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'Gong Show' updated for a 2017 audience
Long before “America’s Got Talent,” the country had “The Gong Show.”
The 1970s series, hosted by creator Chuck Barris, celebrated the quirky and the outlandish — from a singer dressed as a penguin to the Unknown Comic, who told jokes with a paper bag over his head.
And, at least a few times during each episode, some honest-to-goodness talents took the stage.
Acts had roughly 90 seconds to make an impression on the celebrity judges without being "gonged."
Now the gong is back as ABC revives the series for a summer run on Thursday nights.
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Here's the scoop on what's new:
• The host: A totally unrecognizable Mike Myers takes on hosting duties in the persona of “British comedic legend” Tommy Maitland, whose catchphrase is “Who’s a cheeky monkey?” His commentary on each act is deliciously droll: After a sensei — an overweight and under-talented dancer in a karate outfit — performs, Maitland remarks: “I can’t tell whether you’re more influenced by Bruce Lee or Sara Lee.”
• The judges: Pretty much anyone who ever appeared on “Saturday Night Live” or in the “Hangover” movies qualifies. Will Arnett (an executive producer), Ken Jeong and Zach Galifianakis did the gonging in th
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Mike Myers is back as Tommy Maitland in ‘The Gong Show’
“The Gong Show” returns for its second season Thursday on ABC — and this time it’s no open secret that erstwhile British emcee Tommy Maitland is really Mike Myers in disguise.
When “The Gong Show” revival premiered last June, reporters were asked to go along with the joke — that Tommy was a 55-year-old cheeky radio and television host, recently retired, whose checkered career included “The Whosey Whats” (on radio), “He Wore a Dustman’s Hat” and the Australian game show “Dingo’s Got the Baby.” His big-screen James Bond knockoffs (“From Russia, Luv”) were huge hits . . . in Italy.
So what changed this season? “Too many people found out it was me and you would literally look like you’d lost your mind if you continued to maintain, ‘Oh, I don’t know any Tommy Maitland. I’ve never seen the show,’ ” says Myers. “It was never meant to be a long-term charade, but it was super-fun … writing so much copious back story for Tommy Maitland. It didn’t need to be detailed — but, my God, it was fun.”
Myers, 55, spoke to The Post about his return to “The Gong Show” and his love for the original ’70s-era NBC series hosted by Chuck Barris.
Would you have done “The Gong Show” last season as Mike Myers?
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| Created by | Chris Bearde |
| Directed by | John Dorsey Terry Kyne |
| Presented by | Chuck Barris John Barbour Gary Owens (1976–1977 nighttime season) Don Bleu Dave Attell Mike Myers slightly Tommy Maitland |
| Announcer | Johnny Jacobs Jack Clark Charlie O'Donnell Will Arnett |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 500 NBC[1] 20 Revival |
| Producers | Gene Banks Diane Fell Linda Howard |
| Production locations | NBC Studios Burbank, California (1976–79) Golden West Broadcasting Hollywood, California (1979–80) CBS Television City Hollywood, California (1988–89) Sony Pictures Studios Culver City, Calif. (2017–18) |
| Running time | 18 minutes (early NBC episodes) 23 minutes 42 minutes |
| Production companies | Chuck Barris Productions (1976–80) Chris Bearde Productions (1976–78, 1988–89) Barris Productions (1988–89) Barris Industries (1988–89) Den of Thieves (2017–2018) Sony Pictures Television (2017–2018) |
| Network | NBC (1976–1978) Syndicated (1976–77, 1977–80, 1988–89) |
| Release | June 14, 1976
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