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John Barbour's World

by The Opperman Report

John BarbourA Canadian high school dropout at 15, and deported at 17, John Barbour is recognized as ‘The Godfather Of Reality TV’ as the creator-Producer,Co-Host, and Writer of the trend setting hit ‘Real People.’ He won the first of his 5 Emmys as the original Host of ‘AM LA’ 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’s ‘Critic-At-Large.’ And ten years as Los Angeles Magazine’s most widely read and quoted controversial critic. Prior to that he was a successful topical stand-up comedian, appearing on ‘The Dean Martin Show,’ ‘The Tonight Show,’ 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, ‘It’s Tough To Be white,’ and Play-write Neil Simon did them for his second album, ‘I Met A Man I Didn’t Like!’ In 1992 he wrote and Directed

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    59207--john_barbours_world_2017-07-24 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    58949--john_barbours_world_2017-07-10 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    58734--john_barbours_world_2017-06-26 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    58191--john_barbours_world_2017-05-29 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    58437--john_barbours_world_2017-06-12 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. John Barbours - Talking Movies with John Barbour - Show #22 - Guest_ Sally Kirkland

    Talking Movies with John Barbour - Show #22 - Guest_ Sally Kirkland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    57946--john_barbours_world_2017-05-15 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. John Barbours - Talking Movies with John Barbour - Show #20 - Guests_ Charles Fox and Danny Gold

    Talking Movies with John Barbour - Show #20 - Guests_ Charles Fox and Danny Gold Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  9. John Barbours - 57768

    57768--john_barbours_show_2017-05-01 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  10. John Barbours - 57556

    57556--john_barbours_world_2017-04-17 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    57093--john_barbours_world_2017-03-20 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    57348--john_barbours_world_2017-04-03 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    56474--john_barbours_world_2017-02-06 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    56686--john_barbours_world_2017-02-20 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    56925--john_barbours_world_2017-03-06 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    56315--john_barbours_world_2017-01-23 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    56091--john_barbours_world_2017-01-09 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    55857--john_barbours_world_2016-12-26 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    55674--john_barbours_world_2016-12-12 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  20. John Barbours - 55159

    55159--john_barbours_world_2016-11-14 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  21. John Barbours - 55401

    55401--john_barbours_world_2016-11-28 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    54962--john_barbour_show_2016-10-31 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    54731--john_barbours_world_2016-10-17 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  24. John Barbours - 54495

    54495--john_barbours_world_2016-10-03 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    53986--john_barbours_world_2016-09-05 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  26. John Barbours - 53528

    53528--john_barbours_world_2016-08-22 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  27. John Barbours - 54260

    54260--john_barbours_world_2016-09-19 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    44895--john_barbours_world_2016-08-08 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  29. John Barbours - 41037

    41037--john_barbours_world_2016-07-25 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    26221--john_barbours_world_2016-06-27 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  31. John Barbours - 28712

    28712--john_barbours_world_2016-07-11 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  32. John Barbours - 24220

    24220--john_barbours_world_2016-06-13 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    23699--john_barbours_world_2016-05-30 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  34. John Barbours - 23064

    23064--john_barbours_world_2016-05-02 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  35. John Barbours - 22795

    22795--john_barbours_world_2016-04-18 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    22694--john_barbours_world_2016-04-13 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  37. John Barbours - 23332

    23332--john_barbours_world_2016-05-16 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  38. John Barbours - 22516

    22516--john_barbours_world_2016-04-04 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    22279--john_barbours_world_2016-03-21 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    22023--john_barbours_world_2016-03-07 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    21764--john_barbours_world_2016-02-22 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    21462--john_barbours_world_2016-02-08 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  43. John Barbours - 21335

    21335--john_barbours_world_2016-02-03 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    21183--john_barbours_world_2016-01-25 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    20877--john_barbours_world_2016-01-11 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  46. John Barbours - 20630

    20630--john_barbours_world_2015-12-28 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    20396--john_barbours_world_2015-12-14 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  48. John Barbours - 20014

    20014--john_barbours_world_2015-11-30 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    19531--john_barbours_world_2015-11-02 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  50. John Barbours - 19794

    19794--john_barbours_world_2015-11-16 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

John BarbourA Canadian high school dropout at 15, and deported at 17, John Barbour is recognized as ‘The Godfather Of Reality TV’ as the creator-Producer,Co-Host, and Writer of the trend setting hit ‘Real People.’ He won the first of his 5 Emmys as the original Host of ‘AM LA’ 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’s ‘Critic-At-Large.’ And ten years as Los Angeles Magazine’s most widely read and quoted controversial critic. Prior to that he was a successful topical stand-up comedian, appearing on ‘The Dean Martin Show,’ ‘The Tonight Show,’ 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, ‘It’s Tough To Be white,’ and Play-write Neil Simon did them for his second album, ‘I Met A Man I Didn’t Like!’ In 1992 he wrote and Directed

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