The man who put the 'gong' in Gong Show claims he was a CIA assassin. Seriously.
The Chuck Barris Story: My Life on the Edge is a special documentary about the creator of The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game and creator and host of The Gong Show Chuck Barris. Chronicling the tragedies of his life including harsh criticisms from the press and his peers, a number of failed marriages, working for the C.I.A and the loss of his daughter due to a drug overdose.
Acting
Barris himself — a master performance of self-mythology.
Direction
Storm lets Chuck cook, never fully debunking or confirming.
Director
Anthony Storm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Barris's 1984 'unauthorized autobiography' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind became a George Clooney film — he spent 20+ years refusing to confirm or deny the CIA claims, arguably his longest-running game show.
The documentary opens with Barris literally singing 'Palisades Park' — his own hit song from 1962 — establishing immediately that this man has always been performing his life.
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