Line #88 Creator/JackBarry


1	->''"And a most cordial welcome once again to [name of show]."''
2	-->--'''Jack Barry''' greeting the audience and viewers on almost all shows he hosted.
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4	Jack Barry (born Jack Barasch; March 20, 1918 – May 2, 1984) was a prolific American television host and producer. He worked on many series (mostly {{Game Show}}s), either alone or with production partner Dan Enright. Both men were blacklisted from television after the quiz show scandal of the 1950s, which focused heavily on one of their creations, ''Series/TwentyOne''. After a few years, Barry decided to find out if there was a problem with him going back into broadcasting. Along with a bunch of investors, he bought a small radio station in Orange County, California, presuming that if the FCC would allow him to have a broadcast license, there was no reason he couldn't go back into television. It turned out his presumption was correct: the FCC approved the license transfer; Barry returned to television game shows in 1962 on KTLA's ''Series/YouDontSay'' and on a national basis in 1969 on ''The Generation Gap''. Enright worked in Canada until the duo reunited in 1977 and, with the exception of those airing on the networks, most Barry-Enright games were distributed by Colbert Television Sales.
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6	Barry also appeared in Creator/WoodyAllen's 1972 comedy ''Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)'' as host of the fake 1950s panel game ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoTDK95Ua94 What's My Perversion?]]'' (a parody of ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' and ''Series/IveGotASecret''). The panel consisted of Pamela Mason, [[Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire Regis Philbin]], Toni Holt, and [[Series/TheNamesTheSame Robert Q. Lewis]].
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8	Although Barry suffered a fatal heart attack while jogging in Central Park on May 2, 1984, games carrying his name in their credits would continue through 1991.
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10	The quiz show scandals, and Barry and Enright's involvement with them, were portrayed in the 1994 film ''Film/QuizShow''. It was directed by Creator/RobertRedford, and starred Creator/RobMorrow as Richard Goodwin, Creator/RalphFiennes as Charles Van Doren, Creator/JohnTurturro as Herbert Stempel, [[Creator/ChristopherMcDonald Christopher McDonald]] as Jack Barry, and Creator/DavidPaymer as Dan Enright. The film picked up four UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture.
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12	!!Shows and films produced:
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15	[[folder:Aired Series]]
16	[[index]]
17	* ''Juvenile Jury'' (1947-54, 1970-71, 1983-84, 1989-91) and its senior spinoff, ''Life Begins At Eighty'' (1948-56)
18	* ''Back That Fact'' (1953)
19	* ''WesternAnimation/WinkyDink and You'' (1953-57, 1969-73)
20	* ''Series/TicTacDough'' (1956-59, 1978-86, 1990-91)
21	* ''Series/TwentyOne'' (1956-58, 1982)
22	* ''You're On Your Own'' (1956-57)
23	* ''High Low'' (1957)
24	* ''Dough-Re-Mi'' (1958-60; sold to Creator/{{NBC}} in Fall 1958)
25	* ''{{Series/Concentration}}'' (1958, earliest episodes; sold to NBC)
26	* ''The Reel Game'' (1971)
27	* ''Series/TheJokersWild'' (1971 [[note]]{local series on KTLA}[[/note]], 1972-75, 1977-86, 1990-91, 2017; pilots were attempted as early as 1968) and its juvenile spinoff, ''Joker! Joker! Joker!'' (1979-81) [[labelnote:*]](Apparently rooted in the 1966 Canadian game ''[[http://www.tvarchive.ca/database/19540/its_a_match/details/ It's A Match]]'', hosted by Barry and produced by Enright.)]][[/labelnote]]
28	* ''Hollywood's Talking'' (1973; first aired series for Geoff Edwards)
29	* ''Series/BlankCheck'' (1975; pilots taped in 1974)
30	* ''Way Out Games'' (1976-77)
31	* ''[[Series/BreakTheBank1976 Break the Bank]]'' (1976-77)
32	* ''Hollywood Connection'' (1977-78; the pilot, taped in 1975, aired on Creator/{{GSN}} in 1998)
33	* ''Series/PlayThePercentages'' (1980; pilot taped in 1979)
34	* ''[[Series/BullseyeUS Bullseye]]'' (1980-82; pilot taped in 1979)
35	* ''The Joker's Wild & Tic-Tac-Dough Special'' (1981 clip show special aired in Los Angeles on KCOP, where he taped many of his 70s shows)
36	* ''Series/HotPotato'' (1984; pilot taped in 1983)
37	* ''Series/BumperStumpers'' (1987-90, with Wink Martindale Productions)
38	* ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' (1989)
39	* ''All About the Opposite Sex'' (1990)
40	* ''Hold Everything!'' (1990)
41	[[/index]]
42	[[/folder]]
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44	[[folder:Unsold Pilots]]
