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[Chuck Barris has just gotten the idea for "The Gong Show"] Chuck Barris:
We've been going about this all wrong. Rather than killing ourselves trying to find good acts... we just put on bad ones and kill them! Casting Executive Man:
Chuck, honestly, this... and I know you like them... this is torture. Chuck Barris:
No, no, no. We kill them before they're through. As soon as it gets unbearable... we kill 'em... dead!
We've been going about this all wrong. Rather than killing ourselves trying to find good acts... we just put on bad ones and kill them! Casting Executive Man:
Chuck, honestly, this... and I know you like them... this is torture. Chuck Barris:
No, no, no. We kill them before they're through. As soon as it gets unbearable... we kill 'em... dead!
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We've been going about this all wrong
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Rather than killing ourselves trying to find good acts
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we just put bad ones and kill them
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Chuck honestly this and I know you like them this is torture
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No no We kill 'em before they're through
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As soon as it gets unbearable we kill 'em dead
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Movie Summary
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

