[quote name=\'davemackey\' date=\'Oct 7 2005, 06:44 AM\']Not all of Barris' discoveries clicked with viewers (see under Race, Clark).
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Not to mention Barbour, John. But at least everyone realized that straightaway.
Chuck also has Dick Stewart, the first host of
Dream Girl of '67, in the minus column, as well as Tom Campbell of
Camouflage. But he also gave Jim MacKrell his first hosting gig.
I can't remember in which of his two books he claimed he'd wanted a homeless person to host
The Gong Show.
For purposes of this discussion, shall we defined "discovered" as "gave first national exposure"? Several hosts were well known before they started their gigs (e.g. Arte Johnson, Dick Martin, Gary Owens).