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Gene Gene the Dancing Machine From 'The Gong Show,' Dies at 82
Posted on 3/14/15 at 9:22 am
Posted on 3/14/15 at 9:22 am
Gene Patton, the NBC stagehand in Burbank who stole the spotlight as Gene Gene the Dancing Machine on NBC’s wacky The Gong Show, died Monday, his family announced. He was 82.
Patton died in Pasadena, according to a spokeswoman at the local Woods-Valentine Mortuary. He had suffered from diabetes.
The Gong Show, dreamed up and hosted by producer Chuck Barris (The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game), aired on NBC in daytime from 1976-78 and then in syndication. Acts — most of them amateurish and just plain awful — auditioned for three celebrity judges, who banged a gong on stage to mercifully send the bad ones packing.
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Nobody could slut up a game show like Jaye P. Morgan.
Patton died in Pasadena, according to a spokeswoman at the local Woods-Valentine Mortuary. He had suffered from diabetes.
The Gong Show, dreamed up and hosted by producer Chuck Barris (The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game), aired on NBC in daytime from 1976-78 and then in syndication. Acts — most of them amateurish and just plain awful — auditioned for three celebrity judges, who banged a gong on stage to mercifully send the bad ones packing.
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Nobody could slut up a game show like Jaye P. Morgan.
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Posted on 3/14/15 at 11:18 am to dr smartass phd
The Gong Show was on when I was a young kid. Used to love the Gene Gene the Dancing Machine segments.
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Posted on 3/14/15 at 12:07 pm to dr smartass phd
Chuck Barris looks so high in those clips.
Dude could put out some good game shows though. Newlywed Game with Bob Ewbanks was money back in the day. And Dating Game was pretty great too.
Dude could put out some good game shows though. Newlywed Game with Bob Ewbanks was money back in the day. And Dating Game was pretty great too.
Posted on 3/14/15 at 1:19 pm to dr smartass phd
What a wacky show - RIP Gene.
By the way, my favorite clip from the Gong Show . . .
The Popsicle Twins
By the way, my favorite clip from the Gong Show . . .
The Popsicle Twins
Posted on 3/14/15 at 2:54 pm to dr smartass phd
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Posted on 3/14/15 at 4:41 pm to Negative Nomad
I loved that show. Watched it as a kid.
Posted on 3/14/15 at 4:44 pm to dr smartass phd
Posted on 3/14/15 at 4:55 pm to Bham4Tide
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What a wacky show - RIP Gene.
Loved that show, my fav was the unknown comic, my sister had a poster of him in the nude except for the bag on his head and a small paper bag on his junk.
Posted on 3/14/15 at 5:19 pm to Lakeboy7
Still wondering if Chuck was a CIA hitman or just 
Posted on 3/14/15 at 6:33 pm to Rougarou4lsu
No idea...but I think he believed he was a CIA hitman!
Posted on 3/14/15 at 8:17 pm to dr smartass phd
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Posted on 3/15/15 at 12:17 am to Lakeboy7
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Loved that show, my fav was the unknown comic, my sister had a poster of him in the nude except for the bag on his head and a small paper bag on his junk.
Guy had a good schtick.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 12:20 am to Bham4Tide
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The Popsicle Twins
That was great.
Posted on 3/15/15 at 12:44 am to Sid in Lakeshore
Judging by Klinger carrying her back to her seat, I think Jaye P. Morgan must have tried to join them to avoid being upstaged. (She was a shameless whore.)
And RIP Gene. I danced along with him more than once. It was up there with the Monday Morning March.
And RIP Gene. I danced along with him more than once. It was up there with the Monday Morning March.
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