# The gong sounds for Chuck Barris **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742 "2017-03-22T11:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/1 "2017-03-22T11:17:34Z")
Chuck Barris, the game show magnate who created such popular shows as _The Dating Game_, _The Newlywed Game_, and _The Gong Show_, has died at 87. At one point, Barris had 27 hours of network programming on the air per week. In his book, _Confessions of a Dangerous Mind_, Barris had claimed to be a CIA assassin. [https://www.google.com/amp/abcnews.go.com/amp/Entertainment/wireStory/gong-show-creator-chuck-barris-dies-87-46292682](https://www.google.com/amp/abcnews.go.com/amp/Entertainment/wireStory/gong-show-creator-chuck-barris-dies-87-46292682) GONG! ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/2 "2017-03-22T11:24:53Z")
Did he ever comment on the famous “in the butt, Bob” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/3 "2017-03-22T11:29:22Z")
Chuck Barris. Chuck Berry. Now I’m confused. 😉 **Bijou** , that was Bob Eubanks on The Newlywed Game. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/4 "2017-03-22T11:37:54Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Chuck Barris. > > Chuck Berry. > > Now I’m confused. 😉 The Grim Reaper is playing a word ladder game. Somebody better go check on Chuck Norris. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/5 "2017-03-22T11:42:53Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > The Grim Reaper is playing a word ladder game. > > Somebody better go check on Chuck Norris. I was trying to think of the next Chuck!! Norris is perfect. I had just read an article on **Chuck Woolery** and couldn’t shake that name. How many Chucks had the grim reaper struck? I say, bad luck! (I’ll leave now.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/6 "2017-03-22T11:46:33Z")
According to the stories, he died in Palisades, N.Y. One of his first big hits was the song “Palisades Park” about the now-departed NJ amusement part. I know they’re not the same place, but the coincidence is eerie, like the fact that Chuck Berry and chuck Barris died only a few days apart. Death is messing with our heads. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/7 "2017-03-22T11:47:00Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > **Bijou** , that was Bob Eubanks on The Newlywed Game. And as an aside, a clip was found that was likely the origin of the story. It was different enough that Eubanks didn’t remember it; plus he didn’t find it particularly memorable. (That goes to an answer of “what is the one thing my husband doesn’t want me to talk about?”, and the wife’s answer was “how he and his cousin are planning to kill his uncle for the insurance.” Which was matched.) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/8 "2017-03-22T12:24:21Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I was trying to think of the next Chuck!! Chuck Yeager is still around, if you can believe it. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/9 "2017-03-22T12:30:13Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Chuck Yeager is still around, if you can believe it. Yeah, but I wouldn’t fuck with that Chuck. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/10 "2017-03-22T12:59:58Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Yeah, but I wouldn’t fuck with that Chuck. 😉 Yuck, yuck, yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/11 "2017-03-22T14:20:52Z")
I hope they play that xylo at his funeral. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/12 "2017-03-22T14:22:36Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I hope they play that xylo at his funeral. Alas, Milton DeLugg died two years ago; I was hoping that he and his Band With a Thug would play. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/13 "2017-03-22T14:24:26Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Chuck Barris. > > Chuck Berry. > > Now I’m confused. 😉 That one has confused a lot of people over the years. Maybe Death got confused and took the wrong one at first, and is now fixing the error. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/14 "2017-03-22T14:49:07Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > The Grim Reaper is playing a word ladder game. > > Somebody better go check on Chuck Norris. Nope! Chuck Testa! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/15 "2017-03-22T14:54:43Z")
Loved the Gong Show. It epitomized the stupidity of 70s television and foretold the future of what we now call ‘Reality Television’. Interesting guy, I met some friends of his back when, they said he his wacky public/showbiz personality was pretty much what he was. Farewell Chuck, keep 'em laughing in TV heaven. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/16 "2017-03-22T15:36:56Z")
RIP Chuck Barris of The Gong Show. [http://www.ksat.com/entertainment/gong-show-creater-chuck-barris-dead-at-87](http://www.ksat.com/entertainment/gong-show-creater-chuck-barris-dead-at-87) That was a fun show with an interesting panel. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/17 "2017-03-22T15:51:13Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > And as an aside, a clip was found that was likely the origin of the story. It was different enough that Eubanks didn’t remember it; plus he didn’t find it particularly memorable. And [the clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLgt9MAPsLw) appears in the movie of _Confessions of a Dangerous Mind_, which I thought was surreally brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/18 "2017-03-22T16:00:31Z")
Duplicate thread ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/19 "2017-03-22T16:14:22Z")
Guess he won’t be back with more stuff… ---
**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742/20 "2017-03-22T16:46:55Z")
I really liked the " gong show". Is there anywhere that it’s on. If not, it should be. It’s a lot better than the crap that’s on TV now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gong-sounds-for-chuck-barris/782742.md?page=2)