Gene Gene the dancing machine!
 

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ACpNVD5GMUw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ACpNVD5GMUw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

When oh when will they bring out the Gong Show on DVD?

AGAIN!

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ceETKSktojw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ceETKSktojw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

:laughout: Great show!

wow.. thats a flash back. the song is called the woodchoppers ball. apparently the host claims he was a CIA operative

I've heard people say that 'America's Got Talent' is the modern day gong show.

I liked the old gong show better.

for Summer TV, it's been renamed - America's Got Talent (or not...)

if you haven't seen Boy Shakira... well... you haven't missed much... LOL

prefer the old one as well - the celebrity guest hosts were better comics and quite honestly - you loved comics more back in the old days.

oh come on Rob, you actually want your comics to be funny or something? It amazes me how many comics of today think it's all about telling a joke with a great punchline.

really showing my age here, but this is a classic bit of humor
Victor Borge

I also loved the way the audience got into the Gong Show. Like when they would clap their hands in anticipation of Chuck Barris clapping his hands, which apparently was a nervous action he couldn't seem to shake, so he just made it a part of the show.

Really I didn't know that.

Yeah ok it's funny, you're right Chris! :laughout: He has been talking about it for weeks!

I remember coming home from school, and watching the Gong Show every day. It was on during the supper hour I think. Even back then I thought it was a total scream. :)

There's a great book called Queen of the Oddballswhich is the memoirs of Hilary Carlip, a young woman who grew up in Hollywood, stalked Carly Simon, won the Gong Show, was an extra in Xanadu, and created her own punk band called Angel & The Reruns who had the cult hit "Beaver Cleaver Fever". Her chapter about the Gong Show brings back a flood of memories.

Have you guys ever seen Confessions of a Dangerous Mind? If you are a fan of the Gong Show you'll need to see this. Chuck Barris and international hit man? Wow!