes, mouth, and even a box of [[Kleenex]]) and "[[Gene Gene the Dancing Machine]]", who was arguably the most popular member of ''The Gong Show'' "cast". Gene Gene was actually Gene Patton, the show's stagehand, who danced onto the stage whenever the band played "[[Jumpin' at the Woodside]]". In the 1980s, long after ''The Gong Show'' was canceled, NBC tour guides still pointed Patton out to crowds as his character while he was working as a stagehand.

One ''Gong Show'' episode consisted of every act appearing singing the song "[[Feelings (Morris Albert song)|Feelings]]", which was popular at the time. One of its most infamous incidents came on the NBC version in 1978, when Barris presented an onstage act consisting of two teenage girls slowly and suggestively sucking [[Ice pop|popsicles]]. Another incident was when during a "Gene Gene, The Dancing Machine" segment, Jaye P. Morgan opened her blouse to reveal her bare breasts.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pyQA5vNjihs Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20151124034125/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyQA5vNjihs Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyQA5vNjihs|title=The Gong Show Uncensored – Gene Gene the Dancing Machine | date=February 4, 2014|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 1980, Barris directed and starred in ''[[The Gong Show Movie]]'', which performed so poorly both critically and financially, it was pulled from theaters shortly after release. The film later achieved [[cult film|cult]] status and was released on Blu-ray in 2016.<ref name="Tasho">{{cite web |last1=Tasho |first1=Ken |title=The Gong Show Movie | url=https://www.edgemedianetwork.com/story/194255 |website=EDGE Media Network |access-date=September 11, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

''The Gong Show'' has had four subsequent revivals, one under Barris's title (with [[Don Bleu]]) in 1988–89, one on The Game Show Network in 2000 called ''Extreme Gong'', and one with current format owner Sony Pictures Television in 2008, hosted by stand-up comedian [[Dave Attell]]. A fourth version, produced by [[Will Arnett]] and hosted by fictional British celebrity "Tommy Maitland" ([[Mike Myers]]), aired on ABC beginning in 2017.

===Comebacks and setbacks===
Barris continued strongly until the mid-1970s, when ABC canceled the ''Dating'' and ''Newlywed'' games. This left Barris with only one show, his weekly syndicated effort ''[[Treasure Hunt (American game show)|The New Treasure Hunt]]'', but the success of ''[[The Gong Show]]'' in 1976 encouraged him to revive the ''Dating'' and ''Newlywed'' games, as well as adding ''[[The $1.98 Beauty Show]]'' to his syndication empire. He also hosted a prime-time variety hour for NBC from February to April 1978 called ''The Chuck Barris Rah-Rah Show'', essentially a non-competitive knock-off of ''Gong''.

The empire crumbled again amid the burnout of another of his creations, the 1979–1980 ''[[Three's a Crowd (game show)|Three's a Crowd]]'', in which three sets of wives and secretaries competed to see who knew more about their husbands/bosses. This show provoked protests from both feminist and socially conservative groups, who charged that the show deliberately exploited adultery to advocate it as a social norm. Most stations dropped it months before the season was over as a response to those criticisms. At the same time, ''The Newlywed Game'' lost the sponsorships of [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] and [[Procter & Gamble]] and earned the resentment of [[Jackie Autry]], whose husband and business partner [[Gene Autry]] owned the show's Los Angeles outlet and production base, [[KTLA]], because of its supposedly highly prurient content. So strong were the Autrys' feelings that ''The Newlywed Game'' was nearly expelled from the KTLA facilities, but the show was discontinued by the syndicator before any action occurred. ''The Gong Show'' and ''The Dating Game'' also ended otherwise successful syndicated runs in 1980.

During the winter of 1980, Barris attempted to rebuild by bringing back another game show that was not an original of his, ''[[Camouflage (game show)|Camouflage]]'', in which contestants answered questions for the chance to locate a "hidden object" (such as a toaster) concealed within a cartoon-type drawing. Although a noncontroversial format, it lasted only a short time in syndication. By September 1980, for the first time in his company's history, Barris had no shows in production.

