@eam22 Yes, Barris and three of the house band performed as "contestants", doing "Take This Job and Shove It", and got gonged by Jamie Farr. Barris was also the "narrator" of a segmented skit which was a thinly veiled "f.u." to NBC which had cancelled the Gong Show after this (the last, #500). Signed, Craig from Lobster Repair.
Hey Dave, thanks for filling us in on who took Chuck's spot on that show (Barris and part of the band appeared as "The Hollywood Cowboys" on the show, doing "Take This Job and Shove It", and Jamie Farr gonged them. The show was taped in late June of 1978, so I guess that means Lobster Repair (still together and playing in SoCal)has been together for over 30 years now. That's just freakin' WRONG! Craig Patterson, bassist, Lobster Repair
There was a Larry Gotterer who worked for Barris Productions who was a separate person from Larry Spencer. Gotterer was a writer for "The Newlywed Game". It definitely wasn't Larry Spencer. Watch the tapes.
Thanks for your comment re: Lobster Repair on the Gong Show. Patty Andrews was a real sweetheart to us that day. We were the last act on the last Gong Show ever taped, and everyone had sat through 4 3/4 shows before we got our shot. If you look closely at Patty Andrews' "score card" you can see that she originally was going to give us a "7" but decided to change it to a "9". Again, as Jerry Lewis would say, "Nice lady."
That was not the Unknown Comic hosting the show. The unknown comic's name is Murray Langston and he looks nothing like this guy. Look up Murray Langston here and you'll see an interview with him without his bag.
I forget the guy's name, but he was like an Assistant Director or something. This was the last "Gong Show" ever taped (show #500, July 1978). Chuck Barris and three guys from the studio band appeared as "contestants" The Hollywood Cowboys" and did "Take This Job and Shove It". Jaime Farr GONGED them. Chuck also had a running commentary throughout the show that was a thinly veiled "F--- You" to NBC for cancelling the show. This is why you don't see Chuck in this segment of the show.
Actually, it's not. The unknown comic's name was Murray something, and he was a larger guy with a small gap between his front teeth. This guy that Barris pulled in to play HIM on this show (the last one ever, show #500) was some kind of technical person working for NBC that we saw work on the set while we sat through four complete Gong Show tapings before we got to play on the last one. Thanks for your comment. Craig Patterson from LOBSTER REPAIR.
I liked that act, and I absolutely HATE athlete's foot. On most episodes 22 points is not enough to win, but if it's the only act not to get gonged even "Have You Got a Nickel" would have won. This act was imperfect, but good enough not to get the gong.
No, the guitarist on the left is RIC OLSEN who left Lobster Repair to join BERLIN about four years after we were on the Gong Show. He's gonna get a kick out of your comment! Thanks!
I used to live to get home from school to watch The Gong Show. If I had grown up in L.A., I would've hung out at that studio everyday. There was a once-a-week nighttime broadcast too, sometimes hosted by Gary Owen.
I believe this is the only act that DIDN'T get gonged that day! GSN aired this episode on 12/31/99, as part of "Y2Play", a last-episode marathon to close out the year.
Chuck went out in style, too, singing "Take This Job and Shove It." Jamie Farr was more than happy to gong him!
You are right on all counts! Since this was the LAST show, Chuck invited back some acts to perform, but not to be "judged". There were two other acts (a really awful woman who sang (poorly) "The Look of Love" and a really great fat guy from Philly who dressed up in a white choir gown and sang "Call Me Angel In The Morning". Both of them got power-gonged. She HATED it, he LOVED it. Thanks for your note!
It's somehow fitting that Lobster Repair's first gig ever was on national TV, and that we appeared on the final Gong Show. Chuck Barris inserted himself into one of the competing acts (they got Gonged) which is why his Assistant Director is the MC for most of the show. Shot at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA June, 1978. Lobster Repair band members currently take turns displaying the trophy.
Is that Hank Williams Jr??? Gong~!~
allanz00 8 months ago
Reggie Jackson on backing vocals!!!
arkady714 1 year ago
Who is this imposter who isn't Chuckie Baby? It's not the Gong Show without the true master.
tucsonia 2 years ago 5
It's the final episode of the show before NBC cancelled it. Chuck Barris was there, but in a different role than his usual.
eam22 2 years ago
@eam22 Yes, Barris and three of the house band performed as "contestants", doing "Take This Job and Shove It", and got gonged by Jamie Farr. Barris was also the "narrator" of a segmented skit which was a thinly veiled "f.u." to NBC which had cancelled the Gong Show after this (the last, #500). Signed, Craig from Lobster Repair.
Stein157 1 year ago
@tucsonia Well, this was the final daytime episode on NBC, and it was when Chuckie got gonged.
bluebear1985 10 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Watching this was a waste of time;
haplesssometimes 2 years ago
Reading your remark was a BIGGER waste of time. Thanks for nothing.
The Global Lobster Army
Stein157 2 years ago 3
ai gringo mandou bem.
xxxcatra 2 years ago
é né nazista filha da puta?
quem não manda bem é vc...
vejam oq esse nazista escreveu no vídeo "nossa honra é verdadeira", entre outras....
debatedordaoeste100 2 years ago
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biolectron 2 years ago
This is hilarious!! I love it! This show was entertaining. Most TV, today, STINKS!
TBomb068 2 years ago 4
WHAT YEAR IS THIS'
giorjett13 3 years ago
1978. Specifically, July 21, 1978.
Jnelson09Returns 3 years ago
@giorjett13 It was taped in July, 1978
Stein157 1 year ago
They all remind me Cheech&Chong :)
molaki55 3 years ago
:D cracks up! wtf?
