Chuck Barris, Author . Miramax $14 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7868-8808-5
Originally published in 1982 but out-of-print for years, '70s television icon Barris's forgotten autobiography is being reissued to coincide with the December release of a major film adaptation. After two decades of relative obscurity,...
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Chuck Barris, Author . Carroll & Graf $14 (376p) ISBN 978-0-7867-1379-0
In this sequel to Barris's 1984 (re-released in 2003) sleeper, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
, the TV producer best known for his role as the wacky host of The Gong Show
picks up where he left off. The misanthropic Barris can't seem to...
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Chuck Barris, Author . Simon & Schuster $24 (277p) ISBN 978-1-4165-3525-6
Answer the quiz show's final question correctly, and you win $100 million; get it wrong, and you're executed on live television. The premise is as potentially gruesome and gripping as it is simple, but former Gong Show
host and self-proclaim
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Chuck Barris, Author . Simon & Schuster $14 (243p) ISBN 978-1-4165-7559-7
Barris (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
) misses the mark with this grating attempt at whodunit parody. Heir to millions, Arthur “Art” Deco Jr. wants nothing to do with his father's mammoth company, Kentucky-based Deco Industries,...
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Chuck Barris, Simon & Schuster, $25 (200p) ISBN 9781439167991
With much regret and a father's love, former game show icon Barris (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) recalls the life and unfortunate death at 36 of his only daughter, Della. She "drank too much vodka, snorted too much cocaine, and died just like...
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Chuck Barris, Author Carroll & Graf Publishers $21.95 (301p) ISBN 978-0-7867-0002-8
This autobiography may surprise some readers: while Barris covers his many successful television game shows in some detail, his primary emphasis is on his retirement years in St. Tropez. (He also describes one unhappy return trip to L.A., which...
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