Chuck Barris, ‘Gong Show’ Creator And Host, Dies At 87 | TODAY

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  • Colorful game show creator and host Chuck Barris has died at age 87. Known for creating “The Dating Game” and “The Newlywed Game” and as both host and creator of “The Gong Show,” a precursor of contemporary TV reality competitions, Barris died in his home in Palisades, New York.
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    Chuck Barris, ‘Gong Show’ Creator And Host, Dies At 87 | TODAY

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  • @jayelove1504
    @jayelove1504 2 роки тому +8

    Loved Chuck Barris and the Gong Show....two American treasures!!💙💜😥🙏

  • @danielsciabica5733
    @danielsciabica5733 6 років тому +7

    The Gong Show was such an important part of our daytime television and Chuck Barris touched all of our lives with his talent and comedy. He is greatly missed and I'm sure in Heaven he's got everyone laughing and has an endless pool of talented contestants. RIL (rest in laughter)!

  • @Jim-zy3lf
    @Jim-zy3lf 4 роки тому +5

    Darn glad I was born in 57 and got to Grow in the 20th Century🇺🇸 He was Great , as were Many others 💖 BLESS THEM ALL👈 JIMMY

  • @jriddridd1742
    @jriddridd1742 6 років тому +5

    Ahhhh Chuck RIP....you made so many good memories of my life.

  • @chickinpickin1
    @chickinpickin1 7 років тому +6

    The greatest show ever on T.V. The Best times of my life. God Bless you CB, and thanks for all the fun & laughter.

  • @Bentom86
    @Bentom86 7 років тому +16

    Its depressing for us 70s kids to hear those last words at the end of this clip: "It was a little before my time". I guess you had to be there to love the most mindless 30 minutes of broadcasting...and that's exactly what made it so much fun. From Gene Gene to the Unknown Comic, Barris was true ringmaster of a TV circus. For fans who love the current-day Gong Shows that are on the air, Chuck truly was The Godfather of TV talent shows.

    • @theheartland1861
      @theheartland1861 6 років тому

      Bentom86 I loved watching the Gong Show, never wanted to miss it while it was on

  • @theheartland1861
    @theheartland1861 2 роки тому +3

    Chuck you always made my day, because watching the Gong Show was always funny and entertaining. you were an original. they broke the mold after you. you will be missed very much

  • @AlysounRI
    @AlysounRI 7 років тому +19

    Gene, Gene, the Dancing Machine is already up in the Great Studio Set in the sky ... Chuckie Baby will join him now. The Gong Show was such an integral part of my childhood. I loved Chuck Barris. RIP

    • @golden8972
      @golden8972 5 років тому +1

      Gawd, what a reunion that must have been!

  • @tavives
    @tavives 7 років тому +26

    And another chapter of my childhood closes. :(
    RIP, Mr. Barris

    • @Zeldarw104
      @Zeldarw104 7 років тому +4

      Ikr!!😌

    • @debrascott8492
      @debrascott8492 7 років тому +2

      +Ted Vives.....I agree. This man was talented beyond belief. His I.Q. had to be extremely high.

    • @danalong1237
      @danalong1237 6 років тому +1

      RIP Chuck Barris, Johnny Jacobs, Charlie O'Donnell, Jim Lange, Geoff Edwards, John "The 🦊" Dorsey and Milton DeLugg, all of whom worked for Chuck Barris Productions!

  • @DEEPTHOUGHTSWITHMASTERMYKO
    @DEEPTHOUGHTSWITHMASTERMYKO 7 років тому +20

    RIP Chuck! I wish everyone reading this a blessed day!!!

    • @zenaholiday2827
      @zenaholiday2827 3 роки тому +1

      BLESSINGS TO YOU
      3 YRS LATER‼️🙏🙏

    • @robyncook5255
      @robyncook5255 2 роки тому

      accounts escorting Europe junkets people assassin 27 hours a week daughter Della murdered Palisades song the guy reporting what cuomo

  • @stevenmckenzie2988
    @stevenmckenzie2988 7 років тому +4

    He was so cool with the tux, cowboy hat and Les Paul on The Gong Show. Such a great person. Side note, who's the co-host next to Matt who knows nothing of history and says " a little before my time". Her knowledge of history begins when she wakes up and ends when she goes to bed. Chuck lived a full life, creative, funny, hip as hell, made millions and lived in the south of France! I appreciate Matts input, the two others should play with their building blocks. How do folks like this get a career in television?

