Chuck Barris

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1962 Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon song)
1965-Today The Dating Game (tv show)
1966-2013 The Newlywed Game (tv show)
1976-1989 The Gong Show (tv show)
1984 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (book)
1984 In an interview on NBC's Today Show in 1984, Barris admitted to having made the story up. "No, I was never a CIA hit man. I never did those things. I once applied for the CIA, and while I was going through the process I got a job and went on...
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (movie)
2010 In an interview in 2010 with the Television Academy Foundation, he was asked if he had ever disclosed the truth to anyone, including his wife. "No, never," Barris said. "I'll never say, one way or the other".
The CIA denied Barris ever worked for them in any capacity. After the release of the movie, CIA spokesman Paul Nowack said Barris' assertions that he worked for the spy agency "[are] ridiculous. It's absolutely not true".