A famous television producer launches an ambitious reality show in 2012 that irrevocably changes broadcasting history, in a tale populated by such characters as a genius teen prostitute, a scotch-sipping septuagenarian, and a Kentucky rube who is swept up in a mob scheme gone bad. By the author of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. 60,000 first printing.

Tommy, a blue collar grifter, woos Sammy, a young heiress, hoping to marry for money, but instead he falls in love with the opinionated, awkward woman, in an expanded edition of the novel first published in 1974. Reprint.

The 'dangerous mind' behind the fascinating, surreal memoir of a Hollywood insider who moonlights as a CIA assassin releases more details from his life, including his efforts to recruit a Mexican terrorist and his accidental discovery of a plot by an Egyptian biochemist to attack the U.S. Original.

The creator of The Gong Show, The Dating Game, and other television game shows describes his career and shares a tongue-in-cheek glimpse of his personal life.

Presents the autobiography of Chuck Barris, flamboyant 1970s television producer, who allegedly spent close to two decades as a covert assassin for the CIA.

The popular producer and author presents a celebrity's guide to personal success, introducing his F.A.R.R. Theory that offers a four-step process--Fun, Aggravation, Risk, and Reward--to help readers make up their minds. 75,000 first printing. IP.

The former host of 'The Gong Show' discusses his creation of 'The Newlywed Game,' 'The Dating Game,' and other television programs, his fall from grace, and life in his adopted France. 40,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.

The creator of The Gong Show, The Dating Game, and other television game shows describes his career and shares a tongue-in-cheek glimpse of his personal life

Product Description: Published to acclaim in 1974—and substantially rewritten and expanded in this new edition—You and Me, Babe was the New York Times best-seller that launched Chuck Barris's career as a top-selling author. But unlike his later books (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Bad Grass Never Dies), You and Me, Babe is the irresistible combination of a truly affecting love story motored by Barris's classic brand of unique humor...read more