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	Urban Dictionary: gong show
		The word is believed to have originated as a spin-off of the 1976 ABC sitcom ‘The Gong Show’ where participants would perform until the judges deemed their performance too awful to continue.
		Note: gong show is commonly abbreviated to 'gong'.
		The act of calling somone a gong show is often accompanied by two of his buddies bashing an immaginary gong.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=gong+show (517 words)

	The Gong Show - Nostalgia Central
		The show premiered on NBC's daytime schedule in June 1976 and the syndicated evening take on it showed up in the fall.
		The show would always throw in one or two people who actually were talented (someone had to win a prize, after all).
		As a result of the popularity of the show, lots of schools and camps (and Australian 'variety' shows - not naming any names, Daryl) pinched the idea and held their own similar gong-style talent shows.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/variety/gongshow.htm (0 words)

	The Gong Show
		When the show began in 1976, it was just another of Barris' many hits: an amateur-hour spoof in which contestants were encouraged to be awful and then "gonged" from the stage.
		Early in the run, some acts were "gonged" just seconds into the act, prompting Barris to implement a mandatory 45-second wait (though judging by the frequent reactions of the celebs, that was often way too long).
		Critics panned the aforementioned Extreme Gong (a revival to play off the popularity of reruns of the original series), thanks in large part to the risqué content; hosted by comedian George Gray, the celebrity panel was replaced by a 1-900 number for viewers to judge the acts.
	thegongshow.celebsunzipped.net /index.php?id= (2253 words)

	The Gong Show - By Emily Yoffe - Slate Magazine
		Falun Gong is, depending on who's defining it, a self-improvement practice (according to the movement itself), an evil cult (according to the Chinese government), or a religion (according to the Wall Street Journal).
		The "protective shield around the practitioner's body to keep him or her unharmed" that Li had promised all his followers turned out to be easily penetrated by the truncheons and cattle prods of Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his followers.
		With Falun Gong being exterminated in China, adherents are now looking to the West both to pressure the Chinese government to stop its campaign and to recruit new members.
	www.slate.com /id/113365/?nav=navoa (0 words)

	The Gong Show TV Show
		This show had a great concept, and yes everyone sucked ass' Brilliant garbage, but entertaining.
		I say on a re-run Wierd al Yankovich was on there, but unfortunately not as ametuer but as cast.
		The show is a definite tongue-in-cheek take on the vaudeville tradition.
	www.retrojunk.com /details_tvshows/719-the-gong-show (137 words)

	Jayski's® Truck Series Silly Season Site - The Gong Show 2005
		Based on Roush Racing’s “Gong Show” driver search, Driver X allowed behind-the-scenes access to the driver selection process and on-track activity that served as one of the most intense, and not to mention expensive job interviews ever conducted.
		George was one of the first drivers to go out on the opening day of Jack Roush's Gong Show on Tuesday, which meant he had loads of time on his hands Wednesday as 15 other drivers strutted their driving skills for Roush and his panel of judges.
		Roush's Gong Show, which is being made into a 14-part reality TV show to be aired on The Discovery Channel this fall and winter, winds down its Martinsville leg Wednesday.
	www.jayski.com /cts/gongshow2005.htm (4034 words)

	The Gong Show! by Jim Grichar
		Anyway, the Gong Show featured a variety of aspiring entertainers, who were always chosen by Barris so as to present some of the worst possible amateur talent available in the country.
		While Chuck Barris’ Gong Show was just a crazy form of afternoon television designed to wake up the bored, George Bush’s version is designed to confuse and bamboozle the panel (i.e., the American public) and take away the few freedoms they have left.
		This political charlatan has been running his own Gong Show and has made a mess of California’s electricity markets, spent the state into penury, and increased the tax and regulatory burden on businesses to such an extent that they are leaving in droves.
	www.lewrockwell.com /grichar/grichar29.html (961 words)

	The Gong Show (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The show was at its' peak in the daytime episodes.
		When the show first came on, not only were contestants vying for the $516.32, but the best contestants were also competing for an opportunity to appear at a club somewhere, which might just jumpstart their careers.
		And the show was suddenly transformed into a legal proceding, a sort of kangaroo court to determine if that utterance (which the old lady had been trying, faithfully, to follow...had the effect of binding rule and precedent) That's how I remember it, and I was totally hooked.
	www.jumptheshark.com /g/gongshow.htm (7661 words)

	Sarajevo Gong Show \| CAPITALMAG
		Gong attracts a mixed but mostly early-20s crowd that regularly belts out choruses in unison while dancing, swaying arm in arm, and generally having a (Very active) good time.
		The songs are catchy, the band is tight, and frontman Golo puts on a charismatic show – smiling, smoking, drinking, and regularly sharing the microphone with enthusiastic audience members, which only adds to the communal nature of the Friday night D’Blavor’s experience.
		And Gong seems like the perfect venue for the bar, where you are greeted with a blast of sweaty air, smoke and sound.
	www.capitalmag.com /sarajevo-gong-show-0 (813 words)

