The junior high was super close to my house I came home every day for lunch my mom would have SpaghettiOs and meatballs ready for me and I would sit and watch The Gong Show before I went back to school. 1976 now that I'm 62 I realize those were the best days of my life😢
Yes ....I absolutly get it. For me it was working with Dad on the farm in the summer. Having lunch at noon that Dad would put together and timed it so he, my brother and I would watch it...everday. So fun!❤
I was on the Gong Show , and The $1.98 Beauty Show where my song was censored, so Chuck had them write in a bit to " cover " it .Barris hired me again & got me my AFTRA & SAG cards, he was great to me and so kind & encouraging.
I've always said that the Got Talent premise took the best part of Ed McMahon's "Star Search" (the continuing auditions) and melded it with the best parts of "The Gong Show" (small panel of celebrity judges and the gong), and added a few tweaks over the years.
Because the left, MSM, the woke mob, DEI authorities, LGBTQ+ community, BLM, antifa, the view woman, and other foolish women throughout America, would be offended and demand everyone involved be lined up against a wall to see how the small amounts of the element of lead, moving at high speed, reacted to them.
The irony of that is that Barris was literally a CIA assassin. He used the dating game as a cover to go to strange foreign countries and kill people. True story.
I love how the audience encouraged the first lady. She wasn't great, but they clapped along with her and gave her a nice round of applause when she finished. 13:15 - Ah, remember the good old days when you requested auditions via the telephone?
@@BigbadwhitecrackerI agree. She smashed the mood and played it up perfectly. That trombone part was fire! I found it heart-warming. Watching it for the third time!
9:24 What a shock.... Im from Bartlesville Ok..... But moved around a good bit and now live in Central America. Never thought I'd be watching thr gong show... In 2024..... In Central America.... And see an act from Bartlesville OK!!!!
@@mastercommander4535 nope. But for political reasons I just say "Central America". If you know.... You know. If ou don't know .... Well, I can't explain it here. 😬
@@johnlucier5654 it is central to the United States of America.... But is is pretty far from the sub-continent and distinct region of the world called Central America... As opposed to North America. 😉
Man it’s amazing that the host was doing the show as a cover. He was literally a secret agent for the CIA. I’m not kidding. He was a cia secret agent and a real killer. His name was Chuck so his cover wasn’t exactly covering much. The things he did around the world, then jet lagged does this show right after. This guy is a legend and a man with many talents.
The confetti thrower at 20:15 is Jerry Maren who was one of the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. He was in "the Lollipop Guild" and the one who hands the lollipop to Dorothy.
Pictionary, anyone can play that in their living room. The Gong Show was unique. Sometimes folks went on that show KNOWING they'd get gonged! But hey, they were on TV, right?
This show is groundbreaking. This led the way for things like star search. America's got talent and under sounds like that. This show was truly groundbreaking, think about it.
I was there when JP Morgan flashed the audience durring the Gene Gene the Dancing maching. She slowly unbuttoned each button and flaskes her A cups and re buttoned. I would cut school and go to NBC studios in Burbank and watch them tape. Also trash piched Warner Brothers records and brought home demo albums in the trash after delivering papers on my paper route. I think it was 1977 or 78.
@@senorbb2150 yes, I have a studio of Foghat fool for the city. White cover with the name written in sharpie or ink. I got caught in the trash and a guy took me to the vault with lots of albums. I still have a few of those. I think Van Morrison moon dance was one. They gave me 10 if I remember right. Thanks for asking.
This show was terrific, I can't believe they ever let it come to an end. It really let people know how strange the average person could really be. We need more shows that exposed how delusional some people in this country can be.
😮omg 😂😂😂 I used to watch this show when I was home sick from school this and price is Right!! Mom would bring my bowl of soup and little Sprite or 7 up. It was the best!!
Not according to Chuck Barris, the host and executive producer. It was still pretty crazy though. This was the same guy who produced both The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, along with a few other shows with varying degrees of success. It was kind of risqué for daytime TV at the time.
@@greasyhitchball ... Thanks, but don't be sorry just hug your kin folks at random, for NO reason in particular, and undiscriminating. I stayed away for far TOO long, and didn't keep in touch... I have friends that I acquired over the years, but it ain't the same... I'm retired now. OS-3 US NAVY inactive reserve NAB Little Creek Virginia🇺🇸🫡⚓
Originally on Radio, there was "The Major Bowes Amateur Hour" in the 1930's and 40's, Losers were rung off with something like a boxing ring bell Then the Gong Show. Now we have The Voice, and AGT. Before Major Bowes, the Amateur night was a Staple of Vaudeville and Burlesque, and of course the famous Mississippi Show Boats in the USA and Music Halls of Great Britain going way back to the early 1800's. It's an OLD OLD idea that is continuously fresh because of the talent of the Contestants.