Istandbyme 3 years ago
The lead guitar guy looks like Hank Williams Jr on a rum bender.
ObeyVonZip 3 years ago
Who is the emcee? Is it Stephen Bishop?
randwatters 3 years ago
Chuck Barris. Duh.
upinflamezzz 3 years ago
That's not Chuck. Duh.
torchkit 3 years ago
Craig Patterson !!!! The bass player for Lobster Repair. Great human being, and musician.
Raybone777 3 years ago
Thanks Raybone. Wish I knew who you are and why you are buttering me up!
Craig Patterson
(still!!) Lobster Repair, bassist & bartender
Stein157 3 years ago
Larry Gotterer was the host of this show. He was a Barris staffer.
2005dave 3 years ago
Hey Dave, thanks for filling us in on who took Chuck's spot on that show (Barris and part of the band appeared as "The Hollywood Cowboys" on the show, doing "Take This Job and Shove It", and Jamie Farr gonged them. The show was taped in late June of 1978, so I guess that means Lobster Repair (still together and playing in SoCal)has been together for over 30 years now. That's just freakin' WRONG! Craig Patterson, bassist, Lobster Repair
LilLobster1015 3 years ago
Yep, It was staffer Larry Spencer as Fendwick Gotter as the final show started off as a Gong Show fabel.
drcrn 3 years ago
There was a Larry Gotterer who worked for Barris Productions who was a separate person from Larry Spencer. Gotterer was a writer for "The Newlywed Game". It definitely wasn't Larry Spencer. Watch the tapes.
2005dave 3 years ago
By the way ....a bit of trivia.... Patty Andrews (lead singer of the famous WW2 era singing sisters) is still alive and just turned 90 in Feb.
dncott 3 years ago
Thanks for your comment re: Lobster Repair on the Gong Show. Patty Andrews was a real sweetheart to us that day. We were the last act on the last Gong Show ever taped, and everyone had sat through 4 3/4 shows before we got our shot. If you look closely at Patty Andrews' "score card" you can see that she originally was going to give us a "7" but decided to change it to a "9". Again, as Jerry Lewis would say, "Nice lady."
LilLobster1015 3 years ago
Wow ... so strange to see one of the Andrews Sisters as a judge on this show. That's what made it fun!
dncott 3 years ago
that was Random -_-
Canadian111Boy 3 years ago
That was not the Unknown Comic hosting the show. The unknown comic's name is Murray Langston and he looks nothing like this guy. Look up Murray Langston here and you'll see an interview with him without his bag.
SecularSean 4 years ago
Who's hosting this episode?
kolst8406 4 years ago
I forget the guy's name, but he was like an Assistant Director or something. This was the last "Gong Show" ever taped (show #500, July 1978). Chuck Barris and three guys from the studio band appeared as "contestants" The Hollywood Cowboys" and did "Take This Job and Shove It". Jaime Farr GONGED them. Chuck also had a running commentary throughout the show that was a thinly veiled "F--- You" to NBC for cancelling the show. This is why you don't see Chuck in this segment of the show.
Stein157 4 years ago
The host is actually the unknown comic without his disguise
ukemanchris 4 years ago
Actually, it's not. The unknown comic's name was Murray something, and he was a larger guy with a small gap between his front teeth. This guy that Barris pulled in to play HIM on this show (the last one ever, show #500) was some kind of technical person working for NBC that we saw work on the set while we sat through four complete Gong Show tapings before we got to play on the last one. Thanks for your comment. Craig Patterson from LOBSTER REPAIR.
Stein157 4 years ago
The Village People !? lol
cherokeedonna83 4 years ago
I liked that act, and I absolutely HATE athlete's foot. On most episodes 22 points is not enough to win, but if it's the only act not to get gonged even "Have You Got a Nickel" would have won. This act was imperfect, but good enough not to get the gong.
doublewhammy4 4 years ago
I think the vocalist was trying too hard because he had a too long of an OOOOOOOOO....at the end of the song.
craig1974 4 years ago
Is that Weird Al on the left?
ran61 4 years ago
No, the guitarist on the left is RIC OLSEN who left Lobster Repair to join BERLIN about four years after we were on the Gong Show. He's gonna get a kick out of your comment! Thanks!
Stein157 4 years ago
how about 'the gong show' clips from the syndicated version?
okiesteveus81 5 years ago
I used to live to get home from school to watch The Gong Show. If I had grown up in L.A., I would've hung out at that studio everyday. There was a once-a-week nighttime broadcast too, sometimes hosted by Gary Owen.
cindyshealed 5 years ago
I believe this is the only act that DIDN'T get gonged that day! GSN aired this episode on 12/31/99, as part of "Y2Play", a last-episode marathon to close out the year.
Chuck went out in style, too, singing "Take This Job and Shove It." Jamie Farr was more than happy to gong him!
bainsey89 5 years ago
You are right on all counts! Since this was the LAST show, Chuck invited back some acts to perform, but not to be "judged". There were two other acts (a really awful woman who sang (poorly) "The Look of Love" and a really great fat guy from Philly who dressed up in a white choir gown and sang "Call Me Angel In The Morning". Both of them got power-gonged. She HATED it, he LOVED it. Thanks for your note!
Stein157 5 years ago
It's somehow fitting that Lobster Repair's first gig ever was on national TV, and that we appeared on the final Gong Show. Chuck Barris inserted himself into one of the competing acts (they got Gonged) which is why his Assistant Director is the MC for most of the show. Shot at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA June, 1978. Lobster Repair band members currently take turns displaying the trophy.
Stein157 5 years ago