Everytime I see this, hearing that intro and seeing Mr.Barris' face light up, my eyes fill up!! I am such a sap. I loved it every time Gene, Gene, the Dancing Machine was on. He was a favourite, as well as The Unkown Comic. There was another one, and I hve forgotten his name,who used to come out and sing, "I'm going to play my _____", and it would be a different instrument each time, and the judges would shout back, "What'cha gonna do?" each time he said it.
Dude was still a union stage hand at NBC in the 1990s... probably making $45/hr with the best insurance money can buy. So, I ask you. Who's really the fool here?
When I was a cop on patrol, I would try to time my lunch break to go my my folk's house and watch this crazy show with my mom. This was before VCR, DVR or Tivo...if you missed it, you just plain missed it.....and darn it, on Fridays, when Gene was most often on, I did NOT want to miss it!
Everyone went bananas when the Dancing Machine came on the air! This was back in '77 when entertainment did not have to be vulgar or sexual to be fun. Sure miss those days.
This show was wonderfully goofy without being mean spirited. No show today can live up to the high bar the Gong Show left behind. Bless you, Chuck, you insane goofball. Bless you, Gene.
Whatever happened to this show!? I haven't seen it in ages!! I always had memories of this show when I was younger and when they were still playing the re-runs. I always found it hilarious when the judges would fight over the mallet and/or stand in front of the gong, trying to stop the other from gonging the gong, sometimes successful. And when Gene Gene came on, my mom would always crack up when Chuck Barry would dance. I wish this show was still on, I'd watch it everyday.
@DarkComet360 The networks are controlled by armies of psychologists and social engineers with an agenda to pacify us into a lump of inert humanity.
The Gong Show is way too stimulating and witty to bring back. Wit energizes higher parts of the brain and that's not what the mass programmers want. It's the same reason you will never see the brilliant slapstick violence of 1950's and 1960's cartoons.
It's the same reason today's cars resemble the lardy lumpenproletariat that drives them.
@InfiniteMushroom It's to bad though. I bet if someone was brave enough to re-kindle The Gong Show, it probably be one of the most popular shows on TV, next to all the other populars (people know their names). With a lot of money and the wit to do it, I bet they could bring it back - but they won't because it's to good...
They don't make 'em like Chuck Berris anymore. The closest we have is Paula Abdul, but she's just a booze & pill show. I see Chuck and ponder the phrase "cocaine psychosis".
Gene Gene (who danced so well Chuck had to introduce him twice) was the rare man who, when his 15 minutes of fame came, was able to adequately fill the time. :)
The wackiest,craziest, most fucked up variety show ever! A true masterpiece. No one will ever come close to this ever again...Was even better when they got rid of Gary Owens and Chuck took over the MC duties himself...oh how I miss these shows...And I agree with Albee1000; everything should end with Gene Gene.
This show helped keep me sane during junior high and high school. Just the ability to let things go for a while and just laugh at it all--was worth a ton.
The Gong Show had the BEST stage band! Better than even the mighty Tonight Show's band with Doc Severinsen. The Gong Show stage band was the best with taking cues on the fly and I love their arrangement for Gene Gene's Dancing Machine bit.
If it wasn't for this show right here none of these shows today wouldn't have existed. So thank you Gong Show for putting these shows today on the air.
Greatest Reality Show hey need to show the ORIGINAL or have someone that can do the job like Chuck Barras did... Which is going to be very IMPOSSIBLE!!! I always wanted to be Chuck Barris when I was younger....
By the way... I noticed on this clip there was a real man jumped on the stage during Genes Dance!!!!
If it wasn't for this show right here none of these shows today wouldn't have existed. So thank you Gong Show for putting these shows today on the air.
You know, every show ever made should end with Gene. Lost, The Sopranos, The L Word - it should all just end with Gene Gene coming out and doing his thing.
gene was basically a stageworker who would dance for the audience during commercial breaks...when the gong show went away he worked withthe Tonight show......i remember him in a Tonite show skit when he came out dressed as Papa Doc douvalier and directed the band.