45	It's possible that ''Simon Says'' (1971) was also a Barry production, or possibly one of Enright.
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47	* ''[[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=TheHoneymoonGame The Honeymoon Game]]'' (October 3, 1970, hosted by Jim [=McKrell=] for Metromedia; 90-minute game that's one-third of a knockoff of ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' followed by two-thirds recycled ''Joker's Wild''...but while the full pilot is held by UCLA {and aired on Metromedia stations in 1971}, the circulating version has a Barry sales pitch in place of the first game mentioning how he didn't think it was superb)
48	* ''Make the Scene'' (1970s, hosted by Steve Edwards for ABC)
49	* ''[[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=Countdown Countdown]]'' (April 12, 1974, hosted by Johnny Mann for CBS; unrelated to the later British game show)
50	* ''We've Got Your Number'' (May 13, 1975 {two pilots}, hosted by Barry with projected dice and an Enright credit)
51	* ''Double Cross'' (November 16, 1975, hosted by Barry for CBS; basically a prototype ''Bullseye'')
52	* ''Decisions Decisions'' (1979 {two pilots}, hosted by Creator/BillCullen; eventually reworked into the ''Hot Potato'' bonus game)
53	* ''Series/TwentyOne'' (April 24, 1982, hosted by Jim Lange for daily syndication; attempted revival of the 1950s series)
54	* ''Chain Letters'' (1985, hosted by Jim Peck; later developed into British game show)
55	* ''Series/QueenForADay'' (1987, hosted by Monty Hall; attempted revival of the 1956-1964 series)
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58	[[folder:Films]]
59	Barry and Enright, for a short time, were even interested in producing their own major motion pictures. One noteworthy example of this was a 1981 [[note]](shot in early 1980, hence the 1980 copyright date)[[/note]] sex comedy called ''Private Lessons''. It starred Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel (known for the French erotica film series ''Film/{{Emmanuelle}}''; one of her few American pictures), Howard Hesseman (''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' and ''Series/HeadOfTheClass''), and Ed Begley Jr. (''Series/StElsewhere''). Dan Enright's daughter, Erica, served as the casting director for the film. For the trailers and TV spots, narration was provided by the company's then-go-to-announcer, Jay Stewart.
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61	Although the film was a hit and has gone on to become a cult classic, it was initially panned by critics, and after receiving a ton of letters from people who were disgusted by the film (special criticism was reserved for the plot in which Kristel's character, [[HotForStudent a sexy 30-something French housekeeper, seduces a 15-year-old boy, the film's main protagonist]]), Barry vowed never to make another major motion picture again. The film was loosely based on Dan Greenburg's novel ''Philly''. Greenburg even had a bit part in the film as a Hotel Owner. Greenburg later teamed up with Dan Enright's son, Don, to write the 1983 film ''Private School'', which Kristel had a bit part in as a sex education teacher.
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63	While Barry vowed not to do any more films after ''Private Lessons'', several were made by the company following his death, and Dan Enright was a producer on some of them. Dan also became a fairly prominent film and television producer in his own right, earning an Emmy for the 1990 CBS TV movie ''Caroline?''.
