wow my mom never watched much tv but boy did she love the gong show, remember coming home from scheool and there she was watching and enjoying the show... thank you Mom, rip and love you
Cannot bring back classic entertainment like this. I enjoyed watching the Gong Show and honestly, Gene Gene, stoled every episode of the Gong Show. I remember this episode and man, it was so funny!!! R.I.P Gene. You are missed. I hope they bring this show on DVD.
We had an old bookkeeper who couldn't stand this show but the rest of us in the office watched it religiously. Maybe that's why little work got done for a half hour. This was when we had television that was fun and everyone lightened up. When you don't have all the pc that we have today, people really can have a great time.
I remember the first day this was on TV. My sister and I laughed out loud when we heard it was called the Gong Show. The way it evolved from what (I think) was supposed to be serious into endless, running gags was phenominal. My favorite was when this guy stepped out from behind the curtain to sing, only to be drowned out by the UCLA Marching Band. It should be on DVD,
summer vacations dancing away the morning with my older brother and sister. As soon as this song came on we went into immediate dancing machine mode. Thanks for the memories! I know my brotha is doing the machine in heaven.
I had forgotten how much I miss this show. I was working in a T.V. repair shop in 1977 and every chance I got, I would run to a nearby deli for some lunch and sit to watch The Gong Show as I ate.
Interesting sign on this episode. For those who don't know who Rogie Vachon is, he was an NHL goaltender. He started playing for Montreal in 1966, but was traded to Los Angeles in 1971. He would remain with the Kings until 1978. He played two seasons each with Detroit and Boston to finish his career. Now that I'm done rambling, I guess Chuckie must have liked hockey a little bit. In one episode, he had a New York Islanders helmet on, among other hats.
Cancel Culture, Politically Correct and all the other offended people are to blame. This was entertainment. Now entertainment is Kardashian reality shows where everyone's fake drama spills out. Excuse me while I vomit.
LOVED this show! When I was a cop on patrol, I tried to sch. my lunch break at my mom's so we could watch. Gene Gene most often danced on Fridays, and we LOVED him. And yeah, I am sure that Chuckie Baby had more than a little white powdery substance while doing this show....
Some comments here got it right. The band is playing “Jumping At The Woodside”. Some posts have it misidentified as “One O’Clock Jump”. Both were Count Basie compositions written in the late 1930’s. The most popular versions of both were recorded by Benny Goodman’s band, not Basie’s, although I think Basie did the original arrangements that Goodman used. Both songs have become jazz band standards.
@JTZissman I think that it was a couple of ladies trying to sing some type of Hawaiian song when that happened. It was during a primetime special that aired in 1977.
Oh yes these were the days Mid 1970's home during the summer drinking soda and watching the Gong Show.What else could a 10 year old boy want? And who's better than Gene Gene The Dancing Machine ? No One BTW I dance about as spastic as Chuckie baby does(lol)
“Sell spare ribs and blankets at a railway station;” today the phrase would get the Show pulled with lots of unfortunate meetings with the broadcast lawyers.
lookit that audience, just love it. a show so stupid it was a hit. never missed it. barris was in overdrive, jp morgan was lusty as hell. yeah, they were probably coked to the eyeballs...still, people really knew how to engage and have fun back then. we really did! i think i left my heart in the 70s. rip eugene patton. ♥
Don't know about everybody, but Chuck didn't do drugs - everyone who worked with him has said that. Pretty awesome how charismatic someone like him can be!
this show used to be on every day after school it was the stupidest thing ever, but it was often hilarious. Gene Gene the dancing machine was the janitor who was dancing while moping the floor and Chuck thought it was funny, so he put him on the show people loved him, so they kept bringing him back.
This show is so 'real'... American Idol didn't even have a real band like The Gong Show did and all involved had fun during the show... Where's the full DVD set, Mr Chuck Barris?
The Gong Show Rules!!!! Best "Reality Show" Ever Made!!! No one have not topped this one at all... American Idol, America Got Talent, And/Or X Factor (And any other show I forgot) Does not have nothing on Chuckie baby and Gene Gene The Dancing Machine!!!!! Maybe I should host the next Gong Show!!! I can do a mean impersonation of Chuckie!!!! (LOL)
That audience is having the most fun a game show audience ever had
Can you imagine a guy taking his date out to the Gong Show!?
He'd be a keeper ;)
Before American Idol and America's Got Talent there was The Gong Show. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada🍁
The late 1970s, an era of 100% total fun and positive energy!
Aside from some racist jokes....
There has NEVER been ANYTHING like The Gong Show!!!! There never has and there never will be!!!!! Long live the 70's and long live UA-cam!!!
Agree. I saw it as it aired each time. LOVED it.
