Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2025-01-07
Books mentioned on GONG: The Chuck Barris Story
Chuck Barris was a TV visionary, developing shows in the 70s that were decades ahead of their time. But was he also a covert assassin for the CIA?
Josh Clark discussed Confessions of a Dangerous Mind by Chuck Barris, You and Me Babe by Chuck Barris, and BAD GRASS NEVER DIES by Chuck Barris and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
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.
Discussed“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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You and Me Babe
Discussed“but in 74 he published you and me babe you and me babe a fictionalized account of his marriage”
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BAD GRASS NEVER DIES
Discussed“he did a followup to Confessions of a dangerous mind called um uh what was it called bad grass Never Dies I think that he released in 2004”
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