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T.V. Week: Game Shows with Chuck Barris.

Chuck Barris was the creator of “The Dating Game,” “The Newlywed Game,” and “The Gong Show.” He also composed the themes for each show. (REBROADCAST from 1/28/86)

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 1, 2000: Interview with Phil Donahue; Interview with Chuck Barris; Interview with Alex Trebek; Interview with Jack Larson.
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T.V. Week: Phil Donahue, T.V.'s Most Popular Talk Show Host.

Phil Donahue host and creator of The Phil Donahue show which originally went on the air in 1967 in Dayton, Ohio. It went into syndication in ‘69, moved to Chicago in ’74, and then to New York before going off the air. Donahue’s show gave rise to the daytime talk shows of today with audience participation and outrageous guests. (REBROADCAST FROM 11/12/85)

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T.V. Week: Jeopardy's Alex Trebek.

Alex Trebek, host of the game show "Jeopardy." He’s been hosting the show for years. And he’s played himself as host of Jeopardy in a number of TV shows including, “The Simpsons,” “Seinfeld,” “Ellen,” “The Larry Sanders Show” and many others. (REBROADCAST from 9/3/87)

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T.V. Week: Actor and Writer Jack Larson Looks Back at His "Superman" Days.

Jack Larson was Jimmy Olsen, the cub-reporter on the original “Superman” TV show. Since then he’s become a librettist, poet, and playwright. One of his poems "The Relativity of Icarus" was part of a Joffrey Ballet." He's also written a couple of versed plays, "The Candied House," and "Cherry, Larry, Sandy, Doris, Jean, Paul." (REBROADCAST from 4/12/93)

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Games Shows with Chuck Barris.

Chuck Barris is the creator and producer of over a dozen television game shows, including "The Gong Show," "The Newlywed Game," and "The Dating Game." He gained his reputation as the "manic" host of "The Gong Show."

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Confessions from Chuck Barris's "Dangerous" Mind.

Chuck Barris is the creator and producer of over a dozen television game shows, including "The Gong Show," "The Newlywed Game," and "The Dating Game." He gained his reputation as the "manic" host of "The Gong Show." Barris has written a semi-autobiographical novel "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," in which a game show host named Chuck Barris also secretly works as a C. I. A. agent. Barris claims to have had an opportunity to work for the organization, but that he turned it down.

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Love Longitude? 'Maphead' Locates Geography Buffs

Former Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings charts what he calls "the wide, weird world of geography" in his latest book, Maphead. He profiles Google Maps engineers, geocachers, imaginary mapmakers, map collectors, geography bee contestants and "road geeks."

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