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** Creator/GabrielIglesias (Extreme, 1998), two years before he joined ''Series/AllThat''. While he was not gonged, he did not win the night.
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** Only one episode of ''Extreme Gong'' seems to exist anywhere online.
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** Only one episode two episodes of ''Extreme Gong'' seems to exist anywhere online.online. One is Gabriel Iglesias's episode, albeit with poor audio. Other episodes exist on the trading circuit.
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* ReferencedBy: A ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' story where the Thing was fighting an out-of-control robot saw the two crashing into the studio while the show was being recorded. Naturally, they were confused for another act (but lost to a singing appendix).
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* ReferencedBy: A ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' story where the Thing was fighting an out-of-control robot robotic duplicate of himself saw the two crashing into the studio while the show was being recorded. Naturally, they were confused for another act (but lost to a singing appendix).appendix scar), and Ben wound up using the Gong to behead his robo-counterpart, Captain America style.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''The Gong Show Movie'' had never been released on any home video format, and only appeared occasionally on cable TV, before a Blu-Ray was released on March 29, 2016. This can at least be partially blamed on the movie being released by Creator/{{Universal}}, while the show, along with the rest of the Barris library, had come under the ownership of Creator/SonyPictures.
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** ''The Gong Show Movie'' had never been released on any home video format, and only appeared occasionally on cable TV, before a Blu-Ray was released on March 29, 2016. This can at least be partially blamed on the movie being released by Creator/{{Universal}}, while the show, along with the rest of the Barris library, had come under the ownership of Creator/SonyPictures.
** ''The Gong Show Movie'' had never been released on any home video format, and only appeared occasionally on cable TV, before a Blu-Ray was released on March 29, 2016. This can at least be partially blamed on the movie being released by Creator/{{Universal}}, while the show, along with the rest of the Barris library, had come under the ownership of Creator/SonyPictures.
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** On a more depressing note, notorious gang leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams performed a bodybuilding routine on the show in 1977, just a few years before he was convicted of murder (and ultimately executed).
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''The Gong Show Movie'' had never been released on any home video format, and only appeared occasionally on cable TV, before a Blu-Ray was released on March 29, 2016.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''The Gong Show Movie'' had never been released on any home video format, and only appeared occasionally on cable TV, before a Blu-Ray was released on March 29, 2016. This can at least be partially blamed on the movie being released by Creator/{{Universal}}, while the show, along with the rest of the Barris library, had come under the ownership of Creator/SonyPictures.
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* DescendedCreator: Creator/ChuckBarris was forced to host the show after the original host departed over creative differences. Barris's discomfort in front of the camera was clear but he ended up sticking around for the rest of the original run.
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* DescendedCreator: Creator/ChuckBarris was forced to host the show after the original host John Barbour departed over creative differences. Barris's discomfort in front of the camera was clear but he ended up sticking around for the rest of the original run.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Jamie Farr was the one who suggested that the show adopt a glamorous look (e.g. the host and judges all dressed in black tie) to create a humorous visual contrast with the decidedly low-brow acts that came on.
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** Music/WeirdAlYankovic auditioned for the show and nearly made his debut on this show, but didn't make the cut.
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** Music/WeirdAlYankovic auditioned for the show and nearly made his debut on this show, but didn't make the cut.cut. He did, however, later appear as a celebrity judge on the 1988-89 revival.
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* DescendedCreator: Creator/ChuckBarris was forced to host the show after the original host departed over creative differences. Barris's discomfort in front of the camera was clear but he ended up sticking around for the rest of the original run.
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* ThePeteBest: John Barbour, replaced after taping ''five shows'' of the daytime version by Creator/ChuckBarris. This was because he [[CompletelyMissingThePoint didn't seem to realize the show was intended as a parody]] and consoled Gonged contestants.
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* ThePeteBest: John Barbour, replaced after taping ''five shows'' of the daytime version by Creator/ChuckBarris. This was because he [[CompletelyMissingThePoint didn't seem to realize the show was intended as a parody]] parody and consoled Gonged contestants.
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* ReferencedBy: A ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' story where the Thing was fighting an out-of-control robot saw the two crashing into the studio while the show was being recorded. Naturally, they were confused for another act (but lost to a singing appendix).
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There have been a few (non-''Extreme'') attempts to revive the series. [[http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php/topic,28652.15.html This thread]] on the Game Show Forum revealed that Sony was planning a relaunch as early as 1995, and taped a pilot for it hosted by comedian Chuck Booms. It was slated to be paired with ''[[Series/TheHollywoodSquares Planet Hollywood Squares]]'' (yes, really), but Sony delayed both shows until 1997 to see how their revival block of ''Series/TheDatingGame'' and ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' panned out. Wink Martindale uploaded on his Youtube page [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTXrEcpBXGk a pitchfilm]] for a syndicated revival from 2001. Tom Arnold would've hosted, the format was classic Gong, and was intended to air late nights. Sony tried again in 2003; this was pitched to Creator/TheWB with [[TheRoast Jeffery Ross]] as host.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There have been a few (non-''Extreme'') attempts to revive the series. [[http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php/topic,28652.15.html This thread]] on the Game Show Forum revealed that Sony was planning a relaunch as early as 1995, and taped a pilot for it hosted by comedian Chuck Booms. It was slated to be paired with ''[[Series/TheHollywoodSquares Planet Hollywood Squares]]'' (yes, really), but Sony delayed both shows until 1997 to see how their revival block of ''Series/TheDatingGame'' and ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' panned out. Wink Martindale uploaded on his Youtube page [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTXrEcpBXGk a pitchfilm]] for a syndicated revival from 2001. Tom Arnold Creator/TomArnold would've hosted, the format was classic Gong, and was intended to air late nights. Sony tried again in 2003; this was pitched to Creator/TheWB with [[TheRoast Jeffery Ross]] as host.
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** Creator/WeirdAlYankovic auditioned for the show and nearly made his debut on this show, but didn't make the cut.
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** Creator/WeirdAlYankovic Music/WeirdAlYankovic auditioned for the show and nearly made his debut on this show, but didn't make the cut.
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** Future Bozo the Clown Joey D'Auria.
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** Future [[Series/TheBozoShow Bozo the Clown Clown]] Joey D'Auria.
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** ''Creator/WeirdAlYankovic auditioned for the show and nearly made his debut on this show, but didn't make the cut.
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