I love the crowd shots! Gene Gene the dancing machine lives on forever!
wow my mom never watched much tv but boy did she love the gong show, remember coming home from scheool and there she was watching and enjoying the show... thank you Mom, rip and love you
May your mother rest in peace.
My mom and I used to watch the Gong Show after school too. We loved seeing Gene The Dancing Machine!
My sentiments exactly, me and my moms watched this all the time when I was a kid. Rip to both our moms 💔💙
Oh man, I loved this show back then as a kid!! Still do. Puts Dancing With The Stars and all the other modern day "talent" show crap to shame.
This show was just fun!! Made us feel good! Loved Chucky baby.
I watched this whole video with the big smile on my face, the Middle and ending were Epic 😁
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine was always the best part of the show.
Cannot bring back classic entertainment like this. I enjoyed watching the Gong Show and honestly, Gene Gene, stoled every episode of the Gong Show. I remember this episode and man, it was so funny!!! R.I.P Gene. You are missed. I hope they bring this show on DVD.
when I was a kid, I'd watch this show just in the hopes that Gene Gene was gonna dance!
Remember innocence and fun?? Sure do miss those days!!
Everyone alive in the 70s misses those days. Much better times.
Nothing innocent about Jaye P Morgan. But I do love her!
Chuck just looks like he has so much fun doing the show. Love his shuffle when Gene starts dancing.
Great old fashioned fun!!!!!!!! Excellent stuff! Wherever you are Gene, I hope you're still dancin!!!!
Gene made it possible for all of us to be "Dancing Machines!!" That was important back in the 70's too...lol
We had an old bookkeeper who couldn't stand this show but the rest of us in the office watched it religiously. Maybe that's why little work got done for a half hour. This was when we had television that was fun and everyone lightened up. When you don't have all the pc that we have today, people really can have a great time.
The good old days ❤️
This show is why these other shows today are on the air. Thank You Gong Show
I remember the first day this was on TV. My sister and I laughed out loud when we heard it was called the Gong Show. The way it evolved from what (I think) was supposed to be serious into endless, running gags was phenominal. My favorite was when this guy stepped out from behind the curtain to sing, only to be drowned out by the UCLA Marching Band. It should be on DVD,
This show was nuts and I loved every minute of it.
summer vacations dancing away the morning with my older brother and sister. As soon as this song came on we went into immediate dancing machine mode. Thanks for the memories! I know my brotha is doing the machine in heaven.
One of the most brilliant shows one US teevee ever.
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine! Great moves and even Chuck Barris and the audience would get in on the fun. I miss those guys and the show as well...JP
Every clip I watch, Chuck has a new hat.
Badass.
Ah! When America was a fun place to live in.
This was such a GREAT SHOW i never missed a viewing!!!!!!!
The spare ribs/blanket joke would never get past sensors today.
Censors? I think you mean non-assholes. But yes, times change.. Pining for racist jokes isn't a good look though.
No other audience had as good a time as the Gong Show.
MEMORIES...THANK GOD WE HAVE THEM
This brings back childhood memories
love the way the audience reacts when Gene comes on. Everyone looked forward to it!
When I was a kid I really loved this show !!
I had forgotten how much I miss this show. I was working in a T.V. repair shop in 1977 and every chance I got, I would run to a nearby deli for some lunch and sit to watch The Gong Show as I ate.
Loved this show one of the greatest of its time
Interesting sign on this episode. For those who don't know who Rogie Vachon is, he was an NHL goaltender. He started playing for Montreal in 1966, but was traded to Los Angeles in 1971. He would remain with the Kings until 1978. He played two seasons each with Detroit and Boston to finish his career. Now that I'm done rambling, I guess Chuckie must have liked hockey a little bit. In one episode, he had a New York Islanders helmet on, among other hats.
He also frequently wore a Philly Flyers jersey (he was born and raised in Philadelphia).
That show was 50 years ahead of it's time!
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine ! Puts Travolta to shame.
😁
When life was fun! And no one got offended and we had our innocence.
Cancel Culture, Politically Correct and all the other offended people are to blame. This was entertainment. Now entertainment is Kardashian reality shows where everyone's fake drama spills out. Excuse me while I vomit.
LOVED this show! When I was a cop on patrol, I tried to sch. my lunch break at my mom's so we could watch. Gene Gene most often danced on Fridays, and we LOVED him. And yeah, I am sure that Chuckie Baby had more than a little white powdery substance while doing this show....
in fact Chuck despised all drugs and would not allow any drugs anywhere near his show
He also claims he was a hit man for the CIA 🤣.
Can Only Imagine The "Doings" Back Stage !!!!???!!!!!!
Still the best show ever
This was happy times just look at that audience. You don’t see that now.
You got that right!
We'd all get up and dance when Gene hit the stage. Lol.
