The Gong Show beats ALL the new "talent" shows. Gene, Gene, The Dancin' Machine; The Unknown Comic; and Zany Chuck beat everything on TV today without even trying.

/YMMV

how could I forget the Gong and the Hook!

Two words: Co. Caine. There's your Hollywood culture. We are talking about the 70's, right?

Little known fact: tookie williams was on the gong show.

Headso: Little known fact: tookie williams was on the gong show.

He sure was: Link (new window)

gilgigamesh: You have to realize, this thread is about a show that will attract a bunch of dudes now in their 40s who remember the Gong Show as kids. In those days, we would wander the woods for hours searching under bridges looking for other people's moldy, wet porn caches like they were the goddamned Holy Grail.

And occasionally, we found them. Those were the best days ever.

gilgigamesh: ShawnDoc: Girls eating popsicles is soooo much better than having a lifetime supply of porn available with a few clicks of the mouse.

You have to realize, this thread is about a show that will attract a bunch of dudes now in their 40s who remember the Gong Show as kids. In those days, we would wander the woods for hours searching under bridges looking for other people's moldy, wet porn caches like they were the goddamned Holy Grail.

Things were a bit different when you had to actually work to look at a picture of a boobie, and even if you found the boobie it would probably be waterstained and covered in turtle guano.

Lol. I'm not in my 40s (getting there) but I definitely remember the outdoor porn stash. We had a bridge over a river in my 'hood, and if you were lucky you would stumble upon some other kid's impressive porn cache, half-assed covered by a few rocks and maybe some twigs and leaves. I am a veteran of the outdoor porn wars.

Then, in the mid-90s, most of us had computers, or our families did. Even then, downloading one pic was painfully slow, and if you didn't like the result, tough sh*t. You fapped to it anyway because you didn't have all night to go hunting for the perfect pic. And actually purchasing porn sucked because they were all wrapped and you were stuck with what you got, which damn near never resembled the front cover. These were dark days, gentleman.

You kids don't know how good you have it. An entire solar system of porn is at your fingertips, and you don't have to earn it like we did. Farking punks. Get off my lawn.

dickfreckle: gilgigamesh: ShawnDoc: Girls eating popsicles is soooo much better than having a lifetime supply of porn available with a few clicks of the mouse.

You have to realize, this thread is about a show that will attract a bunch of dudes now in their 40s who remember the Gong Show as kids. In those days, we would wander the woods for hours searching under bridges looking for other people's moldy, wet porn caches like they were the goddamned Holy Grail.

Things were a bit different when you had to actually work to look at a picture of a boobie, and even if you found the boobie it would probably be waterstained and covered in turtle guano.

Lol. I'm not in my 40s (getting there) but I definitely remember the outdoor porn stash. We had a bridge over a river in my 'hood, and if you were lucky you would stumble upon some other kid's impressive porn cache, half-assed covered by a few rocks and maybe some twigs and leaves. I am a veteran of the outdoor porn wars.

Then, in the mid-90s, most of us had computers, or our families did. Even then, downloading one pic was painfully slow, and if you didn't like the result, tough sh*t. You fapped to it anyway because you didn't have all night to go hunting for the perfect pic. And actually purchasing porn sucked because they were all wrapped and you were stuck with what you got, which damn near never resembled the front cover. These were dark days, gentleman.

You kids don't know how good you have it. An entire solar system of porn is at your fingertips, and you don't have to earn it like we did. Farking punks. Get off my lawn.

That Jaye P., back then, she was a grandma to me, but now, in that vid, definitely approachable

Happy Hours: Reality TV had not been conceived of during the '70s,

I wish I could remember the name but there is a show from the 70s that follows a guy traveling around the world with his dog, pretty reality TVish.

Happy Hours: Axed Fatties: Headso: Little known fact: tookie williams was on the gong show.

He sure was: Link (new window)

Wait, did that video just call The Gong Show a "reality show"??????

Bull-farking-shiat. It was a talent show. Reality TV had not been conceived of during the '70s, thank Nixon and Carter for that. This could only happen under someone like Bush.

I wouldn't call it a reality show either, but it is important to the history of reality.

The reality competition program was a development from the game/talent show. The idea was "Hey, instead of only seeing contestants for 1 episode, let's see them for the whole season including times inbetween the 'games' and turn the contestants into characters."

dickfreckle: gilgigamesh: ShawnDoc: Girls eating popsicles is soooo much better than having a lifetime supply of porn available with a few clicks of the mouse.