Rip made me laugh everytime he popped up on a show, and in the Jackass movie just before he passed, that was awesome of Knoxville to put him in the movie and turn another generation on to that silly guy
Boo on JP Morgan giving 9 points to the 3 lady dancers. They were good. Synchronizing with other dancers is hard and they did great. Plus I liked the boogy woogy music.
One of those shows where every aspect of it was really bad, but when combined together it was a priceless experience that people LOVED. Whoever thought this show up was either a genius or suicidal.
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The unknown comic!!!! Remember ??? Anyone??
Yes I do remember The Unknown Comic😅
OF course
Thanks..knew y'all would!!! Murray Langston...hilarious guy!!!
did you see the movie he was in?
The Unknown comic inspired “The Unknown DJ” in a new local DJ. Super annoying, and he didn’t last long.
The junior high was super close to my house I came home every day for lunch my mom would have SpaghettiOs and meatballs ready for me and I would sit and watch The Gong Show before I went back to school. 1976 now that I'm 62 I realize those were the best days of my life😢
WITH meatballs….the only way to go! (Those were the days…)
Yes ....I absolutly get it. For me it was working with Dad on the farm in the summer. Having lunch at noon that Dad would put together and timed it so he, my brother and I would watch it...everday. So fun!❤
@@nunyab8003 I was beginning to think I was the only one😉
@@CampbellCornLab definitely better days back then
It’s the same for me too. I sure wish I could go back to those carefree days of my childhood!
I was on the Gong Show , and The $1.98 Beauty Show where my song was censored, so Chuck had them write in a bit to " cover " it .Barris hired me again & got me my AFTRA
& SAG cards, he was great to me and so kind & encouraging.
Great story!
That is amazing
Way better than American Idol.
The original America's Got Talent.❤
As cheesy as the gong show was, it's way better than that modern no-talent crap.
@@RoughJustice2k18 You don't understand comedy!🤦🙄
I don't watch AGT anymore. Couldn't stand it.
historically inaccurate, but, oh forget it ~~~~~~
I've always said that the Got Talent premise took the best part of Ed McMahon's "Star Search" (the continuing auditions) and melded it with the best parts of "The Gong Show" (small panel of celebrity judges and the gong), and added a few tweaks over the years.
gene gene the dancin machine
STUFF
My favorite.
THE CIA plant!
Jyst thinking to myself what was the guys name who danced on the show!!!! Thanks!!! This show rocked!!
I called my friend that
The Gong Show was a highlight of my childhood!
Why can't we just go back to great shows and times like this?
Some great shows, but not always great times.
Because the left, MSM, the woke mob, DEI authorities, LGBTQ+ community, BLM, antifa, the view woman, and other foolish women throughout America, would be offended and demand everyone involved be lined up against a wall to see how the small amounts of the element of lead, moving at high speed, reacted to them.
@@pressureworks Less complexity than today's world.
Because Hollywood doesn’t want shows like America got no talent.
@@roberturey147 Hollywood hasn't got a sense of humor either. Or perhaps they do, judging from today's programming. Ugh.
I love that Rip Taylor took the lady's hand to dance at the end. That was class.
RIP WAS THE GREATEST ,
RIP RIP 😂😂😂
RIP was the 98 cent beauty pageant.
Remember back when TV was fun, funny and politics free?
The irony of that is that Barris was literally a CIA assassin. He used the dating game as a cover to go to strange foreign countries and kill people. True story.
When TV was fun and entertaining! We miss it.
This has to have been the best ever on TV, the best ever.
Lol..WTF?
This still holds up all these years later. Such a fun show.
This was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid.
Oh my GAWD was that horrible… And I watched every single minute of it and loved it!
I love this show!! I miss it and remember watching it with my family in the 70's.💗
These were good times!!! Nothing like today's comedy , if you can call it that! The Gong Show was crazy funny! 👏👏👏
Coke fueled though.
Chuck Barris -the reluctant host. He was great for this.
Chuck Barris wanted the gig after he saw it was hit
I always thought he was high on Something. Did anyone else feel that way?
