The Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo on The Gong Show (1976)

[@1COMIXMAN]

To think one of the world's most talented, creepiest and weirdest musical directors was standing there.

[@manicmike8585]

I'm over half a bottle of wine deep, and I don't know anything, so can you can elaborate on who you're referring to please?

[@advantgardeboy2007]

@@manicmike8585 danny elfman, i think.

[@jnnx]

@@advantgardeboy2007 don’t forget his brother, who directed Forbidden Zone.

[@skaluv]

Also, for the sake of clarification because it's an easy mistake, that's not Danny in the rocket. That's his brother and the accordion player is his sister in law. Danny is playing one of the horns.

[@thetruthexperiment]

Sounds like him.

[@ernestolombardo5811]

I know for a fact that Danny was disappointed about not getting gonged.

[@KreemieNewgatt]

But winning was next-best

[@dustinprewitt]

"You're making me oingo. You wouldn't like me when I'm oingo."

[@matthewkester3677]

if only they knew at the time what would happen 5 yrs later, the band called Oingo Boingo would go on to become legendary

[@mishabear9261]

And Danny would become a movie score writer!

[@UberLummox]

Was that Danny Elfman fer reals???

[@TheBings]

@@UberLummox Danny when he was only a lad (you really can't blame him).

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@TheBings Just a prankster (a juvenile gangster).

[@RobertKeen-y7h]

Absolutely Brilliant! About 4 years later I discovered Oingo Boingo! This was of the best alternative bands of the 1980's. Still listening today and my children now love them.

[@tierbore1985]

I can hear the beginnings of the Pee Wee's Big Adventure soundtrack

[@gabrielcervantes6059]

And Batman (1989). His soundtracks tended to sound similar back then.

[@goldenmolelover]

@@gabrielcervantes6059 i think they still sound similar! danny elfman has such a distinctive sound to all his work that its easy to pin down what soundtracks hes done.

[@CR-xd4uw]

This is when Richard Elfman was still in charge of the act. D took over a couple years later

[@jameshigginbottom6512]

I saw oingo bingo in San Francisco in 78 at the boarding house. They were incredibly talented.musicians. Danny Elfman scored and wrote music for many incredible movies and TV shows.

[@lauriekelley5628]

You can hear Beetlejuice music throughout this. Danny Elfman is amazing. The Nightmare Before Christmas is genius. And listen to "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Seans, and you can see where Danny gets inspiration! I love all his music and wish he'd write a book on how he creates!

[@rdshep4873]

Great stuff, its like the talented High School Band meets rocket ship and Dinausaur with a great looking chick. Classic wish Danny would write an auto- biography : )

[@Cyrus0w]

I hope he writes a book. Great idea! What other tracks does he get his inspiration from?

[@Danjite]

Danny wasn't in the band at this point. The guy in the rocket is his older brother and the band's founder, Richard.

[@lauriekelley5628]

@@Danjite Thanks!

[@frankpalancio8471]

This act would have fit in better later in the gong show run, when Chuck went full blown crazy. This is an early show where Chuck and the judges were playing it straight

[@bbenson9598]

Just to see Buddy Hackett in Beatle hair & Sheri lewis without something on her hand was priceless. Still remember Bill Bixby playing God as a janitor on a PBS type play before the Hulk

[@sloburnjo]

my tots exactly

[@karlzeff6459]

The music the band is play is Prokofiev's "Troika" from the Lieutenant Kijé Suite

[@jongilbertson2106]

Thank you for that.

[@goldenmolelover]

oh what i wouldve given to be alive during the mystic knights era

[@1secondarysmile]

hello roach dogg jr

[@d.e.9707]

Huge OB fan since the '80... first time I've seen this. Not sure what I just watched but it was entertaining.

[@BNWOCHUD]

That's the point.

[@czperiod2576]

As a kid I would watch the Gong show during the day. And I remember seeing this because I had the 8 year old version of "What the hell is THIS!!!". And I think I thought the girl was beautiful in a Joy from the Bugaloos way.... Thanks for bringing back some very old memories.

