Let The Gong Show Auditions Begin...

[TimK2003]

There is now an official Gong Show audition website for the upcoming ABC reboot:

Www.gongshowcasting.com  or
https://www.mysticartpictures.com/mystic/castingdetail.php?nc_id=169

They promoted the show and the website during Sunday Night's America's Funniest Home Videos. 

Taping looks to start next month in L.A.

[BrandonFG]

At first I was kinda annoyed at it being called a "variety" show, but it does seem to fit the genre title.

Counting Extreme Gong, I do believe this has aired in every decade since its premiere.

[TLEberle]

It aired in 2008 as well with Dave Attell as host.

[BrandonFG]

Yep...I remember Andy Dick being a guest right around the time he had some controversy going.

[BillCullen1]

I'll watch the first show out of curiosity, but except for Treasure Hunt, the Barris shows didn't interest me. Back in '78 when I was vacationing in California, I was offered Gong Show tickets, but I opted to go to Disneyland. To this day, I don't regret that decision.

[BrandonFG]

Cool story?

[RMF]

At first I was kinda annoyed at it being called a "variety" show, but it does seem to fit the genre title.

And, in fairness's sake, that's how the original was classified by various authorities- it was nominated for two Emmys at the 1977 Daytime Emmys in the "talk, service, or variety" category, rather than that for game shows.

[BrandonFG]

At first I was kinda annoyed at it being called a "variety" show, but it does seem to fit the genre title.

And, in fairness's sake, that's how the original was classified by various authorities- it was nominated for two Emmys at the 1977 Daytime Emmys in the "talk, service, or variety" category, rather than that for game shows.

That, I did not know.

I think Chuck Barris being behind it makes it easy to classify as a game, but it really does fall more in "variety"...