The Gong Show 48

[@scottburton9701]

"The Gong Show" was a bona fide guilty pleasure!

[@Rob_Kates]

It was crazy and silly, but good stuff.

[@Juliet475]

I had a mad crush on Chuck.. ..lol...... I felt kind of sorry for anyone "not getting it".

[@billdurham8477]

Loved the absurd acts like the second, folks who had an incredible voice and chose to be silly. Thank you for posting these.

[@ctrlzyx2]

Probably took more talent to pull this off than doing it straight up

[@lindagurrera685]

The golden age of game shows

[@johngaudenti4669]

Talk of the good old days , these were the good old days !!!

[@REAGAN_1980]

Chuck barris a genius and so fun to watch

[@LeeHart-ln4gx]

I wish they would bring this back

[@yama5182]

No you don’t…😅😂😂

[@Juliet475]

Where would they find another CHUCK BARRIS?

[@Arthur.in.the.Fridge]

Box on head girl was outstanding. I'de pay to see that.

[@acertainshape]

The country band should have won.

[@Juliet475]

A little before "Brother Where Art Thou."....lol.

[@plentinough7222]

Really, after.

[@AuLily1]

I wholeheartedly agree.

[@Arthur.in.the.Fridge]

Box on head girl was outstanding.

[@paulavanderveer8931]

I agree 100%

[@virginia1008]

Eva Gabor was beautiful.

[@AllRequired]

And she wasn't the mess that her sister was.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Eva was definitely the idol of my youth. She was married to her fifth and final husband, aerospace executive Frank Gard Jameson, when she appeared on the show.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

@@AllRequired: Oh yes! Definitely! Eva was never kicked out of a hotel for not paying the bill, kicked off an airliner, walked off the stage during a performance, and slapped a cop like Zsa Zsa did.

[@Wellch]

@@Lisa-di1wiand never appeared on Green Acres like Eva.

[@biskynisky1336]

my school does a gong show for homecoming, people will go up and do things like sing, dance etc. and the sometimes the hole crowd yells GONG

[@Wellch]

But not the whole audience.

[@Stationary76]

The original America's Got Talent

[@garypugh1153]

Tap dancer was awsome !!!😊

[@georgiatechur]

Peter Lawford. Haven't thought of him in years.

[@frangardner6865]

Love this show!

[@Juliet475]

Everybody's guilty pleasure, even skipping their favorite Soap, back then.

[@ClassiCole]

Episode aired during the spring of 1977.

[@kenmunro8317]

... Congressional Confirmation hearings needs to take a page from this Show...

[@bigetcb9994]

Jp Morgan ❤

[@kellyrobinson1780]

Barris: "JUICY... JAYE,...P... MORGOOONE!!!" (she flashes) 🧚

[@AllRequired]

No sane panelist was ever going to gong that last act.

[@glenfenderman]

I think the first act should have won.

[@freddyfurrah3789]

They are all dead.

[@kingsports1113]

Im here from run DMC krush groove run rap the gong show n his rhymes

[@infrequentvlogs4433]

Ah caint get dis box off mah hayed

[@arcofdescent3495]

Been looking for this skit for ages!

[@jasonbeard4713]

This act really took years to refine. Heavens to Mergatroyd, it's not like it was slapped together in five minutes.

[@jnadle1]

Sometimes, Della Barris would introduce Chuck.

[@chrisnizer5702]

Gong Show was the TIT'S!!

[@joeybolzau7557]

Amy should not get GONGED Cute girl GREAT tap dance

[@MikeBrown-jn7vi]

When the good life was alive and well

[@jasonbeard4713]

Interesting that although this is a nighttime syndicated episode that NBC was mentioned during the audition plug.

[@kevinfitzmaurice4072]

This was from the NBC daytime show. On the syndicated version, the Johnny Jacobs-voiced audition plug came after the first commercial break.

[@jasonbeard4713]

@kevinfitzmaurice4072 I was confused because at the end, we see Firestone Program Syndication and no mention of NBC in the credits. But you are correct, because the nighttime show awarded 716.32. Maybe this episode was edited and placed in the post-NBC syndication package?

[@kevinfitzmaurice4072]

Probably so.​@@jasonbeard4713

[@glenknapke6771]

No shortage of furniture can am

[@joeybolzau7557]

OMG.The wicked witch and one of the munchkins did sing

[@paulcooper8818]

Should not have gonged Mistress Mary, that was fun

[@jasonbeard4713]

3:02-3:05 The Steppin Stones (!!)

[@Rasputin443556]

"Amy Fisher from New York" should be the point at which you gong her.

[@Juliet475]

But, the other "Amy Fisher" was not a nurse...lol...

[@freddyfurrah3789]

Amy Fisher...😅😅😅😅😅

[@itowmyhome797]

🎉

[@scottmaytham3578]

Thinking Outside of the Box ?

[@LindaPiper-v1w]

Lawford looks toas ted .

[@Marvinfj32]

I never understood how this got picked up.

[@thomasferranti6736]

Chuck Barris had created several huge game shows by this time. Game shows that didn't cost that much. Serious talent shows had been done over and over by this time so this was a comedic reaction to those. It was so successful, I believe they had a daily live daytime show as well as a pre-recorded weekly evening show.

[@SCA440]

Because this is better than 90% of the crap they put out today!!

[@kellyrobinson1780]

You're a Vulcan, right?

[@freddyfurrah3789]

They picked the right winner.

[@acertainshape]

That cheesy lounge act? No way.

[@joeybolzau7557]

Debby Johnson should have won