FACT: This is Eugene Patton, born April 25, 1932. He was a member of the stage crew. He was one of several amateur performers who would "warm up" & entertain the audience during commercial breaks. He danced to Milton Delugg's "Band with a Thug", while they played Count Basie's "Jumpin' at the Woodside" tune. UNFORTUNATELY, in 2001, he lost both legs due to complications from diabetes. He now walks with prosthetics & a cane.
I wish I could find the episode with Johnny Paycheck! I LOVED Gene Gene the Dancing Machine! You know...now just saying the name of the show "The Gong Show" makes me laugh! Forget "American Idol" we had THE GONG SHOW where if you sucked, you found out right away!!
You can't tell me this guy wasn't stoned! One of the greatest shows on TV. Beats American Idol to death. Chucky B was like the Ed Sullivan of his day, but with drugs; he had no talent himself, but he sure knew how to put together a great show. BRING BACK THE GONG!!!
Oh, YEAH!!! I dearly loved THE GONG SHOW! Silly, stupid, and loving it! Once Chuck Barris loosened up and really started to have fun with his role as ringmaster (bringing on his daughter to introduce "my Daddy!"), it was great stuff.
LMAO...Chuck Barris is a TRIP! Best (and craziest)game show host ever! Loved watchin as a kid hopin to see Gene Gene...and of course seein Chucky Baby go insane lol!
@msymonds12 I used to see that show all the time Wow!! It was weird, but funny and entertaining. You don't know what will happen next. One time, the curtian opened. Paul Paulsen was sitting down. Banging two spoons against his leg. lol
This was just plain old fun, good time television. There was no need to be relevant, informative or mature. Gene, Chuck, and Jaye P. Morgan made this show a hit!
When ever I feel a little bit down from my diabetes I just turn on Mean Gene and the whole day turns around. A simpler time when we all could just dig what was going on.
gene gene the dancin machine, not chuck chuck the dancing machine, i say this because chuckie B is hogging the spot light, atleast on this clip. still love the show. gone but not forgotten
I was a kid in the 70s, and I was a Gong Show junkie from the first time I watched it, and this was the moment in the show I always waited for. The whole scene turned into a full-blown party when Gene Gene came out and Chuck Barris went nuts. New Year's Eve in Times Square? Forget about it!
gene gene was amazing ... but i also get a real kick out of Chuck Barris in this clip. he is genuinely full of joy the minute the band starts up Gene Gene's song -- you can't fake that shit!!
I LOVE DRUNK EGGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Prizzle00 1 day ago
I LOVE ARRANGEMENTS!!!
Prizzle00 1 day ago
I LOVE THIS VEDO
Prizzle00 1 day ago
I love Milton Delugg's arrangement.
JonnyBGoode44 1 week ago
Everytime I see this, hearing that intro and seeing Mr.Barris' face light up, my eyes fill up!! I am such a sap. I loved it every time Gene, Gene, the Dancing Machine was on. He was a favourite, as well as The Unkown Comic. There was another one, and I hve forgotten his name,who used to come out and sing, "I'm going to play my _____", and it would be a different instrument each time, and the judges would shout back, "What'cha gonna do?" each time he said it.
Bradat26 2 weeks ago
Every time I saw Gene, my sister and I jumped up, mom came running from whatever room she was in, and we all went nuts.
dragonfire300 3 weeks ago
Dude was still a union stage hand at NBC in the 1990s... probably making $45/hr with the best insurance money can buy. So, I ask you. Who's really the fool here?
Maafa1619 1 month ago
Greatest ....Show.....Ever.
ReeseMac 2 months ago 2
Hard to believe that some folks back then thought that this show would destroy the moral fiber of the country.
