John Barbour Emmy Award Winner

Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil Haley and Greg Hanna interview
John Barbour.


A 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 the award-winning ‘The Garrison
Tapes,’ which Director Oliver Stone heralded as ‘The perfect
companion piece to my movie ‘JFK.’ 25 years later, in 2017 he
wrote and Directed Part 2 called: ‘The American Media and The 2nd
assassination Of President John F. Kennedy,’ which leading
researchers applaud as ‘The definitive film on JFK and the rise
of Fake News’. which plagues America to this day. John said, ‘I
am not a conspiracy theorist. Just a storyteller.


John Barbour changed the face of American television as the
creator, producer, principal writer, and co-host of Real People,
television’s 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.