08 July 2008

J.P. Morgan, The Unknown Comic, & Gene Gene the Dancing Machine

"Comedy Central" has announced that it is bringing back that paragon of entertainment, The Gong Show. The new version will be hosted by Dave Atell.

I know we, as Americans, have done a lot of wrong in this world, but this is truly cruel and unusual punishment. For those too young to remember this debacle in television history, I am including a mildly painful clip. For the masochists in the crowd, head over to YouTube and watch the hardcore stuff.

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8 comments:

  1. Capitol Hill 20210July 8, 2008 at 3:22 PM

    I love me some Gong show, now if they would bring back Colin Quinn and MTV's Remote Control I would be content.

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  2. GreenCanaryJuly 8, 2008 at 4:15 PM

    The Gong Show: a jewel of American television. Viva La Gong!

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  3. GilahiJuly 8, 2008 at 4:41 PM

    Let me know when they bring back "My Mother The Car". Then I'll know that Comedy Central has finally become a viable station.

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  4. RahulJuly 8, 2008 at 7:54 PM

    I was just reading about this. One of the episodes has a girl shooting darts from her naught place.

    Edgy.

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  5. lacochranJuly 8, 2008 at 9:49 PM

    I weep for humanity.

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  6. BilboJuly 8, 2008 at 10:04 PM

    So, what...you were just sitting around scraping the bottom of the entertainment barrel and kept on digging? Oh, well...at least there are people out there who sing worse than I do. I did miss Gene, Gene, the Dancing Machine, though.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 9, 2008 at 3:49 AM

    As if American Idol, America's Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, and all those others weren't bad enough, now the Gong Show is coming back? Oy vey. I think this makes it official: I'm giving up telly all together now.

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  8. SudiegirlJuly 9, 2008 at 2:09 PM

    I loved the Gong Show as a kid...especially "the Pointless Sisters".

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