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Chuck Barris

b: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jun 2, 1929

American. TV personality, Producer. Created, produced "The Dating Game," 1965-73; "The Newlywed Game," 1966-74; created, starred in "The Gong Show."

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I could never do a show, or be a personality like Howard Stern, where you take all that heat from critics. What he does, he does, but the critical heat would crucify me.

There's tons of creative people in television that have one failure after another, and they just step up higher. I could never get over that. When I had a failure, there was no such thing as just getting over it.

You know, you create your opportunities, some of us can create opportunities, and then you have to make a decision.