I love how the audience encouraged the first lady. She wasn't great, but they clapped along with her and gave her a nice round of applause when she finished.
13:15 - Ah, remember the good old days when you requested auditions via the telephone?
She's better than anybody in the last 25 years
@@BigbadwhitecrackerI agree. She smashed the mood and played it up perfectly. That trombone part was fire! I found it heart-warming. Watching it for the third time!
She was channeling ethel merman
"We'll be back with more stuff"! 👏
9:24 What a shock.... Im from Bartlesville Ok..... But moved around a good bit and now live in Central America. Never thought I'd be watching thr gong show... In 2024..... In Central America.... And see an act from Bartlesville OK!!!!
i use to be a lineman for the county... in ok
Where in central America. Panama ?
@@mastercommander4535 nope. But for political reasons I just say "Central America". If you know.... You know. If ou don't know .... Well, I can't explain it here. 😬
@@markshade8398oklahoma is central america.
@@johnlucier5654 it is central to the United States of America.... But is is pretty far from the sub-continent and distinct region of the world called Central America... As opposed to North America. 😉
Before the world got up tight. Happy days
Happy Days, yes! Also Welcome Back Kotter, Sanford & Son, M*A*S*H, the list was great.
Man it’s amazing that the host was doing the show as a cover. He was literally a secret agent for the CIA.
I’m not kidding. He was a cia secret agent and a real killer.
His name was Chuck so his cover wasn’t exactly covering much.
The things he did around the world, then jet lagged does this show right after.
This guy is a legend and a man with many talents.
I miss the gong show.so much...
I LOVED this show!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s so loose this show. Just love it.
The confetti thrower at 20:15 is Jerry Maren who was one of the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. He was in "the Lollipop Guild" and the one who hands the lollipop to Dorothy.
Gong Show is so much better than the CRAP thats on now. Pictionary, WTF!!!!!
Pictionary, anyone can play that in their living room. The Gong Show was unique. Sometimes folks went on that show KNOWING they'd get gonged! But hey, they were on TV, right?
Always Loved JP Morgan !!!!
@1:16...JP shows the girls! :)
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This show is groundbreaking. This led the way for things like star search. America's got talent and under sounds like that. This show was truly groundbreaking, think about it.
I was there when JP Morgan flashed the audience durring the Gene Gene the Dancing maching. She slowly unbuttoned each button and flaskes her A cups and re buttoned. I would cut school and go to NBC studios in Burbank and watch them tape. Also trash piched Warner Brothers records and brought home demo albums in the trash after delivering papers on my paper route. I think it was 1977 or 78.
Ever find any actually good demos?
@@senorbb2150 yes, I have a studio of Foghat fool for the city. White cover with the name written in sharpie or ink. I got caught in the trash and a guy took me to the vault with lots of albums. I still have a few of those. I think Van Morrison moon dance was one. They gave me 10 if I remember right. Thanks for asking.
Cool- gotta get the good ones out on bootleg!
I grew up on this. No wonder I’m so messed up!
My thoughts too
This show was terrific, I can't believe they ever let it come to an end.
It really let people know how strange the average person could really be.
We need more shows that exposed how delusional some people in this country can be.
My Dads favorite show😂stupidest show ever, but it was always on in
our home🤣Happy Memories ❤️🙏🏻❤️
😮omg 😂😂😂 I used to watch this show when I was home sick from school this and price is Right!! Mom would bring my bowl of soup and little Sprite or 7 up. It was the best!!
The gong show was the original america got talent.
I loved this show! So much fun and hilarious.
They all must have been stoned doing this show! So funny!
It was a well-known fact that Chuck Barris was always zooted on coke.
Not according to Chuck Barris, the host and executive producer. It was still pretty crazy though. This was the same guy who produced both The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, along with a few other shows with varying degrees of success. It was kind of risqué for daytime TV at the time.
American Idol on cocaine
much better than American Idol 😐
was hoping to see Gene, Gene, the Dancing Machine. Best part of any episode
14 minutes 30 seconds mindbending creation. Thank you.
As of this date, Jaye P Morgan is still alive at 92.
We always thought Chuck was pretty sauced by the time he came on stage.
Way betterthan Americans got talent
I loved that show. 🥳💥
Where's the popsicle twins 😅
They went to the record store and wound up on A Clockwork Orange🤪
That was hilarious! And I used to watch this show sometimes
Friday was a family get together and the Gong Show was The Main Attraction...my family are ALL DEAD now😢
So very sorry. 😢
@@greasyhitchball ... Thanks, but don't be sorry just hug your kin folks at random, for NO reason in particular, and undiscriminating. I stayed away for far TOO long, and didn't keep in touch... I have friends that I acquired over the years, but it ain't the same... I'm retired now. OS-3 US NAVY inactive reserve NAB Little Creek Virginia🇺🇸🫡⚓
Never missed it.