  • @Fersomling
    @Fersomling 7 років тому +4

    I remember the Gong Show! I laughed till I had tears in my eyes. Chuck, Bist a mensh. Shalom.
    March 22, 2017

  • @theresachiorazzi4571
    @theresachiorazzi4571 Рік тому +2

    I don’t know if Chuck was a happy man but he sure did make a lot of people happy. ❤❤❤❤❤❤and he was a funny guy I miss his show.

  • @trevmac8362
    @trevmac8362 7 років тому +3

    He brought light into our house with the Gong Show..i actually ran home from school as a kid so i could watch it with my mom in the afternoons
    Godspeed to Chuck

  • @TheKevo7777
    @TheKevo7777 7 місяців тому +2

    Rip Chuck you brightened our lives!

  • @Peabody3333
    @Peabody3333 7 років тому +10

    "Did you know, supposedly, 3/4 teenagers in America today think that Chuck Berry was the host of the Gong Show" - Johnny Fever 1982. RIP Chuck & Chuck

    • @tvmonte
      @tvmonte 7 років тому

      I was just thinking of that remark!

  • @Scottwilkie18
    @Scottwilkie18 7 років тому +7

    May you and Della find peace together

  • @shaunholt6800
    @shaunholt6800 7 років тому +1

    To Be Remembered but not forgotten , Mr Chuck Barris RIP , God Bless you ,, from shaun here in Melbourne Australia

  • @kattrakee
    @kattrakee 2 роки тому +2

    I loved him ♥️😢😔

  • @mr10tomidnight
    @mr10tomidnight 4 роки тому +4

    He even survived lung cancer!

  • @panchogonzales6409
    @panchogonzales6409 7 років тому +3

    RIP CHUCK BARRIS..........I LOVE SEEING HIS SHOWS.

  • @mookeychase0907
    @mookeychase0907 5 років тому +3

    "We'll be back with more stuff!" RIP Chuck...

  • @jcraig4444
    @jcraig4444 7 років тому +1

    Chuck Barris was a immensely talented individual...

    • @Qrayon
      @Qrayon 6 років тому

      He certainly was. Did you notice who the bass player was on the Gong Show?

  • @DENAANN1000
    @DENAANN1000 7 років тому +2

    Show was the best and so was Chuck. RIP.

  • @abrahammitchell5599
    @abrahammitchell5599 7 років тому +2

    He will be missed a lot!R.I.P.

  • @marryannflores6029
    @marryannflores6029 7 років тому +1

    Rip#Chuck Barris.... love this show....

  • @interplanetkitty
    @interplanetkitty 7 років тому +3

    Long live the Gong Show!!! R.I.P. Chuck ;(

  • @Christbepraised
    @Christbepraised 4 роки тому +1

    Loved the Gong Show. You are missed Chuck

  • @bubbazhukov9814
    @bubbazhukov9814 4 роки тому +1

    Barris was brilliant.

  • @markfrost7986
    @markfrost7986 7 років тому

    oh man I just heard the news I like the gong show I used to watch it all the time R.I.P Mr. barris

  • @zenaholiday2827
    @zenaholiday2827 3 роки тому +1

    RIP CHUCK BARRIS‼️🙏🙏

  • @markross2124
    @markross2124 2 роки тому

    I loved that show and didn't know he'd died till now

  • @James_Bowie
    @James_Bowie Рік тому +1

    RIP Chuck. You made bad days good for me.

  • @Lava1964
    @Lava1964 7 років тому +3

    RIP to a great entertainer and an American original.

  • @argerinejordan4703
    @argerinejordan4703 7 років тому +1

    Loved the Gong Show. RIP Mr. Barris.😞

  • @satori03
    @satori03 7 років тому

    thank you Chuckee for entertaining me..i loved you

  • @brianmarshall4753
    @brianmarshall4753 5 років тому

    I used to watched the gong show on channel four in 1985 to 1987 teatime Chuck barris RIP 😢

  • @theresachiorazzi4571
    @theresachiorazzi4571 3 роки тому +1

    I loved this show it was the best lots of laughs what happened to gage gene the dancing machine.