After a year's inactivity, Barris revived ''Treasure Hunt'' again in 1981 in partnership with the original 1950s version's producer, Budd Granoff, who had become his business partner (the show itself was created by its original host, [[Jan Murray]]). Unlike with the 1970s version of ''Treasure Hunt'', Barris did not have direct involvement with the production of the show itself. This revival, a five-day-a-week strip, lasted only one year.

After briefly living in France, Barris returned in 1984 and formed [[Barris Industries]] and a distribution unit called Bel-Air Program Sales (later Barris Program Sales) and an ad-sales barter called Clarion Communications (later Barris Advertising Sales). After a week-long trial of ''The Newlywed Game'' on ABC in 1984 (with ''Dating Game'' emcee [[Jim Lange]]), Barris produced the daily ''Newlywed Game'' (titled ''The New Newlywed Game'') in syndication from 1985 to 1989, with original host Eubanks (and in 1988, comedian [[Paul Rodriguez (actor)|Paul Rodriguez]]). ''The Dating Game'' returned to syndication the next year for a three-year run (the first year hosted by [[Elaine Joyce]], and the next two hosted by Jeff MacGregor). ''The Gong Show'' also returned for one season in 1988, hosted by "True" Don Bleu. All those shows (except the one-week trial run of ''Newlywed'' on ABC) aired in syndication, not on the networks.

In 1987, Barris sold his shares of Barris Industries<ref name= maybe />to [[Burt Sugarman]] and returned to France, no longer directly involved in his company. In 1988, Barris Industries acquired the [[Peter Guber#PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and the Guber-Peters Company|Guber-Peters Company]]. On September 7, 1989, Barris Industries was renamed the Guber-Peters Entertainment Company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-07-fi-2344-story.html|title=Barris Industries Has New Name: The Los...|date=September 7, 1989|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> After the shows' runs ended, [[Sony#Sony Corporation|Sony Corporation]] acquired Guber-Peters Entertainment (formerly Barris Industries) for $200 million on September 29, 1989, a day after Sony Corporation of Japan acquired [[Sony Pictures|Columbia Pictures Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/29/business/company-news-sony-buys-guber-peters.html|title=COMPANY NEWS; Sony Buys Guber-Peters| agency= Reuters| date=September 29, 1989|website=The New York Times}}</ref> The sale was completed on November 9, 1989. Sony revived ''Dating'' and ''Newlywed'' from 1996 to 1999. It also revived ''The Gong Show'' in 1998, this time as ''Extreme Gong'', a [[Game Show Network]] (GSN) original production. ''Three's a Crowd'' was revived as ''All New Three's a Crowd'', which, like ''Extreme Gong'', was a GSN original. A few years after ''Extreme Gong'' ended, Sony planned to revive the show again under its classic name and format for [[The WB|The WB Television Network]], but this version was never realized. Sony and [[ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks|MTV Networks]]' [[Comedy Central]] collaborated on a fourth ''Gong Show'' revival as ''[[The Gong Show with Dave Attell]]'' in 2008; this did sell and aired on Comedy Central from July to September 2008.

One more attempt at reviving an old game show that was not his own originally resulted in an unsold pilot of the 1950s-era game ''Dollar a Second'', hosted by Eubanks. It had at least one showing on GSN and has become part of the collector/trader's circuit. Two more unsold pilots were called ''Bamboozle'' and ''Comedy Courtroom''.

In 2010, Barris published ''Della: A Memoir of My Daughter'', about the death of his only child, who died in 1998 after a long struggle with drug addiction.

==CIA career claims==
In 1984, Barris wrote an autobiography, ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind''. In the book he states that he worked for the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) as an [[assassination|assassin]] in the 1960s and the 1970s in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. A 2002 [[Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (film)|feature film version]], directed by [[George Clooney]] and starring [[Sam Rockwell]], depicts Barris killing 33 people. Barris wrote a sequel to ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' in 2004 called ''Bad Grass Never Dies''.