[@cyclone411]

Yes! Joy from the Boogaloos - that’s it exactly.

[@valeniusthekat]

HOLY SHIT!!!!! I remember this when I was a kid! All these years later, I'm an Elfman fan!!

[@Rutabega_NG]

Sometimes I forget just how bonkers the 70s were. Yes, The Gong Show was wild and wacky, but it wasn't alone in that.

[@roflmows]

to quote my grandfather's favorite old-timey and sarcastic saying: "THAT'S entertainment."

[@Reitz86]

who knew accordion players could be so beautiful ❤️

[@Schmitz3]

Thanks for posting, can't belive you only have 167 views. They went on to be the famous Oingo Boingo.

[@thiagolopes886]

Funny how things are, Bill Bixby played the Hulk in the TV series, in 2003 Danny Elfman did the soundtrack to the Hulk Movie and the main theme of the movie was from the series

[@PtolemyJones]

Mama has a squeeze box...

[@AlmostReady504]

Damn. Danny Elfman was brilliant in '76

[@goldenmolelover]

always has been :)

[@Corey-zg3bc]

I may as well mention here that I once saw an amazing act on The Gong Show - it was a youngish guy dressed in a beautiful harlequin costume, playing what I believe was a mandolin and a harmonica on a rack he began playing “This Masquerade” a beautiful song written by Leon Russell some fifty years ago.. and *superbly* covered by Karen Carpenter in the early 70s at first, some audience members began to get a bit noisy - and even one of the judges seemed like he was going to gong the contestant, but the harlequin persevered and then began to play so beautifully that that even the audience quieted down… I was totally spellbound, and I believe most of the audience was, too - the harlequin never dropped his character for a second and playmate most beautiful runs on his mandolin twinning by his amazing harmonica work!!

[@codeblue2532]

Who was the artist, Corey ?

[@philipdefibaugh5683]

Just think if Danny Elfman had done the music for the 70's Incredible Hulk TV Series.

[@berserkley]

I believe Danny Elfman's the trombone player

[@judsongaiden9878]

Before Weird Al. Before GWAR. Before Sykotik Sinfoney. I wouldn't be surprised if Oingo Boingo influenced all of them. And you can hear the spirit of Pee-Wee in there!

[@johnnydubya8071]

Been a boingo fan since the early 80s. I am just waiting for Danny Elfman to win his overdue oscar

[@MistressGlowWorm]

Band kids all grown up. ❤

[@bellahoughton84]

Holy crap! That is Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo in first skit.. No wonder they were cool Dude is a multi-millionare married Bridget Fonda

[@carmensandiego7749]

It's his brother fronting the Mystic Knights

[@goldenmolelover]

@@carmensandiego7749 theyre both in there. richard is the one in the spaceship and danny is somewhere in the horns i believe

[@carmensandiego7749]

@@goldenmolelover I know

[@RichardGutierrezRG]

​@@goldenmoleloverTrombone I believe. He's really visible when they are awarded the trophy. He's the one in frame to the right smiling and raising his eyebrows.

[@jasondalton-earls9972]

Wondering is the guy with the blonde curly hair the same guy from the Oingo Boingo band who had a number of big sold out concerts?? They did the massive hit 'Dead Man's party' which was the theme song in Eric Roberts......!! Also 'Weird Science' was a big hit for Oingo Boingo...!!~~~~~

[@Thrashsquatch]

The bands hats look like the 5000 fingers of Dr T hats... Happy Fingers! Hahaha

[@lancelotlink6545]

Hearing a good bit of "No one lives forever" in this.

[@GetALifeMiley]

Most people seemed to like the girl. What became of her?