ReinhardtHendrix 2 months ago in playlist ReinhardtHendrix's favorites
I'll smile everytime I watch this. It was so cool to watch The Gong Show and not be sure when Gene would come out
brian4dotcom 3 months ago
hilarious
mikeymc4779 3 months ago
I miss 1977!!
madami72 3 months ago
you had to be there to get it.
charliedontsurf70 4 months ago
I wish they would put these on dvd.
just1rick21072 4 months ago 2
When I was a cop on patrol, I would try to time my lunch break to go my my folk's house and watch this crazy show with my mom. This was before VCR, DVR or Tivo...if you missed it, you just plain missed it.....and darn it, on Fridays, when Gene was most often on, I did NOT want to miss it!
txbadgirl1 4 months ago
wish we had t.v. shows like that now, instead of all the crap now.
zmmmsxa 5 months ago
Hey my name's Gene...so that's why my in grammar school my buddy's Dad would call me Gene Gene the Dancing Machine it all adds up now!
gleon895 6 months ago
I think it was part of the fun , it was Fake tossing. Anyway, it was so great.
kathybaca 6 months ago
They don't make em like this anymore. Go Gene and Chuck!!!
kathybaca 6 months ago
@kathybaca he never got gong ! my man why did ppl thow stuff at him??
gell7 6 months ago
he never got gonged!
gorjusgrl2010 6 months ago
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Greatest entertainer ever!
David32112 7 months ago
Milton DeLug and his band of thugs
tallpaul521 7 months ago
"Thats ,Thats gene gene the Dancing Machineeeee" go crazy everyone!!!!!!!!
whowho75 8 months ago 2
This sucks
mrE883 8 months ago
@mrE883 you had to be there. seriously.
omagine 7 months ago
His expression is priceless
BricktownBubba 8 months ago 2
The 6 people who hit dislike after watching this video need to talk to their doctor about clinical depression...
notoriouszig 8 months ago 8
Great stuff!
shadowkat59 8 months ago 2
cocaine is a hell of a drug !!!!!!!
bigfloseph 8 months ago
Gene makes me proud to be a janitor too. Just wish I could dance as good as him.
sinbad7277 9 months ago
Complete and utter chaos!
thafoofa 9 months ago
Back then even the coke was on COKE!!
ACNC1 9 months ago 7
Chuck's reaction is pricesless. :)
CadillacL 9 months ago 2
Now THAT'S Entertainment!
tuffy2342 10 months ago 2
How can you watch that and not smile? What a riot.
hibob418 10 months ago
YEP ,THE GONG SHOW RULED!!!!
NEVERLEAVEORFORSAKE 10 months ago
6 people must be lame American Idol fans.
theladiesmanou812 10 months ago
Sometimes when I'm watching 'AI' I think of this show. The goofiest show on TV. And yes I did watch it lol.
cinerama62 10 months ago
I finally understand why people call me Gene the dancing machine.
SlaytanicYisrael 11 months ago
chuck is seriously coked out
12lfme12 1 year ago
@12lfme12 And continues to be.
zuzulo56 10 months ago
Is it just me or does Gene look alot like Cleveland from the Family Guy lol
BlaineFan25 1 year ago
I used to lovvvve this show. Kinda like America's Got Talent of it's time
BlaineFan25 1 year ago
Cocaine is hella of a drug! Just look at them! Lol!
aroundigo 1 year ago
God Bless You,Chuckie-Baby!
RJRanke 1 year ago
Crazy bastard!! LOL
philanna38 1 year ago
Everyone went bananas when the Dancing Machine came on the air! This was back in '77 when entertainment did not have to be vulgar or sexual to be fun. Sure miss those days.
FriedrichKling 1 year ago 3
Get down, Chuck!
DJCandyManMike 1 year ago
oh god this reminds me of thunderbird wine sessions at 2 quid a bottle.
shaftsbury94 1 year ago
It was the 70's....Everyone was.
just1rick21072 1 year ago 4
American Idol? bah! The Gong Show Rules!!!!!!!!!!
DefconWarningSystem 1 year ago 3
LOLOLOLOLOL!!! Chuck Barris was doing Hammer before Hammer!! LOLOLOLOL!!!!
KingMellow11 1 year ago 2
Now why did they throw junk at him?
Agentsub 1 year ago
God help me I actually saw The Gong Show Movie - and enjoyed it!
