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doctorwho

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"The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« on: October 03, 2016, 10:18:21 AM »
No host chosen yet, but Will Arnett from Arrested Development is producing.

http://www.buzzerblog.com/2016/10/03/abc-orders-the-gong-show-revival/


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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2016, 10:33:54 AM »
Weekly is probably good idea.  And if you thought the Match Game panel had a drink or two before rolling tape, imagine what this group will be like...

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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2016, 11:32:06 AM »
if you thought the Match Game panel had a drink or two before rolling tape, imagine what this group will be like...

It could be a snorting good time.
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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2016, 11:39:02 AM »
if you thought the Match Game panel had a drink or two before rolling tape, imagine what this group will be like...

It could be a snorting good time.

I might have to take a crack at watching this.

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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2016, 11:42:02 AM »
if you thought the Match Game panel had a drink or two before rolling tape, imagine what this group will be like...

It could be a snorting good time.

I might have to take a crack at watching this.

Imagine the lines waiting to meet the celebs.

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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2016, 03:55:04 PM »
Consider me extremely disappointed. I thought we were done with this sort of sophomoric humor, but you guys just had to cokes...er....coax one more into existence.
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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2016, 04:24:03 PM »
Consider me extremely disappointed. I thought we were done with this sort of sophomoric humor, but you guys just had to cokes...er....coax one more into existence.

Sorry we drug you into this.

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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2016, 06:11:19 PM »
I didn't think a competent Match Game revival could be done, but this summer proved me wrong. Let's see if I can get hooked on this one.
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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2016, 06:14:18 PM »
ABC has a good thing going reviving old game shows. Let's hope they don't blow it with this one.

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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2016, 06:20:19 PM »
Cocaine.

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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2016, 09:08:27 PM »
ABC's lineup is just going to shoot up in the ratings...

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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2016, 09:09:58 PM »
Judges for the premiere: Molly Shannon, Emily Blunt, and Snoop Dogg.
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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2016, 09:18:43 PM »
High hopes abound I'm sure.
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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2016, 09:32:55 PM »
Serious question for a minute: Match Game added just the right amount of kitsch, while modernizing the show. Past Gong revivals all modernized themselves, but tried to be a little too zany, IMO*. Does a 2010s version work using the kitschiness Chuckie Baby gave us, or will ABC find itself behind the 8-ball trying to get a hit?

/*I seem to remember enjoying the Dave Attell version from a few years ago
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Re: "The Gong Show" revived for ABC
« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2016, 10:06:26 PM »
Cocaine.

/Wait, I was supposed to make a pun?
It toke me all day to come up with one (didn't help that the heat today made me feel baked), but then I got the munchies and forgot.
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