Too Opinionated Interview: John Barbour

Nov 21, 2023

Before he became the multi Emmy winning Godfather of Reality TV by creating REAL PEOPLE, John worked as a writer for Frank Sinatra, interviewed controversial guests like Mohammad Ali, Cesar Chavez, Ronald Reagan and Jane Fonda on his own award winning program. He also has worked with comic legends such as Lenny Bruce, Rodney Dangerfield, George Carlin, Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, George Burns as well as shared the stage with Tim Conway in Knuckles and Nash in Vegas. 

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 AM 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.  He spent ten years as a critic at the Los Angeles Magazine's; he wrote and directed the award-winning The Garrison Tapes (which Director Oliver Stone heralded as "the perfect companion piece to my movie, JFK"). In 2017 he wrote and directed part two: The 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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