FamilyOfMan1975 1 year ago
This show was wonderfully goofy without being mean spirited. No show today can live up to the high bar the Gong Show left behind. Bless you, Chuck, you insane goofball. Bless you, Gene.
LadyNightthorn 1 year ago
One funny show! Forgot how funny it could be. Love Gene Gene the dancing machine.
brennaz1946 1 year ago
Whatever happened to this show!? I haven't seen it in ages!! I always had memories of this show when I was younger and when they were still playing the re-runs. I always found it hilarious when the judges would fight over the mallet and/or stand in front of the gong, trying to stop the other from gonging the gong, sometimes successful. And when Gene Gene came on, my mom would always crack up when Chuck Barry would dance. I wish this show was still on, I'd watch it everyday.
DarkComet360 1 year ago
Sorry, Barris - my bad...
DarkComet360 1 year ago
@DarkComet360 The networks are controlled by armies of psychologists and social engineers with an agenda to pacify us into a lump of inert humanity.
The Gong Show is way too stimulating and witty to bring back. Wit energizes higher parts of the brain and that's not what the mass programmers want. It's the same reason you will never see the brilliant slapstick violence of 1950's and 1960's cartoons.
It's the same reason today's cars resemble the lardy lumpenproletariat that drives them.
InfiniteMushroom 1 year ago 2
@InfiniteMushroom It's to bad though. I bet if someone was brave enough to re-kindle The Gong Show, it probably be one of the most popular shows on TV, next to all the other populars (people know their names). With a lot of money and the wit to do it, I bet they could bring it back - but they won't because it's to good...
DarkComet360 1 year ago
its funny how people think that it was american idol that created the idea of allowing bad acts to audition and then show it
it was barris, who realized that the bad acts were more entertaining then the good ones
brabon1 1 year ago
@brabon1
Except with AI the bad contestants are shown specifically to laugh AT not WITH, like in the Gong Show.
knightflyte 1 year ago 2
@knightflyte true...ai is more mean spirited...but the roots of ai and all the current talent shows stem from the gong show
chuck knew that people would tune in to see bad acts, and he also understood the importance of the judges
he is the father of reality tv, and guys like simon cowell should kiss his feet
brabon1 1 year ago
Even 30 years later, I still can't hear this song without thinking about Gene. Barris was ahead of his time with the Gong Show.
jhunter1163 1 year ago
@jhunter1163 barris created what today is known as reality programming
simon cowell should throw him some royalties
im still waiting for the emmy people to give chuck an honorary award
brabon1 1 year ago
They don't make 'em like Chuck Berris anymore. The closest we have is Paula Abdul, but she's just a booze & pill show. I see Chuck and ponder the phrase "cocaine psychosis".
Gene Gene (who danced so well Chuck had to introduce him twice) was the rare man who, when his 15 minutes of fame came, was able to adequately fill the time. :)
RexNihilo 1 year ago
America's Got A Dancing Talent Idol has nothing on The Gong Show!
mikenmolly 1 year ago
I just happened to think of Gene and I knew I could find him on YouTube.
Thanks for uploading a great memory.
FamilyOfMan1975 1 year ago
The wackiest,craziest, most fucked up variety show ever! A true masterpiece. No one will ever come close to this ever again...Was even better when they got rid of Gary Owens and Chuck took over the MC duties himself...oh how I miss these shows...And I agree with Albee1000; everything should end with Gene Gene.
nevetsffen 1 year ago
Chuck goes crackers everytime Gene would appear. It's like everyone goes crazy when he's there, lol.
mercyhurstchic 1 year ago
This show helped keep me sane during junior high and high school. Just the ability to let things go for a while and just laugh at it all--was worth a ton.
frozenge 1 year ago
The Gong Show had the BEST stage band! Better than even the mighty Tonight Show's band with Doc Severinsen. The Gong Show stage band was the best with taking cues on the fly and I love their arrangement for Gene Gene's Dancing Machine bit.
InfiniteMushroom 1 year ago
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If it wasn't for this show right here none of these shows today wouldn't have existed. So thank you Gong Show for putting these shows today on the air.
