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The Jerk

The Gong Show

Show Summary

Aired: 1975 - 1980
Show Type: Live Action
Country of Origin: US

Average people who had a stupid stunt or hidden talent, they wanted to show off, could go on this show, if the celebrity panel (usually B and C-listers like Jaye P. Morgan, Jamie Farr, and Rip Taylor)like their act they would be given points (the one with the highest points won a small cash prize), but if they thought the act sucked they would express that by hitting a giant gong!

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loriferensPosted: 05/12/2007

The original try-out cast offs of today's "American Idol" and "So you think you can dance"! What a riot!

eternalshogunxPosted: 06/02/2007

LOL Yeah I remember this. Man we used to make fun of all the screw ups.

MaestroPosted: 01/15/2008

Did anyone else ever wonder what ol' Chuck was smoking or taking just prior to taping? He always appears to be quite intoxicated. (If not, he was a GREAT actor.)

old_schoolPosted: 03/23/2008

This show states for the era of showing....PEACE-POT-MICRO-DOT was in!

This show was Trippin...lol

myDaddyWONthaGONGn77Posted: 06/09/2009

In 1977, my dad appeared on the gong show & won the gong! Im 31yrs old so didnt see much of tha show myself but u can imagine all the stories i heard growing up. My sister & i beat on that gong for hours on end. We loved that thing. we live in gulfport,ms & wen hurricane katrina came thru our family lost evrything in 3 difrnt households. All audio or video tapes my dad or grandad once had were destroyed. ne1 know where i can find footage. its prob in plain site but im having a terrible time tryn 2 find one of my dad,Michael M Miller. My dad is realy sick & i wud like 2 put 2gethr somethng 4 all of us bout his accomplishmnts,etc. HELP! thx~tiffany hill

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