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b'John Barbour will share some stories from his remarkable career in show business including his appearances on The Tonight Show, and The Merv Griffin Show, his friendships with Lenny Bruce, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, and his creation of the very first reality TV show, Real People, a weekly primetime newsmagazine that profiled funny, human interest stories.\\n\\nGUEST: John Barbour Canadian high school dropout at 15, and deported at 17, John Barbour is recognized as \\u2018The Godfather Of Reality TV\\u2019 as the creator-Producer,Co-Host, and Writer of the trend setting hit \\u2018Real People.\\u2019 He won the first of his 5 Emmys as the original Host of \\u2018AM LA\\u2019 in 1970 where he interviewed controversial anti-war guests like Mohammed Ali, Cesar Chavez and Jane Fonda. He was the first in America to do film reviews on the News, winning 3 more consecutive Emmys as KNBC\\u2019s \\u2018Critic-At-Large.\\u2019 And ten years as Los Angeles Magazine\\u2019s most widely read and quoted controversial critic. Prior to that he was a successful topical stand-up comedian, appearing on \\u2018The Dean Martin Show,\\u2019 \\u2018The Tonight Show,\\u2019 and others; and in Las Vegas opening for Robert Goulet and Bobby Darin. Comedian-activist Dick Gregory did the liner notes for his first album, \\u2018It\\u2019s Tough To Be white,\\u2019 and Play-write Neil Simon did them for his second album, \\u2018I Met A Man I Didn\\u2019t Like!\\u2019\\n\\nIn 1992 he wrote and Directed the award-winning \\u2018The Garrison Tapes,\\u2019 which Director Oliver Stone heralded as \\u2018The perfect companion piece to my movie \\u2018JFK.\\u2019 25 years later, in 2017 he wrote and Directed Part 2 called: \\u2018The American Media and The 2nd assassination Of President John F. Kennedy,\\u2019 which leading researchers applaud as \\u2018The definitive film on JFK and the rise of Fake News\\u2019..which plagues America to this day. John said, \\u2018I am not a conspiracy theorist. Just a storyteller.\\n\\nJohn Barbour changed the face of American television as the creator, producer, principal writer, and co-host of Real People, television\\u2019s first reality show. He is a five-time Emmy award winner, a storied actor and performer, a joke and script writer, and entertainment professional across genres.'