Crzyprsn7 1 year ago
Greatest Reality Show hey need to show the ORIGINAL or have someone that can do the job like Chuck Barras did... Which is going to be very IMPOSSIBLE!!! I always wanted to be Chuck Barris when I was younger....
By the way... I noticed on this clip there was a real man jumped on the stage during Genes Dance!!!!
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If it wasn't for this show right here none of these shows today wouldn't have existed. So thank you Gong Show for putting these shows today on the air.
Crzyprsn7 1 year ago
You know, every show ever made should end with Gene. Lost, The Sopranos, The L Word - it should all just end with Gene Gene coming out and doing his thing.
albee1000 1 year ago 2
"chuck 4 prez". so true.
baronessdouglass 1 year ago
Where's Chuck Barris when you need to smile?
imgrownup66216 1 year ago
gene was basically a stageworker who would dance for the audience during commercial breaks...when the gong show went away he worked withthe Tonight show......i remember him in a Tonite show skit when he came out dressed as Papa Doc douvalier and directed the band.
notasharecropper 1 year ago
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Beats the shi# out of American Idol! THOSE cats knew how to party!
seedyv1 1 year ago
Beats the shidoutta American Idol! Those cats knew how to have fun!
seedyv1 1 year ago 4
The Gong Show was the ORIGINAL show about nothing.....Jerry Seinfeld didn't have shit on Chuck Barris....I loved it then and I love it now.....
PerryFanElite 1 year ago 3
Genius.
sunnchilde 1 year ago
Chuck was so SEXY!!! Still looks good too. Saw him on the Today Show last week talking about the book he wrote about Della.
Dawn
10Dec1971 1 year ago
Always my favorite part of that show, when that music came up and and Barris went nuts.
themurph2000 1 year ago
fun as hell...I can watch this a dozen times i 1day
notasharecropper 1 year ago
shows were great back then, the whole building is off the hook
earthshakingfart 1 year ago
Me and my brother used to watch the GONG SHOW back in the 70s when I was going to college. Gene Gene, the dancing machine was a staple.....
im4indiana 1 year ago
FACT: This is Eugene Patton, born April 25, 1932. He was a member of the stage crew. He was one of several amateur performers who would "warm up" & entertain the audience during commercial breaks. He danced to Milton Delugg's "Band with a Thug", while they played Count Basie's "Jumpin' at the Woodside" tune. UNFORTUNATELY, in 2001, he lost both legs due to complications from diabetes. He now walks with prosthetics & a cane.
stevenscottoddballz 1 year ago
I wish I could find the episode with Johnny Paycheck! I LOVED Gene Gene the Dancing Machine! You know...now just saying the name of the show "The Gong Show" makes me laugh! Forget "American Idol" we had THE GONG SHOW where if you sucked, you found out right away!!
MarkSentMe 1 year ago
wats dis song called? lol
hello1212 1 year ago
Wats dis song? lol
hello1212 1 year ago
Next to the Unknown comic this is the reason I watched this as a kid just so I could dance with him.
Crzyprsn7 1 year ago
When Chuck bends over the wall thing he's probably snortin massive lines of blow!!!!!
Phaze317 1 year ago
Gene and chuck getting down together, need I say more! The best ever!
fashiondread68 1 year ago
0:15 what's with the MC Hammer walk? Good stuff.
MinionStarwind 1 year ago
That's a real old song----anybody know the name?
ranran19701 1 year ago
@ranran19701 It's a re-arrangement of Count Basie's "Jumpin' at the Woodside."
OeditpusRex 1 year ago
what's the name of that song?
ranran19701 1 year ago
I try to watch this one a day. Puts me in a real good mood.
renprimas 1 year ago
This NEVER GETS OLD!!!! LOL
reedsaturday 1 year ago
Look real closely and you can see that freak David Letterman on the panel. He doesn't get it. Wow, that over 30 years ago.
yr2square 1 year ago
@yr2square Where's Letterman?
antster1983 1 year ago
this is the most awesome thing EVER.
deathstar462 1 year ago
Cocaine is a hell of a drug, lol
SoldierOfChrist281 1 year ago
shit tv might be more entertaining if everybody snorted a little H now!
ozoid455 1 year ago
this and the $1.98 beauty show were my favorites
ratbsf 1 year ago
I love it...the expression on his face when he's like oh...u know what time it is *dance dance dance*
mypetrockdied 1 year ago 12
I Really Wish Someone Would Put These Great Old Shows On Dvd.
just1rick21072 1 year ago 16
@just1rick21072 No Chuck Barris produced shows are on DVD, can't figure it.
