Chuck Barris
Chuck Barris
Charles Hirsch "Chuck" Barrisis an American game show creator, producer, and host. He is best known for hosting The Gong Show, and creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. He is also a songwriter, who wrote the hit "Palisades Park" for Freddy Cannon and the author of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, his autobiography, which became a film directed by George Clooney...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth3 June 1929
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
The closest I came to doing anything that I wanted to do was to try and check and see what industries were just starting out. There was plastics and television, and I figured television had to be more fun than plastics.
I think if you're behind the times, you've failed. I think the only way to measure success is being right on time with what people want.