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 in a band. I would always have liked to be a substantial writer, to write country music for big singers. I had all sorts of proclivities, but I never had any big success.
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.
- 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. - 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.
One piece of pie is delicious. Fourteen pieces are obviously nauseating. - Chuck Barris
One piece of pie is delicious. Fourteen pieces are obviously nauseating.
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 …
The Gong Show provided me with five years of the happiest times of my life, but that's that. And to be known as the guy who gave the world The Gong S… - Chuck Barris
The Gong Show provided me with five years of the happiest times of my life, but that's that. And to be known as the guy who gave the world The Gong S…
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…
When you are young, your potential is infinite. You might do anything, really. You might be Einstein. You might be DiMaggio. Then you get to an age w… - Chuck Barris
When you are young, your potential is infinite. You might do anything, really. You might be Einstein. You might be DiMaggio. Then you get to an age w…
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…
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