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Book · 2002 · Biography & Autobiography

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

An Unauthorized Autobiography

by Chuck Barris · Recommended by 2 people on 2 podcasts

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And that was a book called Confessions of a dangerous mind also made into a film of that same name which which makes this sort of an obvious pick for something for us to go over.
Josh Clark · Stuff You Should Know · Jan 2025 Listen at 3:22

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There was that movie Confessions of a dangerous mind yeah that was a fun movie man it was a good movie who played Chuck Baris I forget he was great.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2023

Why people recommend it

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind by Chuck Barris is a 1984 autobiography detailing the outlandish and unverified claims of the famous television producer that he also worked as a secret CIA assassin. Josh Clark discussed the memoir on Stuff You Should Know during an episode focused entirely on the life of Chuck Barris, noting that the book served as an obvious choice for exploration given its bizarre premise and subsequent feature film adaptation of the same name. Clark brought up the autobiography multiple times to delve into the fascinating stories Barris shared about his dual life in television and covert operations. Similarly, Joe Rogan mentioned the cinematic adaptation of the book during an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience featuring guest Mike Baker, recalling the film as a fun and entertaining movie while praising the lead performance. Both podcasts used the memoir and its cultural footprint to examine the blurred lines between reality, fabrication, and the flamboyant media culture of the late twentieth century.

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Josh Clark and that was a book called Confessions of a dangerous mind also made into a film of that same name which wh… 2
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“and that was a book called Confessions of a dangerous mind also made into a film of that same name which which makes this sort of an obvious pick for something for us to go over”
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“okay Chuck uh like you said in 1984 Chuck Baris released a um an autobiography called Confessions of a dangerous mind”
Joe Rogan there was that movie Confessions of a dangerous mind yeah that was a fun movie man it was a good movie who… 1
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“there was that movie Confessions of a dangerous mind yeah that was a fun movie man it was a good movie who played Chuck Baris I forget he was great”

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