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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2019 22:27:25 GMT -5
In a sense, it was kinda revolutionary for its day. Don't think they could get away with it today. Memory is hazy, but wasn't the host, Chuck Barris, involved in some alleged criminal activity?
Please fill in the blanks for those with better recall than mine.
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Post by mgtarheel on Jul 10, 2019 22:42:15 GMT -5
Don't know about any criminal activity with Chuck Barris but I remember watching it. They tried to bring back the Gong Show last year but it did not make it.
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Post by trailboss on Jul 10, 2019 22:52:27 GMT -5
The unknown comic was what really has remained in my memory on that show.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2019 22:54:14 GMT -5
Yes, The Unknown Comic, was he ever identified ?
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Post by just ol ed on Jul 10, 2019 23:07:42 GMT -5
sure do. stooped fun but every now/then, a true talent shows up. Enjoyed same
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2019 0:53:55 GMT -5
Yes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2019 1:05:49 GMT -5
They call it the Voice now and they let the participates finish.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 11, 2019 6:04:06 GMT -5
I'm happy to say I'm too young to know what you're on about.
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Post by roadsdiverged on Jul 11, 2019 6:48:07 GMT -5
The unknown comic was what really has remained in my memory on that show. It's unknownpipesmoker! Although now he has transformed into an Oompa Loompa. I've watched it on Game Show Network. I like the old game shows better than the new ones. |
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Post by isett2860 on Jul 11, 2019 7:09:22 GMT -5
Jamie Farr, J.P Morgan. Were some of the Judges.
Chuck Barris was a big producer I recall.
So I Had to look it up. He created The Newlyweds and the Dating game. And many others.
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Post by Darin on Jul 11, 2019 7:31:08 GMT -5
I was on the show as a kid and gargled water to the tune "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" ... think it got gonged near the end. Lol
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 11, 2019 7:34:37 GMT -5
I was on the show as a kid and gargled water to the tune "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" ... think it got gonged near the end. Lol fantastic. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jul 11, 2019 7:49:00 GMT -5
 Barras was accused of all things of being a CIA Hit man, the unknown Comic gave life to thousands of Saints fans in their awful days, people would go to the games but were issued before the statuidm paper bags, I had an Uncle big fan of The Saints had his own custom paper bag.! 
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Post by briarbuck on Jul 11, 2019 7:55:23 GMT -5
I was on the show as a kid and gargled water to the tune "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" ... think it got gonged near the end. Lol That's EPIC! Loved the Gong Show. Mean Gene the Dancing Machine!  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 11, 2019 7:56:00 GMT -5
I gonged the show after the first episode. Barris wrote a book about how he was an assassin for the CIA.
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Post by Darin on Jul 11, 2019 7:56:40 GMT -5
Lol ... I remember that dance!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2019 9:41:26 GMT -5
I gonged the show after the first episode. Barris wrote a book about how he was an assassin for the CIA. I gonged the show the first time I watched it too, Ron. Barris' CIA fantasy was made into a movie too, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 11, 2019 9:45:01 GMT -5
All of the great stories out there, and we get 200 channels of Gong Show equivalents. For every "Lone Survivor" we get 10 "Bachelorettes"
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Post by unknownpipesmoker on Jul 11, 2019 11:04:56 GMT -5
The unknown comic was what really has remained in my memory on that show. It's unknownpipesmoker ! Although now he has transformed into an Oompa Loompa. I've watched it on Game Show Network. I like the old game shows better than the new ones.
Thanks for the fond memories of my son.
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Post by monbla256 on Jul 11, 2019 11:57:15 GMT -5
Have been trying to forget it ! 
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Post by sperrytops on Jul 11, 2019 13:16:51 GMT -5
I'd rather not (remember the Gong show).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2019 13:17:31 GMT -5
It was a celebration of stupidity, true, but sometimes you have to take a break. Yay @darin, another Briar Patch Celebrity! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2019 13:27:09 GMT -5
Chuck Barris has got to have been one of the strangest individuals on camera that I've seen besides the Carey idiot.
Can't stand either of'em and yes he did get his wee wee in a ringer big time with the authorities, hopefully still doing time with "Bubba".
The "Unknown Comic" was pretty good but, I couldn't stand his unconvincing cackling laugh.
As to some of the antics they'd pulled and got away with back then, I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did.
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Post by briarbuck on Jul 11, 2019 13:59:25 GMT -5
Chuck Barris has got to have been one of the strangest individuals on camera that I've seen besides the Carey idiot. Can't stand either of'em and yes he did get his wee wee in a ringer big time with the authorities, hopefully still doing time with "Bubba". The "Unknown Comic" was pretty good but, I couldn't stand his unconvincing cackling laugh. As to some of the antics they'd pulled and got away with back then, I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did. Bet you're a ball at parties. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 11, 2019 15:02:42 GMT -5
Chuck Barris has got to have been one of the strangest individuals on camera that I've seen besides the Carey idiot. Can't stand either of'em and yes he did get his wee wee in a ringer big time with the authorities, hopefully still doing time with "Bubba". The "Unknown Comic" was pretty good but, I couldn't stand his unconvincing cackling laugh. As to some of the antics they'd pulled and got away with back then, I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did. Barris died at home in 2017. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2019 15:31:36 GMT -5
Chuck Barris has got to have been one of the strangest individuals on camera that I've seen besides the Carey idiot. Can't stand either of'em and yes he did get his wee wee in a ringer big time with the authorities, hopefully still doing time with "Bubba". The "Unknown Comic" was pretty good but, I couldn't stand his unconvincing cackling laugh. As to some of the antics they'd pulled and got away with back then, I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did. Barris died at home in 2017. Really, I thought he was doing time. My mistake. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2019 15:33:03 GMT -5
Chuck Barris has got to have been one of the strangest individuals on camera that I've seen besides the Carey idiot. Can't stand either of'em and yes he did get his wee wee in a ringer big time with the authorities, hopefully still doing time with "Bubba". The "Unknown Comic" was pretty good but, I couldn't stand his unconvincing cackling laugh. As to some of the antics they'd pulled and got away with back then, I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did. Bet you're a ball at parties. Stopped partying when I stopped drinking and drugs and my life has never been better. Besides, you don't have to be vulgar or distasteful to have fun and be funny.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 11, 2019 15:47:07 GMT -5
Barris died at home in 2017. Really, I thought he was doing time. My mistake. It seems like he should have, for that show if nothing else. He did apply to the CIA, and later said the book was a fantasy about what he thought his life would have been like if he had been accepted. He was probably way off base about what working for the CIA is really like. I'm sure it's a suck job. |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 11, 2019 16:46:12 GMT -5
Yeah, I don’t think anyone that was an assassin for the CIA would ever publicly admit it... that would be pretty stupid.
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Post by instymp on Jul 11, 2019 16:48:23 GMT -5
They call it the Voice now and they let the participates finish. LOL! |
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Barras was accused of all things of being a CIA Hit man, the unknown Comic gave life to thousands of Saints fans in their awful days, people would go to the games but were issued before the statuidm paper bags, I had an Uncle big fan of The Saints had his own custom paper bag.! 
