His success can be summed up with two words: Faustian Pact

His success can be summed up with two words: Faustian Pact

If you were there and watched The Gong Show in the 70's, one of the more fascinating things was the on-air deterioration of Barris over the run of the show. In the early episodes he was a pretty straight-laced, tuxedo wearing host. As time went by, he became the hand-clapping, disheveled dressed madhatter we all…

If you were there and watched The Gong Show in the 70's, one of the more fascinating things was the on-air deterioration of Barris over the run of the show. In the early episodes he was a pretty straight-laced, tuxedo wearing host. As time went by, he became the hand-clapping, disheveled dressed madhatter we all…