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Let’s be serious: The Gong Show was a national phenomenon! Unfortunately like a lot of things in the 70’s, once a movie was made, the fad was over. This is true of The Gong Show Movie which was really a therapy session for creator and host Chuck Barris. So was his book “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” which became a movie as well. It is safe to say that Chuck used Hollywood as a way to get free psychological help. In this bonus episode, we discuss this as well as the movies that came out of the popularity of this game show.
By Daniel J. Glenn5
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Let’s be serious: The Gong Show was a national phenomenon! Unfortunately like a lot of things in the 70’s, once a movie was made, the fad was over. This is true of The Gong Show Movie which was really a therapy session for creator and host Chuck Barris. So was his book “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” which became a movie as well. It is safe to say that Chuck used Hollywood as a way to get free psychological help. In this bonus episode, we discuss this as well as the movies that came out of the popularity of this game show.