The CIA denied Barris ever worked for them in any capacity. After the release of the movie, CIA spokesman Paul Nowack said Barris' assertions that he worked for the spy agency "[are] ridiculous. It's absolutely not true".<ref>Stein, Joel (January 13, 2003). [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,404266,00.html "Lying to Tell the Truth"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. Accessed September 2, 2008.</ref>

In an interview on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today Show]]'' in 1984, Barris admitted to having made the story up. "No, I was never a CIA hit man. I never did those things. I once applied for the CIA, and while I was going through the process I got a job and went on television. But I had always wondered what would have happened if I had done both."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buzzerblog.com/2017/03/22/rip-chuck-barris/|title=RIP Chuck Barris|date=March 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmspeak.net/features/confessionsofadangerousmind|title=Charlie Kaufman Retrospective & Review: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind|website=FilmSpeak|date=August 26, 2020 }}</ref> In an interview in 2010 with the Television Academy Foundation, he was asked if he had ever disclosed the truth to anyone, including his wife. "No, never," Barris said. "I'll never say, one way or the other".<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/was-chuck-barris-a-cia-assassin-a-possibility-dangerous-mind-producer-says-988485 "Was Chuck Barris a CIA Assassin? "There's a Possibility," 'Dangerous Mind' Producer Says"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''. Accessed September 28, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqX2eqmePI0 "Chuck Barris on "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG"]. ''[[Television Academy Foundation ()|Television]]''. Accessed September 28, 2020.</ref>

==Personal life and death==
[[File:Chuck barris.jpg|thumb|Barris at [[Drexel University]] in 2010]]
Barris' first wife was Lyn Levy, the niece of one of the founders of CBS. Their marriage lasted from 1957 to 1976, ending in divorce.<ref name= bestcomedy>{{cite web|title=Chuck Barris Biography (Personal Life, Career)|url=http://www.bestcomedyonline.net/comedian-biographies/chuck-barris-biography-personal-life-career|website=Comedian Biographies|publisher=BestComedyOnline.net|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name=Spy>{{cite magazine| last1= Espinoza|first1=Galina|title=The Spy Who Gonged Me|magazine=People|date=January 13, 2003|url=http://people.com/archive/the-spy-who-gonged-me-vol-59-no-1/| access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref> Together they had a daughter, Della, who frequently appeared on ''The Gong Show'', usually introducing her father. Della died of an alcohol and [[cocaine]] [[drug overdose|overdose]] in 1998 at the age of 36.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/barris-excess-killed-my-daughter-2D80556363|title=Barris: 'Excess' killed my daughter|website=TODAY.com|date=June 2010 }}</ref> At the time of her death, she was [[HIV|HIV positive]].<ref name="philly">{{cite news | title = Chuck Barris, CIA assassin? That's his story and he's sticking to it. | first= David |last= Hiltbrand | newspaper = Philadelphia Inquirer | date = January 21, 2003}}</ref> In 1980, Barris married Robin Altman.<ref>{{cite news|title='Gong Show' host Chuck Barris has married his roommate...|url= http://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/29/Gong-Show-host-Chuck-Barris-has-married-his-roommate/6360340024268/|access-date=March 22, 2017| work=UPI.com|publisher=United Press International|date=November 29, 1980}}</ref> They divorced in 1999.<ref name=Stranger>{{cite news|last1=Collins|first1=Dan|title=Stranger Than Fiction?|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/stranger-than-fiction-534896/|access-date=March 22, 2017|work=CBS News|publisher=The Associated Press|date=December 31, 2002}}</ref> The following year, he married Mary Clagett.<ref name=bestcomedy/>

Barris was diagnosed with lung cancer in the 1990s.<ref name=Stranger/> After undergoing surgery to remove part of his lung, he contracted an infection and spent a month in [[Intensive care medicine|intensive care]].<ref name=Spy/>

Barris died on March 21, 2017, of [[Manner of death|natural causes]] at the age of 87 at his home in [[Palisades, New York]], where he lived with Clagett.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chuck-barris-dead-gong-show-929310|title=Chuck Barris, Wacky Host and Creator of 'The Gong Show,' Dies at 87|author=Mike Barnes|access-date=March 22, 2017|date=March 21, 2017|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

