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Charles Hirsch Barris was born on June 3, 1929, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Barris attended Drexel University where he was a columnist at the student newspaper. After graduating in 1953, Barris held various jobs including book salesman and fight promoter. Barris then moved to New York. He married Lyn Levy, daughter of a CBS founder. Barris found a job as a page at NBC, and soon entered the management trainee program. He was laid off in an efficiency cutback.
After a year, unable to land a job, an ABC executive asked him if he wanted a temporary engagement: Barris was to take the train to Philadelphia every day, sit on the set of American Bandstand and keep an eye on Dick Clark, who was caught up in the payola scandal. He had a financial stake in publishing companies, record labels and even pressing plants whose records he promoted heavily on American Bandstand. While on the set, he wrote a song called "Palisades Park." In 1962, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon recorded the song and it became a big hit. ABC did not want another payola investigation and forbade Barris from writing
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Chuck Barris
BARRIS, CHUCK (Charles; 1929– ) U.S. television producer. Barris is known for his role as the producer of popular TV game shows, including some of the earliest forms of "reality television." Barris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the Drexel Institute of Technology. After graduating, he moved to New York, where he began his career in the television industry with a low-level job at NBC. Laid off a year later, Barris was unemployed for a year before being hired by ABC, where he worked with Dick Clark, the host of American Bandstand. Barris later sold the pilot of his own show, The Dating Game, to ABC. The Dating Game was an immediate hit, moving to primetime in 1966 and paving the way for Barris' popular The Newlywed Game. Barris continued to utilize the same formula in three more shows, The Family Game, Dream Girl of 1968, and How's Your Mother-in-Law? In 1968, he founded his own company, Barris Industries, which would produce television programs such as The Game Game and Operation Entertainment. The Newlywed Show American game show host (1929–2017) Chuck Barris Barris in 1977 Charles Hirsch Barris Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Palisades, New York, U.S. Lyn Levy Robin Altman Mary Clagett Charles Hirsch Barris (June 3, 1929 – March 21, 2017)[1] was an American game show creator, producer, and host. Barris was known for hosting The Gong Show and creating The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game. He was also a songwriter who wrote "Palisades Park", recorded by Freddy Cannon and also recorded by the Ramones. Barris wrote an autobiog
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Chuck Barris
Born
(1929-06-03)June 3, 1929Died March 21, 2017(2017-03-21) (aged 87) Alma mater Drexel Institute of Technology Occupation(s) Television producer, television presenter, songwriter, author Years active 1962–2010 Spouses Children 1
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