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65	* ''Evil Stalks This House'' (1981; Made for TV)
66	* ''Private Lessons'' (1981)
67	* ''Hero in the Family'' (1986; Made for TV)
68	* ''Making Mr. Right'' (1987)
69	* ''Necessity'' (1988; Made for TV)
70	* ''The Cover Girl and the Cop'' (1989; Made for TV)
71	* ''Next of Kin'' (1989; Made for TV)
72	* ''Not of this World'' (1991; Made for TV)
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76	During the 70s and 80s, possibly as the antithesis of the rigging Enright had performed in the 50s, the company's shows had bonus rounds which were firm believers in the LuckBasedMission- it started with ''Face the Devil'' on ''The Joker's Wild'' and kept going from there. Similarly, pretty much every show from that era had ArcWords in their intro spiels: knowledge, luck, daring, fun, or strategy were used interchangeably.
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78	After Barry's death, several staffers who were unhappy at Dan Enright's choices as the new head of the firm jumped ship- director Richard S. Kline, composer Hal Hidey and a few others, including Barry's son Jonathan, formed ''Kline & Friends'', which after a couple of flops in ''Series/BreakTheBank1985'' and ''[[Series/StrikeItLucky Strike It Rich]]'', found success in ''Series/WinLoseOrDraw'' (a co-production with [[Series/{{Tattletales}} Bert]] [[Series/{{Password}} Convy]], Creator/BurtReynolds and [[Creator/{{Disney}} Buena Vista TV]]), but didn't do much after that. Producer Gary Cox went off to [[Series/SaleOfTheCentury Reg Grundy]] [[Series/{{Scrabble}} Productions]], while executive producer Ron Greenberg returned to producing his own shows (including ''Series/TheChallengers'').
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80	Enright renamed the company in 1991, giving the first half of the title to his longtime companion (and the company's Vice President of Public Relations), [[Series/WheelOfFortune Susan Stafford]]. Information on this period is largely unknown, minus the 1993 PBS documentary ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0izg97iEFhk The Natural Solutions: Freedom of Choice and the FDA]]'', produced and hosted by Susan.
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82	Enright died on May 22, 1992, but as with Barry the company name was left unchanged. Stafford sold off the company in 1994 to Columbia [=TriStar=] Television (now known as Creator/SonyPicturesTelevision). Most of the library is now owned by Sony, with these exceptions:
83	* The pre-scandal library, the 1989 ''Pictionary'' and the 1990s version of ''The Joker's Wild'' are owned by [=NBCUniversal=].
84	* The 1990s version of ''Tic-Tac-Dough'' is owned by ITV Studios America.
85	* ''Winky Dink and You'' is owned by Harry W. Pritchett and Edwin Brit Wyckoff.
86	* ''Way Out Games'' is owned by Warner Bros. Television.
87	* ''Private Lessons'', ''Making Mr. Right'', and ''Next of Kin'' now belong to Paramount Pictures/Lions Gate, MGM, and Warner Bros. respectively.
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89	!Tropes present in Barry's work:
90	* CareerResurrection:[[invoked]] After the rigging of ''21'' brought Barry's career down in TheFifties, he bounced back in TheSeventies with ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and ''Series/TicTacDough''.
91	* LuckBasedMission: Most of their bonus rounds tended to be this.
92	* ProductionPosse:[[invoked]] Barry-Enright always drew from the same small pool for announcers on all shows: Johnny Jacobs, Jay Stewart, and Charlie O'Donnell (Johnny Gilbert and Bob Hilton were occasionally used as well). They also usually had Hal Hidey as ThemeTune composer, Scott Wyant as question writer, Ron Greenberg and Louis M. Heyward as executive producers, Allen Koss and Gary Cox as producers, Chris Sohl as associate producer, Richard S. Kline as director, D.A. Diana and Elissa Lenard as associate directors, John Tweeden as technical director, David Bachman as lighting director, and John C. Mula as art director.

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