[@Corey-zg3bc]

I may as well mention here that I once saw an amazing act on The Gong Show - it was a youngish guy dressed in a beautiful harlequin costume, playing what I believe was a mandolin and a harmonica on a rack he began playing “This Masquerade” a beautiful song written by Leon Russell some fifty years ago.. and *superbly* covered by Karen Carpenter in the early 70s at first, some audience members began to get a bit noisy - and even one of the judges seemed like he was going to gong the contestant, but the harlequin persevered and then began to play so beautifully that that even the audience quieted down… I was totally spellbound, and I believe most of the audience was, too - the harlequin never dropped his character for a second and began playing the most beautiful runs on his mandolin - twinning them by his amazing harmonica work I can’t recall if the harlequin won the show, but it was a performance I’ll never forget - has anyone seen it? I don’t believe there’s a box set of all The Gong Show episodes, otherwise I’d have to rent it and find that excellent mandolin and harmonica player!!

[@ferretocious]

Foist of all.... Got to love Buddy Hackett.

[@MarkSentMe]

Gene-Gene The Dancing Machine would have torn that song up!

[@pdnapora]

@2:56 is Danny in the right corner, I do believe.

[@flanplan5903]

To think Danny was my age (23) at the time that this happened….

[@kurtisbedford1668]

was that Danny or Richard? I always assumed that was Richard.

[@Artemis224]

@@kurtisbedford1668 They are both there - Richard is in the farting spaceship and Danny is playing trombone wearing the "Handy-hat".

[@zeitok8]

aww buffy hacket just give them a 6, mad mad mad world and oingo boingo, the best things ever

[@stevena488]

They got less gongs than the breakdancing robot that caught fire.

[@barsouk]

Don’t forget The Simpsons Theme and the first Michael Keaton Batman soundtrack

[@davidraymer397]

I recognize Sluggo with the sax, but I think that's Richard with the rocket ship.

[@ensenada5757]

danny is playing some horn instrument here, but yes it is Richard as the rocketman I believe

[@thiagolopes886]

Engraçado como são as coisas, Bill Bixby fez o Hulk na série de TV, em 2003 Danny Elfman fez a trilha sonora do Filme do Hulk e o tema principal do filme era da série

[@kali3665]

I had no idea Oingo Boingo ever appeared on The Gong Show. "Chamber Music," indeed, Chuck! And they won!

[@kensims4086]

Why won't this get released on a box set of complete episodes?

[@scottbrown2974]

Music rights clearances.

[@csdarlington86]

$516.32 that’s a very specific number lol

[@berserkley]

It was Screen Actors Guild minimum at the time

[@mistressmoon6506]

It so clearly wants to be the theme music to PeeWee's Big Adventure

[@thecalmboi4236]

I love Danny he always looks psychotic no matter what

[@strengthandlove681]

They played at a party that we had that year for my brother’s bday. Lol.

[@fredievinson7944]

I bet Danny can retire now that he's got that extra $516.32

[@marcarturi2137]

I was thinking that's about $30 apiece tho ' about what a working bar band would get...

[@germanshepherd5314]

Them: what's it likeinside your head? Me: Shows them this video

[@TANKTREAD]

Good seeing Bill Bixby. Funny, Danny Elfman scored Ang Lee's "Hulk".

[@codeblue2532]

Did they have any part or influence in ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW .?

[@ronnieblanchet4072]

SOLI DEO GLORIA (To The Glory Of God Alone) Father, Son & Holy Spirit -Ronnie

[@imwest]

Awesome!

[@taboovsknowledge1603]

I remember this!

[@nerdbot37]

Who is the goddess with the accordion?

[@mrcydonia]

03:18 "Weird Groucho" Yankovic.

[@frankdevodude]

The update remake of this song is Awesome! Forbidden Zone 2 theme song

[@PtolemyJones]

I wonder if he still has that award?

[@titanicf0g]

I sure hope Joe still has that award. He seemed like the kind of guy to keep it unless he has completely left music.

[@USCTrojan2013]

@@titanicf0g Not sure if the award.. but the money probably went to getting studio time for the 1st album or equipment :)

[@USCTrojan2013]

@@titanicf0g Joe?? Or Danny?

[@titanicf0g]

@@USCTrojan2013 The Mystic Knights never put out an album sadly, but they recorded about two albums' worth in the studio!

