![]() ![]() “I came back and said, ‘Let’s change the show, have all bad acts and one or two good ones, and people can make a judgment,’ ” he said in a 2010 interview with The Archive of American Television. Quite often, they made fools of themselves.īarris’ original idea had been to create a show that featured fine performers, but in his search for talent, he frequently encountered awful acts. On The Gong Show, which aired on NBC and in syndication in daytime and primetime from 1976-80, amateurs took to the stage to demonstrate their so-called talent in front of three celebrity judges. ![]() With his innovative shows, Barris changed the face of reality TV but was derided but critics who nicknamed him “The King of Schlock,” “The Baron of Bad Taste” and “The Ayatollah of Trasherola.” ![]() The Philadelphia native also penned the 1962 pop song “ Palisades Park,” a tribute to the old amusement park in New Jersey that was a hit for Freddy Cannon and figured high on Barris’ list of career achievements. ¿Quién ganará los Latin Grammy 2022? Nuestras predicciones ![]()
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