WH32290 1 year ago
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WH32290 1 year ago
@just1rick21072 Me too!
10Dec1971 1 year ago
@just1rick21072 I agree. This is old school.
atworkstation 1 year ago
I will never get tired of seeing this. This is great.
Lmao at Chuck crashing at the end. Gene Gene1, Chuck Barris, 0.
ForceFagerstorm 1 year ago
This show was the most fun to watch. I can't remember any other show that came close except maybe the Dean Martin Roasts. Chuck B. was the best!!!
Mutch820 1 year ago 2
Chuck appears to be on some type of mild stimulant, probably diluted coffee or else an ounce of coke.
treetoptop 1 year ago 3
Nah, he was just mad.
fishdixon 1 year ago
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treetoptop 1 year ago
You can't tell me this guy wasn't stoned! One of the greatest shows on TV. Beats American Idol to death. Chucky B was like the Ed Sullivan of his day, but with drugs; he had no talent himself, but he sure knew how to put together a great show. BRING BACK THE GONG!!!
LadyNightthorn 1 year ago 3
One show where you never knew what would happen next. GSN should pick it up...
tachoX2 1 year ago
Gong Show rules
American Idol sucks
pacmannick 1 year ago 39
I agree, most of the talent on the Gong Show was much more entertaining and it was FUN!!!!
How many tv shows can say that these days? Any?
howdyfeller 1 year ago
Gene was my Fave O Rite
BruceLollis 2 years ago 12
Gene was my favorite because I thought that Chuck genuinely lost his mind in these bits.
I was a simple child.
thegirl44 2 years ago 3
Oh, YEAH!!! I dearly loved THE GONG SHOW! Silly, stupid, and loving it! Once Chuck Barris loosened up and really started to have fun with his role as ringmaster (bringing on his daughter to introduce "my Daddy!"), it was great stuff.
lp45cdwoman 2 years ago 2
I RAN! Six blocks home from school every day to watch the gong show. I loved this "stuff".
OenghusLok 2 years ago 3
So did I.
DeepFill86 1 year ago
Chucky was the coolest dude on the planet!
RBNightlinger 2 years ago
I wish I've could've been there just to say i saw this
Crzyprsn7 2 years ago
Chuck Barris has some seriously funny moves. :D
83056 2 years ago
Cocaine's a hell of a drug.
MrZoomhead 2 years ago 12
I Think They Were All On Something More Than Cocaine....But I Really Wish I Could Have Been There.
just1rick21072 2 years ago
@MrZoomhead haha dude i said that exact same thing on another gene gene video.
bijibadness 1 year ago
LMAO...Chuck Barris is a TRIP! Best (and craziest)game show host ever! Loved watchin as a kid hopin to see Gene Gene...and of course seein Chucky Baby go insane lol!
johndoe1919 2 years ago 3
back when tv and movies were original, awesome
msymonds12 2 years ago 3
@msymonds12 I used to see that show all the time Wow!! It was weird, but funny and entertaining. You don't know what will happen next. One time, the curtian opened. Paul Paulsen was sitting down. Banging two spoons against his leg. lol
popcur 2 years ago
This was a Great show!
martinaxman 2 years ago 6
ROFL!! I didn't know that was a REAL GUY out on the floor behind Gene! That's so hilarious! I never get tired of this show. When TV was entertaining.
OrionDenali 2 years ago 2
This is your brain on drugs.