America's got talent the early years
Good question, RodAlonzo. I would buy DVDs of the Gong Show in a heartbeat.
Some comments here got it right. The band is playing “Jumping At The Woodside”. Some posts have it misidentified as “One O’Clock Jump”. Both were Count Basie compositions written in the late 1930’s. The most popular versions of both were recorded by Benny Goodman’s band, not Basie’s, although I think Basie did the original arrangements that Goodman used. Both songs have become jazz band standards.
The band always smoked on this tune, nice solos.
I think KC and the Sunshine band wrote " Im Your Boogie Man'" in honor of Gene Gene the Dancing Machine
I sure miss that show. It gave me a way to escape from my horrible home life.
Gene, Gene made me happy every time
There's a great injustice in the world in that Gene-Gene's music is not as universally recognizable as Yakkety-sax.
Oh Yeah! love this Show ! Thanks for Sharing !
@JTZissman I think that it was a couple of ladies trying to sing some type of Hawaiian song when that happened. It was during a primetime special that aired in 1977.
What a grand way to honor Rogie Vachon
Rogie Vachon was the goalie in the first NHL game I saw in person
The Gong Show. The Ultimate Euphoriant!
Oh yes these were the days Mid 1970's home during the summer drinking soda and watching the Gong Show.What else could a 10 year old boy want? And who's better than Gene Gene The Dancing Machine ? No One BTW I dance about as spastic as Chuckie baby does(lol)
“Sell spare ribs and blankets at a railway station;” today the phrase would get the Show pulled with lots of unfortunate meetings with the broadcast lawyers.
What about the popsicle twins aka..."Can you spare a nickel"
lookit that audience, just love it. a show so stupid it was a hit. never missed it. barris was in overdrive, jp morgan was lusty as hell. yeah, they were probably coked to the eyeballs...still, people really knew how to engage and have fun back then. we really did! i think i left my heart in the 70s. rip eugene patton. ♥
Don't know about everybody, but Chuck didn't do drugs - everyone who worked with him has said that. Pretty awesome how charismatic someone like him can be!
Now that song is stuck in my head,
Heaven will be one giant galactic Gene Gene the Dancing Machine...
Diggin the Razorback hat
Immortal!!! ❤️♥️🌍🌏🌎
I used to love this show !
This show was pure, unbridled fun. Well, unbridled fun, anyway. 😏
this show used to be on every day after school it was the stupidest thing ever, but it was often hilarious. Gene Gene the dancing machine was the janitor who was dancing while moping the floor and Chuck thought it was funny, so he put him on the show people loved him, so they kept bringing him back.
Confessions of a dangerous mind
So stupid but so funny. I miss Gene Gene The Dancing Machine. I am here to update this footage.
I read somewhere that Chuck actually hated doing this show, but it work and it was money.
Look at the audience proactive having fun
Gene did the “ moon walk” before Michael
I was just a kid when this was on TV, so I didn't understand what cocaine was yet.
Chuck and gene made the show.
The gong show making America happy again 😂🤪🌞😆🇺🇸
We all liked it, but Gene was already a stagehand working for NBC.
love it
...people back then were just ALOT happier...
Almost every game show is derived from this show but without the fun.
best song evah
This show is so 'real'... American Idol didn't even have a real band like The Gong Show did and all involved had fun during the show... Where's the full DVD set, Mr Chuck Barris?
RIP Crew
EXCELLENT-!!!!!!!
Love you gene😂
holy shit that's entertainment!!
The song is Jumpin at the Woodside.
The Gong Show Rules!!!!
Best "Reality Show" Ever Made!!!
No one have not topped this one at all... American Idol, America Got Talent, And/Or X Factor (And any other show I forgot) Does not have nothing on Chuckie baby and Gene Gene The Dancing Machine!!!!!
Maybe I should host the next Gong Show!!! I can do a mean impersonation of Chuckie!!!! (LOL)
Good stuff !!! 😊
2:06 that dude is something for sure 😂
When they invent the Time Machine I’ll take a tour at the Gong Show
i cant believe this actually existed... only in america haha
@bobby8168
Amen Bro I was 6 and dancing in front of the tv!
i wasn't blaming chuck... i was asking because i want the set so who else would i ask? Gene Gene the Dancing Machine?
the "bad s--t" was called taste and originality.
Good STUFF
People be so serious now a days (myself included). Great to go back to good clean fun no pc or rainbow shit just good American comedy/clean corny!
if anyone had to inturrupt by chance on a game show, Id want it to be Gene.
Touche....yet Game Show Network took it off so they could load their schedule with mostly sewage.
I love Gene this show was the best we need a show like this now with all the crap on downer sh$# and negative politics
The precursor to American Idol
The 70's WERE THE BEST. Period.
Everyone got fat after that.