Loved the Gong Show years ago, and he was a great host.
Interestingly enough, the show will soon be making its return. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:36 am Post subject:
angrypuppy wrote:
He was also a highly trained assassin for the CIA.
I always took that one with a grain of salt given his personality. But he certainly was an interesting guy. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
I read Jerry Krause died the other day. He was the Brian Windhorst of GMs. Looked about the same and got about as much respect. Jordan called him Crumbs because he would have food and/or crumbs on his tie/shirt. He worked for the Lakers as a scout of sorts. Iirc, the lore is that he tried to convince Jack Kent Cooke to trade everyone save Kareem to get Larry Bird. We still would've had the 1st pick in 79, to boot. Great fantasy. RIP to Barris and Krause. George Barris leans to a crowd with slightly more gray hair than some of us, but I remember Gong Show reruns on some channel in the late 80s to early 90s maybe. I know I watched a few during said run. It was weirdly entertaining. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL SEDALE TRIBUTE EDDIE DONX!
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:53 pm Post subject:
angrypuppy wrote:
DaMuleRules wrote:
angrypuppy wrote:
He was also a highly trained assassin for the CIA.
I always took that one with a grain of salt given his personality. But he certainly was an interesting guy.
More like a pillar of rock salt, larger than Lot's wife.
I was being kind out of respect to the recently deceased. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:59 pm Post subject:
RIP Chuck Barris....The Gong Show was a ground breaking new attitude for daytime tv....."Gene... Gene the dancing machine", the "Unknown Comic".......ah.... good times
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