Gong Show: Merry Christmas from Gene Gene

[@poppopw5305]

The sign behind Gene says it all: "WE HAVE NO SHAME" and I'm so glad they didn't. Chuck, Gene and the whole crew gave me so much happiness as a teenager and that joy continues into my 60s.

[@andrewpotok2661]

Same here. Running home from school to catch TGS

[@MariaHopkins-k8c]

R.I.P. Chuck Barris, & Gene Gene The Dancing Machine!!!?

[@jamesmccourt9782]

You young kids wouldn't understand how great this is!

[@MovieMakingMan]

I loved the Gong Show!!!!! It made you laugh and it made you happy. No TV programs today can get close to how wonderful this show was.

[@drewgeraci8434]

Everybody I knew loved Gene Gene. How could you not? BTW, Barris was an amazing dancer. Such spontaneous outrageous FUN!

[@DougB76]

Always my fav part of the show is when he came out

[@ellonysman]

I cant stop smiling when Genes out there...this is becoming an addiction😮

[@DidYouReadEULA]

Watched this as a little boy, love when people say I have a strange sense of humor...Chuck Barris is my hero!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@youngproscia]

I loved Chuck. Such a unique sense of humor. I LOVED the patented clap and point. Never be another Chuck

[@ericandy88]

Now, he & Gene are doing the same together in the Great Beyond.

[@waubrowns1]

I think Gene's cap and jacket should be in the Smithsonian

[@whompbiscuits8930]

Absolutely!

[@_DB.COOPER]

Agreed!

[@thevoice464]

Touche

[@dustinprewitt]

Isn't it?

[@jamesfurse1364]

I was an exchange student at a High School in Rochester NY in ‘79. Never seen anything like it before, and seen nothing like it since. Brilliant. Clapping in time with Chuck cracked me up every time. Genius.

[@danbrowne2862]

That tune is hypnotic

[@jessyleppert2]

2:24 Jamie Farr, Jaye P. Morgan and Allen Ludden dancing

[@NauticaSea217]

Yes indeed, the shamelessness of classic comedy! I'll take that any day!

[@kirmussaudio7578]

The good old days!!!

[@caras2004]

Great trumpet solo

[@snowden67]

Wow - Allen Ludden was really into the spirit of things.

[@ericandy88]

Wonder if Betty White ever appeared as a judge on here. Her & Allen together on any show were dynamite.

[@646guy]

Gotta love into it the audience was...

[@steelers6titles]

He was an NBC stagehand.

[@MeDominguez-in9gs]

The host can dance!!

[@richardrice8076]

I'd like to see Gene Gene the disco machine

[@hibob418]

I dare you to watch this and not smile

[@zazoom4907]

Gene Gene The Dancing Machine should have been in every episode of the Gong Show

[@chrishoch9876]

I LOVE THE OLD GONG SHOW SIGN SHOULD HAVE SAID YOU SICK FOOL OF THE UNKNOWN COMIC! CHRIS HOCH

[@Loathello]

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[@whompbiscuits8930]

Markie Post is in this @ 2:29?

[@robertb4781]

yes, she did Chuck’s introductions a few times in late ‘77 / early ‘78

[@drewgeraci8434]

@@robertb4781 I'd have never known! She became a gorgeous when she was on Night Court.

[@whompbiscuits8930]

@@robertb4781 Thanks Robert. I had no idea! She was a teenage crush of mine. Just scorching, and naturally funny too. RIP.

[@andrewpotok2661]

Never knew

[@koolpopjones]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug!

[@markschildberg1667]

The anti-game show. What a glorious train wreck.

[@NauticaSea217]

They had no shame in comedy back then - And they SHOULDN'T have any now! But hey, that was then and this is now. lol

[@steelers6titles]

The egomaniacal Chuck Barris took over the show. The acts were funnier than he was.