Highly reccomend the movie.. Confessions of a dangerous mind.
I loved this show. Used to watch it all the time.
Going, going, GONG!
Gawd, Chuck Barris, what a force in game show TV in the 70s! I loved it. Just look at him! Haha, and he was such a grifter LOL😂
Sometimes you can’t GONG these people because they’re so damn funny it’s like a train wreck
Originally on Radio, there was "The Major Bowes Amateur Hour" in the 1930's and 40's, Losers were rung off with something like a boxing ring bell
Then the Gong Show.
Now we have The Voice, and AGT.
Before Major Bowes, the Amateur night was a Staple of Vaudeville and Burlesque, and of course the famous Mississippi Show Boats in the USA and Music Halls of Great Britain going way back to the early 1800's.
It's an OLD OLD idea that is continuously fresh because of the talent of the Contestants.
I loved those three Caribbean Tap Dancing Girls. They were the greatest😊👍
The Gong Show was so bad it was good. Loved it!
Miss These Shows They were great Times
it was a crazy show and always fun to watch. it was a hit for several years.
I remember this so well, even so it was so long ago.
Gene...Gene... "The Dancing Machine!"
Gracie should have won! She was great.
ah the 70's when everyone was on coke😂😂😂😂😂😂
I don't remember it well! ✌
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Chuck Barris was totally high for every one of these shows.
He wasn't, but OMG everyone else was. He was freaked out/terrified by stage fright, it's why he had a hat most times.
Sweet old time goodness! This show would be too offensive to air on the networks today! Aint that a shame!
Della had a horrible struggle with drugs, alcohol, and HIV. RIP, little one.
The host was a "Hitman" for the CIA---- Really! Talk about a perfect cover!
Crazy because the whole time watching this I was thinking of Chuck's uncanny resemblance to That guy who owned an Island and didn't off himself
There was even a movie about it
Chuck Barris wrote a book about his daughter, Della Barris. She overdosed in 1998.
Anyone remember The $1.98 Beauty Pageant Show. That one was hosted by Rip Taylor.
The Gong Show and The Match Game were my favorites.
just realized, this was the youtube and tiktok of the day lol
Never heard of this show before! Australia’s Hey Hey it’s Saturday’s Red Faces must’ve got inspiration from this show!
I loved this show!!
Rip made me laugh everytime he popped up on a show, and in the Jackass movie just before he passed, that was awesome of Knoxville to put him in the movie and turn another generation on to that silly guy
Boo on JP Morgan giving 9 points to the 3 lady dancers. They were good. Synchronizing with other dancers is hard and they did great. Plus I liked the boogy woogy music.
I LOVE THE GONG SHOW AND I LOVE YOU TOO TABITHA HOCH LOVE CHRIS HOCH
HUGS AND KISSES 💋
We really need the Gong Show to return
The Gong Show Movie 5 stars!!!
I liked this show 😊
This was an anything goes great show. JP Morgan & Chuck Barris was perfect. Loved it growing up
gene gene the dancin machine..!!!🤟
So much better than the talent shows on today.
Chuck Barres Gong But not forgotten RIP
i still dont understand why chuck has never gotten a special honor from the emmys
the man created reality tv
This guy was a C.I.A. plant! He did quiet well! GREAT show!
So he was really good at being silent?
If only there were a modern day talent show with a celebrity judge panel.
American Idol is the new Gong Show.
Now, this is real talent!
You kind of had to be there. LOL!
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine. 😅
Unknown Comic 😅
Good times baby
One of those shows where every aspect of it was really bad, but when combined together it was a priceless experience that people LOVED. Whoever thought this show up was either a genius or suicidal.
Man this is great. Sayy much better than tiktok crap
This is a docudrama today.
Dating game studio. I was there.
We were all a glutton for punishment watching this show, but it was worth it 😂
It really sucked having only 4 channels. Thank god for that little brown cable box, 18 dollars a month well spent.
Give me just 4 channels. It led to a lot more reading.
Gonna play my tuba... 🤣
Those tap dancers had VERRY 70s hairstyles!
f*** I'm old that's all I have to say I love the show
Thank you!