[@titanicf0g]

@@USCTrojan2013 Joe Berland! He's the one holding the trophy and check at the end! He's one of the zombies in the Tender Lumplings video.

[@Stringworms]

Well now I know the context of the hand hats 💀

[@paulroberts729]

Chucky, Chucky, Chucky!!!

[@CodeBleu724]

I give Buddy Hackett's wig a 10. I'm a bald guy myself and I own it. But he held on for years...

[@KittyChanU2]

Stupendous yeah

[@nottoday.9503]

Napoleon Dynamite’s long lost father at 3:52 ?

[@mishabear9261]

I am reading Kim Gordon's (of Sonic Youth) book. She DATED Danny in high school! Completely fitting...and weird.

[@MarzedKarmarious]

“The girl” haha

[@jaysonb.6669]

Can we get a Tim Burton directed, Danny Elfman scored, 1960's style Batman film? No Ayahuasca required 😂

[@alanknight3778]

The drugs were so much better back then.

[@RedStrikerBeetleborg]

cocaine is one hell of a drug

[@jaysonb.6669]

1970's cocaine 😳

[@taboovsknowledge1603]

For the Oingo Boingo not to get gonged is a real let down, but they did prize $516. 32 and a golden gong. Reality is! I say, like Steve Martin, The Jerk said, "Things are going to start happening to me now"! "Natan Johnson, sounds like a real jerk"! Pew,pew,,,, Pew, pew,.... "These cans are defective"....

[@AndrewPatrickRalston]

Can a super fan clarify? Isn't that Richard Elfman and Danny wasn't with them at that point? EDIT: someone else answered this. "Richard is in the farting spaceship and Danny is playing trombone wearing the "Handy-hat""

[@sidvicious1250]

Who was the girl

[@babybloc]

❤️‍🔥🪗!

[@Sygyt123]

Which one is Danny Elfman?

[@big69Evil]

Not there. It's his brother

[@betty_whiteofficial6175]

He’s one of the guys playing I believe trumpet? You can see him and Steve at 2:57

[@big69Evil]

@@betty_whiteofficial6175 I believe you're incorrect with that.

[@FortitudineVincimus]

@@big69Evil Ahhh... I saw the red hair but didn't think that was him.

[@camerondodge2070]

@@big69Evil Actually, Danny is there, on trombone. '76 was the year that Richard started phasing out of the group and handing more and more to Danny.

[@feltongailey8987]

Thats about as zany as a Residents concert.

[@sloburnjo]

Sun Ra Arkestra too

[@halenbud]

Nice Fucking Video

[@chumbersdee]

Which one is Danny? The rocket man kinda doesn't look like him

[@ensenada5757]

danny's playing trumpet here

[@chumbersdee]

@@ensenada5757 thanks ☺️

[@bigrigJim]

The host of the Gong Show was so coked up you could tell he couldn't feel or move his upper lip .

[@bellahoughton84]

What is that girl on accordions name? She's very very attractive Too attractive for 1976

[@scottbrown2974]

Lori Erenberg.

[@Artemis224]

That's Lori Erenberg (Mann) - she's still really damn cute!

[@jnnx]

You obviously weren’t alive for the 70’s.

[@Scotty-P]

Who's the chick?!

[@big69Evil]

I could be wrong but I think it's the sister

[@roytruax2322]

Lori Erenberg

[@titanicf0g]

@@big69Evil Incorrect, its Lori Erenberg

[@bellahoughton84]

She's hard not look at

[@Scotty-P]

@@titanicf0g Thank you!!!!

[@jasonpeters9716]

Girl was Super hot. She looks misplace in 1976

[@Artemis224]

That's Lori Erenberg (Mann) - she's still really damn cute!

[@jasonpeters9716]

@@Artemis224 Goddamn right she is.. Yikes!

[@stevenwendellnelson8861]

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[@virginia1008]

This group was not good

[@DoNotTredOnMe]

All I could hear was "The Breakfast Machine" from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. RIP P.W. Herman