	Campus Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		CAB tried to get an actual gong for the show, but said that its calls were never returned to rent the gong.
		Instead, there was a sound effect that made a gong sound; which would have worked had the audience or judges chosen to use it.
		The gong was heard mostly in the description of the show before it started.
	www.ulv.edu /campustimes/111706/life_stories/gong.htm (562 words)

	'Gong Show' for startups - 2005-06-27 - East Bay Business Times
		That's the premise of the Gong Show, an annual event created by the Asia-Silicon Valley Connection and now in its sixth year.
		Contestants for the Gong Show - so named for the Chinese-style gong that is beat when the two minutes are up - are judged on a different sort of vocalization than "American Idol" contestants: the ability to convincingly sing the praises of their product, market and team in a short amount of time.
		While the Gong Show name suggests that some entrepreneurs will engage in wacky theatrics to impress the audience, the presentations are all straightforward.
	www.asvc.org /gongshow_biztimes.html (1092 words)

	Arts: Gong Show (Seattle Weekly)
		There are gongs hanging in midair reached by bungee jumping; a full set of drums worn on the body (with tiny little drums over the kneecaps); and a spinning volcano-shaped metal instrument big enough to crawl into, set with strings on the outside like a harp.
		Ironically enough, they're far better know outside of Seattle than they are at home, where they mostly perform in their studio, with the audience practically sitting on top of the dancers.
		Gong Show - The clanging, kinetic world of Lelavision.
	www.seattleweekly.com /2003-01-15/arts/gong-show.php (649 words)

	Gong Show Photos, Cast, Episodes for Gong Show \| TVGuide.com
		An outlandish and popular `talent' show ruled by a panel of celebrity judges.
		Unworthy performers, of which an endless stream (dis)graced the stage, were unceremoniously and gleefully `gonged' from the competition.
		That attempt was gonged by critics and viewers alike and was off the air in a year.
	www.tvguide.com /tvshows/gong/201713 (131 words)

	The Gong Show :: TV Game Shows, The Gong Show
		The worst acts were "gonged" off the stage when one of the judges grabbed a mallet and struck a huge brass gong.
		He was a stagehand that won his time in the spotlight when the show ran short one day.
		Send me your name, the contestant's name (if different from yours), the name of the game show, and any other information you have (date of appearance, what it was like to be on the show).
	www.gameshowfame.com /shows/gongshow.htm (0 words)

	The Gong Show: Jesse Byers - Mouth Percussion - Television - SPIKE Powered by IFILM
		The Gong Show: Jesse Byers - Mouth Percussion
		The Gong Show: Fred Tyson - Country Road
		The Gong Show: Worst Act of the Week
	www.ifilm.com /ifilmdetail/2458526 (0 words)

	The Gong Show Fan Page! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In The 80's the USA channel started reruns of The Gong Show, and in the late 80's a feeble attempt was made by Chris Bearde to revive the show with host Don Bleu.
		While the show was still on NBC, Jaye P. Morgans flashing on the show caused switch boards to light up, and that episode was pulled from the air before it reached the west coast.
		Although everything done on the show back then would be considered tame and rated G nowadays, it was not acceptable back in the 70's.
	gongshowfanpage.com /index.html (542 words)

	Sport: The Gong Show - - Car and Driver - April 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 2004 Gong Show turned out to be more than just a contest.
		And finally, the Gong Show would produce an unlikely, ironic winner in Kluever after a competition so close that, in the end, the one factor thought most likely to hurt him—his advanced age—was what won it for him.
		The Gong Show Class of 2004 drew from a broad spectrum of young racers competing all over the country in open-wheel cars, modifieds, super-modifieds, and stock cars.
	www.caranddriver.com /features/9297/sport-the-gong-show-page2.html (603 words)

	The Gong Show
		Infamous game show producer Chuck Barris and variety show producer Chris Bearde ('The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour') were producing 'The Bobby Vinton Show' for syndication when they sold ABC on the idea of a daily talent / game show.
		These pseudo-game shows fed off of an individual's willingness to do anything to be on television, 'The Gong Show' would take that premise a step further.
		Five shows were taped during the weekend, with snacks and drinks (including alcohol) between tapings.
	www.tvparty.com /recgong.html (1072 words)

	Digg - Classic Gong Show - Popsicle licking twins (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This was the infamous act from "The Gong Show" in 1978 that pulled the plug on the NBC version, though it would last two more years in syndication.
		The reason that it's ok to show all of the killings in video games and tv is because socienty has accepted the wholesale slaughter of over 4000 innocent babies still in the womb for money.
		The Gong Show is infamous for several especially salacious escapades.
	digg.com /videos/comedy/Classic_Gong_Show_Popsicle_licking_twins?cshow=3732424 (2257 words)

	Lions Den Comedy Club - Gong Show - Kings Cross - UK
		Coming to one of our shows could actually do wonders for your love life.
		London Open mic stand-up gong show comedy club -Kings Cross London.
		We run a gong show format that ensures a rich variety of entertainment - just remember, comedians have feelings too.
	www.lionsdencomedy.co.uk (0 words)

