I just saw some clips from the old Gong Show, and I never realized at

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the time (probably because I was like 9 or 10 years old) that Chuck Barris was more coked up than any human being I've ever seen. I mean SHIT, he might as well have brought a big old bag of blow on stage with him and inhaled the whole damn thing right there :).

[mr_hat]

1. And don't forget: He was an assasin for the CIA!

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2. Well that would certainly explain the easy access to coke :) n/t

[mcscajun]

3. Of course, that could just be a tale from inside his hallucinations.

"Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" -- what a trip.

[gizmo1979]

4. I loved the gong show

I used to watch at lunch I think I was in junior high.I especially liked the unknown comic,and gene gene the dancing machine!

[SmileyBoy]

5. And don't forget Homer and Barney harmonica-ing "Oh Suzanna"

In a huge pair of pants.:D

[gizmo1979]

6. Classic must see tv!

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11. The unknown comic I remember and the two dudes that would cram

themselves into one pair of pants and a shirt and dance. . . I can't remember what the hell they called themselves :)

[xchrom]

7. loved the gong show.

the best window on american culture ever!

[MrScorpio]

8. Don't get me started on the Popcicle Twins

http://thegongshow1976.com/Popsicle.ram

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12. That never aired on the west coast. The censors shut it down after

it aired on the east coast, and it never showed again or so I've been told.

[MrScorpio]

14. An added benefit of living in Detroit

When I saw that, I almost shit.

It was the most outrageous thing I've even seen during the day time

[cestpaspossible]

9. I think Mean Gene the Dancing Machine

may have even been more wired.

[soupkitchen]

10. That's so funny

I had a friend of mine who watched the gong show because he loved figuring out what drugs everyone was on.

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13. The glazed look in Chucks eyes, the constant nose rubbing and sniffing

and the speech that was so fast and slurred that he made NO sense whatsoever was a pretty quick giveaway :). Like I said, when it originally was on, I was like 9 years old, so I wasn't exactly looking for the signs :)