― Joe (Joe), Friday, 22 November 2002 23:39 (twenty-three years ago)
― Sean (Sean), Friday, 22 November 2002 23:57 (twenty-three years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 23 November 2002 00:07 (twenty-three years ago)
― gygax!, Saturday, 23 November 2002 00:09 (twenty-three years ago)
― nickn (nickn), Saturday, 23 November 2002 04:40 (twenty-three years ago)
― Joe (Joe), Saturday, 23 November 2002 05:13 (twenty-three years ago)
that was ... GENE GENE THE DANCING MACHINE!
― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 23 November 2002 12:52 (twenty-three years ago)
― brg30 (brg30), Saturday, 23 November 2002 21:52 (twenty-three years ago)
now revived by Comedy Central, hosted by Dave Attell. Auditions:
http://www.gotcast.com/casting-calls/The-Gong-Show/50659
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 15 May 2008 20:46 (seventeen years ago)
can never be the same. never.
― dell, Thursday, 15 May 2008 20:47 (seventeen years ago)
Bizarre act I (vaguely) remember: A rock band, getting poised to play...the leader yells out a "1, 2, 3, 4!"...but then, rather than beginning a song, just keeps going "...5, 6, 7, 8, 9..." etc. while his bandmates do absolutely nothing. Can't remember how far he got (20s? 30s?) before being gonged.
Classic!
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 08:19 (seventeen years ago)
Probably my 2nd favorite show ever.
― Lettuce C.U.P. (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 20 January 2009 08:24 (seventeen years ago)
Gonna play my trombone! (What're you gonna do?)Gonna play my trombone! (What're you gonna do?)Gonna play my trombone! (What're you gonna do?)Gonna play my trombone now!
Definite classic. The $1.98 Beauty Show, I'm not so sure.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 15:43 (seventeen years ago)
the two gong show threads the search turned up are making a pathetic showing. rip taylor would not approve.
― paula deezen (get bent), Thursday, 27 June 2013 05:29 (twelve years ago)
did anyone famous get their break on this show? re-runs were shown on Channel 4 over here, i remember Rex Reed being on it a lot.
― piscesx, Thursday, 27 June 2013 09:39 (twelve years ago)
Pee Wee Herman and Oingo Boingo for sure; there may have been others.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 27 June 2013 11:11 (twelve years ago)
Gene Gene cameoed as himself in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
― now is not the time for motorboating (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 27 June 2013 11:54 (twelve years ago)
The Gong Show Movie (not The Gong Movie, which I always thought would've made more sense) finally making its way to blu-ray on March 29. I've never seen it, but the plot synopsis makes it sound surprisingly like 8 1/2.
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 24 February 2016 22:28 (ten years ago)
Thinking back on it, that's pretty much dead-on; Jaye P. Morgan gets what amounts to the Claudia Cardinale moment.
Criterion?
― clemenza, Thursday, 25 February 2016 00:19 (ten years ago)
^BLURAY!
The film failed at the box office, not helped by its having opened on the same weekend as The Empire Strikes Back and The Shining. The film received a negative reaction, and was quickly withdrawn from theatrical release. Among the bad reviews at the time, George Burns, after seeing the movie, went on the record and said, "For the first time in 65 years, I wanted to get out of show business".[
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 March 2017 16:38 (nine years ago)