	"The Gong Show" (1976)
		at the start of the show] From Hollywood, almost live, it's The Gong Show!
		Crazy acts, entertaining panelists, what more could you ask for?
		Discuss this title with other users on IMDb message board for "The Gong Show" (1976)
	www.imdb.com /Title?0133303 (0 words)

	The Gong Show TV Show - The Gong Show Television Show - TV.com
		Acts that did reach their conclusion (the longest performances were usually two-and-a-half minutes) were scored by the panelists on a scale of 0 to 10, with a high score of 30 possible.
		Tell the world what you think of The Gong Show, write a review for this show.
		See all The Gong Show Community Reviews (0) »
	www.tv.com /the-gong-show/show/3970/summary.html?full_summary=1 (935 words)

	Mad Cow Culture: The Falun Gong Show
		The crisis centers around the BUsh daughters who have been very open about practicing Falun Gong (Falun Dafa), an ancient Chinese practice of meditation, gentle exercises, and the cultivation of truthfulness, compassion and tolerance.
		The White House press secretary downplayed the incident, noting that he doesn't comment on the Bush daughters who were exercising their constitutional rights.
		Getting wind of this brinkmanship, Britney Spiers became a convert to the Falun Gong movement, had a giant panda tattoed on he bum, and sang Chinese opera outside the Chinese consultate in New York.
	www.madcowculture.com /archives/000061.html (530 words)

	The Gong Show Movie
		Calling it The Gong Show Movie was the final perverse touch; yes, the film has some Gong Show highlights -- including the infamous bits with the Popsicle Twins and Jaye P. Morgan exposing herself -- but most of the film plays like Barris' version of Woody Allen's bitter Stardust Memories (also released that year).
		The order of things, of course, was re-established when one of the familiar TV personalities hit the gong; but for minutes on end, people across the country were watching horribly bad performances, and tuning in night after night for more of the same.
		All the movie lacks is the true-life happy ending: Chuck dumps the show, sells his production company to the tune of $100 million, and moves to France, where Jerry Lewis (Langford?) has already prepared the natives for the arrival of a misunderstood comedian.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/gongshow.html (805 words)

	Gong - Falun Gong -- Beliefnet.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The largest hanging gong that has the lowest pitch among the gamelan instruments is called The gong ageng is played with a round, heavily padded beater.
		Ch'i kung or qi gong (pronounced chee gung and henceforth spelled chi kung) is claimed to be "the science and practice" of chi.
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	finderssite.com /fdst/gong.htm (1007 words)

	Video Gong Show
		Update: I've done this show a couple times at the echo park film center now, fun was had by all.
		A tabulation of how long videos "survived" would be kept, and a prize would be given at the end for the video that survived the longest and the shortest.
		I'm currently in the process of building this piece to show at the aforementioned Aurora Picture Show July 23rd.
	www.markallen.com /art/projects/videogongshow (309 words)

	Jack Tripper vs. Edward Scissorhands on The Gong Show @ WWWF Grudge Match
		Edward, who is getting damn sick and tired of people making fun of his hands, will suddenly snap and turn "The Gong Show" into an orgy of rage and blood, the likes of which have ne'er been seen on this Earth.
		simple really, the Gong show is based around washed up never-beens judging desperate no-talents (I remember a girl who won for sucking on a popscicle, but then I may have seen her in a recent Vista production).
		I admit that The Gong Show is not the best venue to judge or see talent, but sometimes the natural laws of the universe have to take hold, and Edward Scissorhands has to win this show, I beg you!
	www.grudge-match.com /History/gong.shtml (2886 words)

	Gong Show
		Mark Morris's Gong shows the choreographer at his fertile best, creating a self-contained imaginary world, full of beauty and pathos, with implications of a social structure and prescribed code of behavior that elicit immediate, utter belief.
		The two prince-and-princess duets, as I think of them, danced in silence in a great fl void, are marvels of the grace to be found in awkwardness, of the eloquence that can be implied by the unsaid.
		Gong incorporates many motifs of Indonesian dance, which has long fascinated Morris, without succumbing to ethnographical condescension or even the picturesque.
	nymag.com /nymetro/arts/dance/reviews/4700 (1089 words)

	The J-Walk Blog: The Gong Show (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At Nostalgia Central: A look back at a TV show that, perhaps, represents the intellectual pinnacle of network entertainment: The Gong Show.
		To me, its failure stems from the fact that each celebrity judge was given complete veto power over the entertainment.
		If decisions were made based on voting, it's likely that The Gong Show would still be produced today.
	j-walkblog.com /index.php?/weblog/posts/the_gong_show (130 words)

	The Gong Show Bonanza! - FLOG
		Seriously, when I was younger the highlight of staying home sick was being able to watch the Gong Show.
		Truth be told, he was the person who figured out syndicating TV shows to multiple networks- something that is standard practice in the biz now.
		Ironically, there seems to some reason why the Gong Show is no longer shown- I believe because of music rights issues.
	www.funnygarbage.com /flog/index.php?/archives/110-The-Gong-Show-Bonanza!.html (281 words)

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