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Submitted by Douglas Newsom on 17 May 2021

John Barbour's World with John Barbour

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John Barbour "the godfather of reality TV" created, co-hosted, co-produced, and wrote 'Real People' - the first reality show, which was number one on NBC for three years during the early 1980's.

Barbour moved to the United States in the early sixties. His comedy act, particularly his 1965 album, It's Tough to Be White, dealt in part with civil rights and black-white relations.

Barbour hosted the pilot for The Gong Show in the mid '70s, and was a regular panelist on the 1988 Canadian (US syndicated) version of Liar's Club.

Barbour portrayed game show host Harry Monte in a 1975 episode of Sanford and Son.

John Produced, Wrote, and Hosted 'Ernie Kovacs: TV's Original Genius,'for Showtime that aired later on PBS. At the time it was reviewed as 'the best documentary about a performer!'

He also directed and wrote the 1992 documentary The JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes. This film covers the investigation of District Attorney Jim Garrison, who, after the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy, decided to further investigate the official report given by the Warren Commission. The documentary hypothesizes connections between the assassination and the FBI, the CIA, the Mafia, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and other organizations and foreign affairs issues. The film won an award in 1993 at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain.

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John Barbours World , May 15, 2017 Guest, Wayne Madsen
John Barbours World , May 1, 2017 Guest, JP Sottile
John Barbours World , April 17, 2017 Guests, Mickey Huff and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , April 3, 2017 Guests, Cynthia McKinney and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , March 20, 2017 Guests, John Dean and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , March 6, 2017 Guests, Abby Martin and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , February 20, 2017 Guests, Wayne Madsen and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , February 6, 2017 Guests, Mark Shaw and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , January 23, 2017 Guests, Tim Conway Jr and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , January 9, 2017 Guests, Ray McGovern and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , December 26, 2016 Guests, Christopher Hedges and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , December 12, 2016 Guests, Wayne Madsen and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , November 28, 2016 Guests, Geno Munari and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , November 14, 2016 Guests, Judyth Vary Baker and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , October 31, 2016 Guest, Michael Parenti and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , October 17, 2016 Guests, Rosie Cutter and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , October 3, 2016 Guests, Joan Mellen and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , September 19, 2016 with JP Sottile interviewing Ken O'Keefe
John Barbours World , September 5, 2016 Guests, Rebecca Gordon and JP Sottile
John Barbours World , August 22, 2016 Guests, Lance deHaven-Smith and JP Sottile

Featured Guests

FEATURED GUESTS

Guest, JP Sottile February 19, 2018
Guest, Matthew Landman February 05, 2018
Guest, Wayne Madsen January 22, 2018
Guest, Andrew Kreig January 22, 2018
Guest, JP Sottile January 22, 2018
Guest, JP Sottile January 08, 2018
Guest, Jesse Ventura December 25, 2017
Guest, Jesse Ventura December 25, 2017
Guest, VC Bestor December 11, 2017
Guest, Jesse Ventura November 30, 2017
Guest, Paul Craig Roberts November 27, 2017
Guest, Stephen Jaffe November 13, 2017
Guest, JP Sottile November 13, 2017
Guest, Bela Lugosi Jr October 30, 2017
Guest, JP Sottile October 30, 2017
Guest, JP Sottile October 16, 2017
Guest, Libby Handros October 16, 2017
Guest, John Potash October 02, 2017
Guest, JP Sottile October 02, 2017
Guest, JP Sottile September 18, 2017
John Barbour
Las Vegas
NVUSA
Occupation:
Retired writer-producer-TV host-actor-stand-up comic-critic-and fireman on the CNR
Biography:

Lucille Ball's favorite writer, aside from the wonderful writers of her show, was John Barbour. She said for the ten years that John was the film critic for Los Angeles Magazine, she couldn't wait for the beginning of the month just to read his reviews. And watch him on KNBC's six o'clock news!

And when Bob Wood was President of CBS TV he said, 'If Mark Twain had a microphone and camera, he'd be doing a lot of what John is doing!'

John changed the face of American TV as the Creator, Co-Host, Producer, and principal writer of 'Real People,' the country's first trend-setting reality show!

When John was crafting the number one show in TV for three years, his commitment was always to STORY and PURPOSE!

John's story... and what an amazing real story it is http://johnbarboursworld.com/about.html cannot be done justice in a few words, so go explore it, and know that after John's documentary about John Kennedy's assassination, 'The Garrison Tapes' won the '93 San Sebastian film festival Award, then John decided to retire.

It had taken him over twenty years to tell Jim's story, and even though it was and still is ignored by nearly all media in America, John felt that at least it was finally out there. It was the most important story he could ever tell; and so why try to tell any others.

So, he retired. To play golf. In Las Vegas. And now he shares his incredible story...

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