PoutinePete 2 years ago
I will never get tired of watching Gene!
wishpackers 2 years ago 6
Ahh.The golden age of FREE TV!
ariespow 2 years ago
yes this was a great time, when tv was simply fun
JULIAN5235 2 years ago 3
shame that Gene's legs were amputated. He was a legend!
Xellchan 2 years ago
@Xellchan Oh my! I didn't know that, so sad that the very things that made him a legend were taking away.
wishpackers 2 years ago
Yep. Fate is an ugly thing. The man was a diabetic and it was a time that this kinda thing was still unknown in medicine.
Xellchan 2 years ago
God bless ray garcia,we drank wine and saw chuckie.
lenox132 2 years ago
Barris is dancing even better than Gene
vulture3112 2 years ago
This was just plain old fun, good time television. There was no need to be relevant, informative or mature. Gene, Chuck, and Jaye P. Morgan made this show a hit!
cr78fan 2 years ago 12
@cr78fan what about the "Unknown Comic"
just1rick21072 2 years ago
Without question!!!
cr78fan 2 years ago
look (00:17- 00:22)... that's where Hammer got the Chinese Typewriter Dance Move from..Chuck was an innovator....
devynnwoods 2 years ago
LOL, I think you're right!
captkirk9797 2 years ago
Chuckie Started it all he was the best
just1rick21072 2 years ago
@devynnwoods cocaine is one helluva drug!
tsartodd 2 years ago
When ever I feel a little bit down from my diabetes I just turn on Mean Gene and the whole day turns around. A simpler time when we all could just dig what was going on.
chinito0401 2 years ago 3
Agree 1000%
captkirk9797 2 years ago
@chinito0401 So true. Too bad we can't relive those days.
wishpackers 2 years ago
The best! I wish I had the smoke and the dust that was clouding up this room!
jumpinspringheeled 2 years ago
Maaaaan I love this show...Geeeene Geeeene the dancin' machine!!!! Whatever Chuck was on back in the 70's, I want some!!!
dragggg 2 years ago 4
gene gene the dancin machine, not chuck chuck the dancing machine, i say this because chuckie B is hogging the spot light, atleast on this clip. still love the show. gone but not forgotten
fairfax17 2 years ago 6
i agree
mastertung7 2 years ago
Man, I loved that show. Dance on Gene!!!
postalchick21 2 years ago 5
Gene is the fuckin' man.
alexf5 2 years ago 3
Gene is the whole reason I started dancing. LOVE IT!!!
ilizadance 2 years ago 3
LOL!!!!!!!! Loved that crazy show!!!!!!!!!
jln195399 2 years ago
Gene was the king of the dance floor!!!!
stellaluna4u2 2 years ago
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glimmer2158 2 years ago
hell acted like this as president...i know to be that stupid he had to be on the ooh weee
sierria64 2 years ago
That show was ahead of its time
TheDoodyJustin 2 years ago
I loved Gene Gene- watched it evrytime it was on, hoping he would come out!!
wilcoxwilcox 2 years ago 2
I was a kid in the 70s, and I was a Gong Show junkie from the first time I watched it, and this was the moment in the show I always waited for. The whole scene turned into a full-blown party when Gene Gene came out and Chuck Barris went nuts. New Year's Eve in Times Square? Forget about it!
vidnut67 2 years ago 4
you got to love the 70's!
oceankid145 2 years ago
Say what you want but the 70's rocked
sirNwordJim 2 years ago
Gene comes juuuuuust this close to inventing the Moonwalk a few years early!
TheMikester307 2 years ago
It's like Gene Gene's act was more of a cue for everyone to go absolutely nuts rather than watch him dance. lol looks like a real party :D
Loveydvy99 2 years ago
And now, live, for the next 30 minutes(or full hour)Gene Gene The Dancing Machine!
Chicago10281 2 years ago
gene gene was amazing ... but i also get a real kick out of Chuck Barris in this clip. he is genuinely full of joy the minute the band starts up Gene Gene's song -- you can't fake that shit!!
tsartodd 2 years ago
It was the joy of cocaine.....:)
thuey65 2 years ago 6
No, you can'! Whoo Chuck wa havin some FUN.
CadillacL 2 years ago