Saturday, November 04, 2006

The Gong Show


Was Chuck Barris the coolest game show host, EVER? This was one show I never failed to miss. Someone has put together some cool clips from the show (including the unknown comic and Gene Gene the dancing machine). Also included is the act that got this show booted from NBC. Great memories of my mom and I sitting in the living room and laughing our asses off. I have never seen a guy have a better time hosting a show than Chuck Barris. What a hoot!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

ya the show was his creation too I think , and how about all the weird "hitman" stuff , Chuck claimed to be a hitman for the CIA
while he was doing this show . I never did see the movie about it ,
need to go find that one at the store >

Anonymous said...

Randy,

I do a bit on the air with Carmine Appice every Thursday. Last week he had to postpone for a day because he was doing a live Gong show on his girlfriends radio show in New York. Chuck was there and Carmine said he was just the same as always, and looked great for a guy of his age.

RR said...

Chuck Barris and Gene Rayburn were the coolest game show hosts EVER. Chuck Barris looked like he was having a blast. Gene Rayburn reminded me of the slick "dirty old man".

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