  • @Scottwilkie18
    @Scottwilkie18 7 років тому +4

    Rip chuck

  • @lloydmarshalljr1951
    @lloydmarshalljr1951 7 років тому +1

    If there wasn't a Chuck Barris, you'd have to invent him.

  • @dggd
    @dggd 7 років тому

    Salute to Chuck and all the fun on the Gong Show. Great memories...even though he pinched me! Ha!

    • @Qrayon
      @Qrayon 6 років тому

      Really? He pinched you?
      He pushed me off the stage.

  • @jasonbeard4713
    @jasonbeard4713 Рік тому

    He also confessed that he had no CIA involvement that in a 1984 interview with Regis Philbin, on youtube.

  • @hammondcheesa-angwich6009
    @hammondcheesa-angwich6009 3 роки тому

    Is no one going to talk about the fact that he was a hit man?

  • @rrbh
    @rrbh 2 роки тому +1

    DEAD at 87. Only an American would broadcast in this manner.

  • @johnnyreality
    @johnnyreality 5 років тому

    RIP Chuck and Matt.

  • @robertbeaudoin3755
    @robertbeaudoin3755 7 років тому +1

    RIP Chuck Barris.

  • @caseyklein1590
    @caseyklein1590 7 років тому +1

    "Chuck Barris.....producer, host, songwriter, author, DEAD AT 87!". Nice touch Lauer

  • @godlikebeing1
    @godlikebeing1 2 роки тому

    Wow. I watched this because I did pick up the book he wrote about his side gig as a CIA Assassin and it was written in a way that I actually believed him. Who knows.

  • @kymnewman7323
    @kymnewman7323 Рік тому

    Legend

  • @MrAntiSellOut
    @MrAntiSellOut 7 років тому

    RIP Chuck Barris

  • @ruthlundy4497
    @ruthlundy4497 4 місяці тому +1

    The real talent show. This guy was a genius ...whoops Matt Laur ......well this is a bit old ..

  • @mikeodonnell6799
    @mikeodonnell6799 Рік тому

    lol, where in the world is Matt Lauer? that fool

  • @Manofpeasable
    @Manofpeasable 6 років тому

    at :36 , it's Jesus from the Big Lebowski!

  • @Mkimberlysutherland
    @Mkimberlysutherland 7 років тому +1

    It's hotter where he is going! Ahh, the good life.

  • @tiptig5716
    @tiptig5716 7 років тому

    rip

  • @bolducrene5648
    @bolducrene5648 7 років тому +2

    The gong show :::. The best is the best ........

  • @sammyvh11
    @sammyvh11 2 роки тому

    Genius

  • @christopherkemp8398
    @christopherkemp8398 7 років тому

    JUST REMBER IT'S ALL MOST LIVE IT'S THE GONG SHOW AND NOW HERS YOUR HOST OF THE GONG SHOW CHUCK BARRIS WILL BE BACK WITH MOOR STUFF RIGHT AFTER THIS.

  • @davidedward2352
    @davidedward2352 6 років тому

    This, and all the great music he created..... Johnny Be Good, etc..... What a talent

  • @mikeodonnell6799
    @mikeodonnell6799 Рік тому

    he still owes me $10 maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

  • @christopherkemp8398
    @christopherkemp8398 7 років тому

    Reast in pece CHUCK BARRIS

  • @silverlaptop2022
    @silverlaptop2022 2 місяці тому +1

    👆forever, My Daddy...🌹

  • @christopherkemp8398
    @christopherkemp8398 7 років тому

    I HOPE THE GAME SHOW NETWORK RUN'S THE GONG SHOW MARTHRON IN HONER OF CHUCK BARRIS

  • @tannithk.correa1331
    @tannithk.correa1331 7 років тому

    double Chuck's gone

  • @Manofpeasable
    @Manofpeasable 6 років тому

    And Matt Lauer lives? Ugh.

  • @brozzy1872
    @brozzy1872 7 років тому

    The Original Jackass Of All Time !

  • @mikeyfinn60
    @mikeyfinn60 7 років тому +1

    RIP Chuck Barris.