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… — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
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 Show - listen, my Uncle George isn't known as… — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
If you stick in the business of being creative, you get hurt. And creative disappointment seems so much harder to take than any other… — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
One piece of pie is delicious. Fourteen pieces are obviously nauseating. — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
When you are young, your potential is infinite. You might do anything, really. You might be Einstein. You might be DiMaggio. Then you get… — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The closest I came to doing anything that I wanted to do was to try and check and see what industries were just starting… — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
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… — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
I could never do a show, or be a personality like Howard Stern, where you take all that heat from critics. What he does,… — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
I think if you're behind the times, you've failed. I think the only way to measure success is being right on time with what… — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
“I flopped back onto my pillows. I wanted to begin loathing the new day in comfort.” — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
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… — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
I came up with a new game-show idea recently. It's called The Old Game. You got three old guys with loaded guns onstage. They… — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
