Too Opinionated Interview: John Barbour

Published: Nov. 21, 2023, 4:25 p.m.

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Before he became the multi\\xa0Emmy winning Godfather of Reality TV by creating REAL PEOPLE, John worked as a\\xa0writer for Frank Sinatra, interviewed controversial guests like Mohammad Ali,\\xa0Cesar Chavez, Ronald Reagan and Jane\\xa0Fonda on his own award winning program. He\\xa0also has worked with comic legends such as Lenny Bruce, Rodney\\xa0Dangerfield,\\xa0George Carlin, Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, George Burns as well as shared the\\xa0stage with Tim Conway in\\xa0Knuckles and Nash in Vegas.\\xa0

From high school drop out to become the man who changed the face of American TV, John Barbour is recognized as a TV legend who won the first of his five Emmys as the original host of\\xa0AM LA, where he interviewed some of the most recognizable names in the world. He was the first in America to do film reviews on the news, winning three more consecutive Emmys as KNBC\'s Critic-At-Large.\\xa0 He spent ten years as a critic at the\\xa0Los Angeles Magazine\'s; he wrote and directed the award-winning\\xa0The Garrison Tapes\\xa0(which Director Oliver Stone heralded as "the perfect companion piece to my movie,\\xa0JFK"). In 2017 he wrote and directed part two:\\xa0The American Media and the Second Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which was applauded as "the definitive film on JFK.

In his highly entertaining, hysterically funny, deeply informative best-selling autobiography, "Your Mother\'s Not a Virgin," readers discovered what a multifaceted storyteller Barbour is.

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