GSN, which has recently been banished deep into the Jersey City Comcast lineup, will be airing a special about one of Tinsel and Rot's heroes, the brilliant Chuck Barris, this Sunday, December 10, at 8 p.m. And there will be a three-hour block of Barris game shows ("The Gong Show," "The Dating Game," "The Newlywed Game") on Saturday night, from 8 to 11 p.m. Joy.
This is the second in GSN's ongoing documentaries about classic game shows (following last month's "Behind The Blanks" about "Match Game"). And it gives me hope that GSN will not degenerate into endless blocks of "Lingo," "Dog Eat Dog," and "Playmania." Respect your elders, GSN.
So, anyway, don't go out this weekend. It's too cold anyway. Revel in the simple genius of Chuck Barris instead, and accentuate your revelry by dancing like Gene Gene the Dancing Machine.
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Gene Gene is indeed the black guy (or, Afro-American, to use the term that Michael Richards prefers when he sees his "career" going up in smoke).
The story goes that Gene Gene was a stagehand at the studio, and Chuck Barris saw him dancing while cleaning up one day and decided to make him a semi-regular on the show. The rest is glorious history. Sadly, Gene Gene has lost both legs to diabetes. Stupid tragic irony.
I'm not sure there's a more exciting moment in television than watching the Gong Show and seeing Gene Gene come out to dance. This particular clip, which they usually show whenever they do some sort of Gong Show marathon on GSN, may be my all-time favorite two minutes of any TV show.
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