==Shows==
* ''[[The $1.98 Beauty Show]]''
* ''Bamboozle'' (unsold pilot)
* ''[[Camouflage (game show)|Camouflage]]''
* ''The Chuck Barris Rah-Rah Show''
* ''Comedy Courtroom'' (unsold pilot)
* ''Cop Out'' (unsold pilot)
* ''[[The Dating Game]]''
* ''[[Dollar a Second]]'' (unsold pilot)
* ''Dream Girl of '67''
* ''The [[Cass Elliot|Mama Cass]] Television Show'' (ABC special, 1969)
* ''[[The Family Game (game show)|The Family Game]]''
* ''[[The Game Game]]''
* ''[[The Gong Show]]''
* ''[[How's Your Mother-in-Law?]]''
* ''[[Leave It to the Girls|Leave It to the Women]]''
* ''[[The Newlywed Game]]''
* ''[[Operation: Entertainment]]''
* ''[[The Parent Game]]''
* ''People Pickers'' (unsold pilot)
* ''[[Three's a Crowd (game show)|Three's a Crowd]]''
* ''[[Treasure Hunt (American game show)|The New Treasure Hunt/Treasure Hunt]]''
* ''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' (CBS, 1974)

==Discography==
Barris composed music which he released on the following 45 rpm records. Songs with an asterisk (*) are songs not composed by Barris, yet featured on the recordings:
*"Too Rich" / "I Know A Child" (Capitol Records)
*"Baja California" / *"Donnie" (Dot Records)
*"Why Me Oh Lord" / "Sometimes It Just Don't Pay To Get Up" (MCA Records)

Barris also composed the following songs (with performer, who performed the music first, listed on each). The first two songs were released on "Swan" 45 rpm records, and the third released on a "Decca" LP record:
*"[[Summertime Guy]]" ([[Eddie Rambeau]]; an instrumental version of this song was used as the theme for ''The Newlywed Game'')
*"[[Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon song)|Palisades Park]]" ([[Freddy Cannon]])
*"Love Sickness" ([[Milton DeLugg]])

In 1973, Barris released an LP of television game show music, ''Chuck Barris Presents Themes From TV Game Shows'' (Friends Records). All tracks are instrumentals and are arranged by Tom Scott, Mike Barone, and Dale Oehler. The tracks for the LP, as listed from the back of the LP jacket, are as follows:

{{track listing
|headline=Side 1
|title1=Dating Game Theme
|note1=January/CBP Music, Inc. BMI Chuck Barris/David Mook
|title2=Dating Game Closing Theme
|note2=Little Rosie
|title3=Newlywed Game Theme
|title4=Treasure Hunt Theme
|title5=True Grit - Winners Theme
|note5=Bernstein, Famous Music ASCAP
|title6=Treasure Hunt Losers Theme
|title7=People Pickers Theme
|note7=Pretty Maidens
}}
{{track listing
|headline=Side 2
|title1=Operation Entertainment Theme
|note1=Road Of Love
|title2=Family Game Theme
|note2=Too Rich
|title3=Cop-Out Theme
|note3=Little Russian Song
|title4=Mother-In-Law Theme
|note4=Mother Trucker
|title5=Parent Game Theme
|note5=Baja California
|title6=Dream Girl Theme
|note6=Hunk Of Love
}}

==Books==
*''You and Me, Babe'' (1974) Novel
*''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' (1984) Memoir
*''The Game Show King'' (1993) Memoir
*''Bad Grass Never Dies'' (2004) Memoir
*''[[The Big Question (novel)|The Big Question]]'' (2007) Novel
*''Who Killed Art Deco?'' (2009) Novel
*''Della: A Memoir of My Daughter'' (2010) Memoir

==CDs==
*''Confessions of A Dangerous Singer'' ([[Domo Records]], 2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008W2RX|title=Confessions of a Dangerous Singer|date=April 8, 2003|via=Amazon}}</ref>
*''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' (Domo Records, 2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000084TT0|title=Confessions of a Dangerous Mind|date=January 24, 2003|via=Amazon}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0057567}}
* {{TCMDb name|id=541623|name=Chuck Barris}}
* {{The Interviews name|chuck-barris}}

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