The Gong Show was the greatest scam of all time. It was simple: We wanted to do a talent show. There weren't any venues for acts back then. We were gonna have a show of new, fresh, good acts. But we couldn't find any; they were all lousy. So rather than throw away the idea, I said, "Let's reverse it. Let's do lousy acts." Now, is that a scam? I'm telling you.
I could never do a show, or be a personality like Howard Stern, where you take all that heat from critics. What he does, he does, but the critical he… - Chuck Barris
I could never do a show, or be a personality like Howard Stern, where you take all that heat from critics. What he does, he does, but the critical he…
- Chuck Barris
Fifty percent of something is better than than one hundred percent of nothing. - Chuck Barris
Fifty percent of something is better than than one hundred percent of nothing.
The Gong Show was the greatest scam of all time. It was simple: We wanted to do a talent show. There weren't any venues for acts back then. We were g… - Chuck Barris
The Gong Show was the greatest scam of all time. It was simple: We wanted to do a talent show. There weren't any venues for acts back then. We were g…
One piece of pie is delicious. Fourteen pieces are obviously nauseating. - Chuck Barris
One piece of pie is delicious. Fourteen pieces are obviously nauseating.
If you stick in the business of being creative, you get hurt. And creative disappointment seems so much harder to take than any other kind. But if yo… - Chuck Barris
If you stick in the business of being creative, you get hurt. And creative disappointment seems so much harder to take than any other kind. But if yo…
Television is not my favorite medium, my favorite form of entertainment. Certainly game shows aren't. I don't watch reality shows at all. - Chuck Barris
Television is not my favorite medium, my favorite form of entertainment. Certainly game shows aren't. I don't watch reality shows at all.
Helplessness is such a rotten feeling. There's nothing you can do about it. Being helpless is like being paralyzed. It's sickness. The cure calls for… - Chuck Barris
Helplessness is such a rotten feeling. There's nothing you can do about it. Being helpless is like being paralyzed. It's sickness. The cure calls for…
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 … - Chuck Barris
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 …
I went out and started on my way up in television. I wrote music, I wrote books, I played an instrument half-ass. I would always have liked to play i… - Chuck Barris
I went out and started on my way up in television. I wrote music, I wrote books, I played an instrument half-ass. I would always have liked to play i…
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