Do you remember The Dating Game? Or The Newlywed Game?  How about The Gong Show?
They and many other TV game shows were all created by e same man: Chuck Barris. He was the king of game shows for many years until he retired in the 1980s and moved to France.
A few years later, he wrote a memoir clled The Game Show King. And that's when I met him and interviewed him.

Do you remember The Dating Game? Or The Newlywed Game? How about The Gong Show? They and many other TV game shows were all created by e same man: Chuck Barris. He was the king of game shows for many years until he retired in the 1980s and moved to France. A few years later, he wrote a memoir clled The Game Show King. And that's when I met him and interviewed him.

Do you remember The Dating Game? Or The Newlywed Game? &nbsp;How about The Gong Show?
They and many other TV game shows were all created by e same man: Chuck Barris. He was the king of game shows for many years until he retired in the 1980s and moved to France.
A few years later, he wrote a memoir clled The Game Show King. And that's when I met him and interviewed him.

Chuck Barris

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