You have to realize, this thread is about a show that will attract a bunch of dudes now in their 40s who remember the Gong Show as kids. In those days, we would wander the woods for hours searching under bridges looking for other people's moldy, wet porn caches like they were the goddamned Holy Grail.

Things were a bit different when you had to actually work to look at a picture of a boobie, and even if you found the boobie it would probably be waterstained and covered in turtle guano.

Lol. I'm not in my 40s (getting there) but I definitely remember the outdoor porn stash. We had a bridge over a river in my 'hood, and if you were lucky you would stumble upon some other kid's impressive porn cache, half-assed covered by a few rocks and maybe some twigs and leaves. I am a veteran of the outdoor porn wars.

Then, in the mid-90s, most of us had computers, or our families did. Even then, downloading one pic was painfully slow, and if you didn't like the result, tough sh*t. You fapped to it anyway because you didn't have all night to go hunting for the perfect pic. And actually purchasing porn sucked because they were all wrapped and you were stuck with what you got, which damn near never resembled the front cover. These were dark days, gentleman.

You kids don't know how good you have it. An entire solar system of porn is at your fingertips, and you don't have to earn it like we did. Farking punks. Get off my lawn.

what a 70s porn stache might look like...

gilgigamesh: ShawnDoc: Girls eating popsicles is soooo much better than having a lifetime supply of porn available with a few clicks of the mouse.

You have to realize, this thread is about a show that will attract a bunch of dudes now in their 40s who remember the Gong Show as kids. In those days, we would wander the woods for hours searching under bridges looking for other people's moldy, wet porn caches like they were the goddamned Holy Grail.

Things were a bit different when you had to actually work to look at a picture of a boobie, and even if you found the boobie it would probably be waterstained and covered in turtle guano.

A-freakin-men brother!!

The proverbial nail on the head

Happy Hours: Reality TV had not been conceived of during the '70s

"An American Family" was reality TV was it not?

gilgigamesh: ShawnDoc: Girls eating popsicles is soooo much better than having a lifetime supply of porn available with a few clicks of the mouse.

You have to realize, this thread is about a show that will attract a bunch of dudes now in their 40s who remember the Gong Show as kids. In those days, we would wander the woods for hours searching under bridges looking for other people's moldy, wet porn caches like they were the goddamned Holy Grail.

Things were a bit different when you had to actually work to look at a picture of a boobie, and even if you found the boobie it would probably be waterstained and covered in turtle guano.

And every once in a while you'd throw up after jagging off because squinting your eyes, turning your head and trying to see a boob on scrambled HBO/Showtime channels late at night could fark with the equilibrium.

The 70s - it was the best of times:


it was the worse of times:

subby, i recommend goggle and kleenex. millenials have no boundaries, so have fun.

gilgigamesh: rudemix: And every once in a while you'd throw up after jagging off because squinting your eyes, turning your head and trying to see a boob on scrambled HBO/Showtime channels late at night could fark with the equilibrium.

Oh man... Skinimax.

Every now and then, in the wee hours of the morning, you would be blessed with a few precious seconds of unscrambled boob.

I wonder how many hours of my life I wasted staring at those squiggly lines waiting in vain for that paydirt.

They were not wasted! Never let them make you believe it! We could have been interstellar pilots with the hand-eye coordination developed through scrambled boob watching. It isn't our fault they don't have instellar travel!

And was it just me, or did it seem like the first .0037ths of a second on, the scambled channel was clear? I'd hurt my button hand hitting channel up, then right back down for the clear shot.

ebarus: gilgigamesh: You have to realize, this thread is about a show that will attract a bunch of dudes now in their 40s who remember the Gong Show as kids. In those days, we would wander the woods for hours searching under bridges looking for other people's moldy, wet porn caches like they were the goddamned Holy Grail.

And occasionally, we found them. Those were the best days ever.

The stash existed up until the early 90s. A lot of us still had no internet.

But now...now are the good times.

Happy Hours: Reality TV had not been conceived of during the '70s

Herb Tarlek and his wife and family appeared on "Real Families" back in the 1970s.

(it is possible that show only aired in Cincinnati)

Headso: Little known fact: tookie williams was on the gong show.

And Oingo Boingo too.

Link (new window)

Keyser_Soze_Death: Headso: Little known fact: tookie williams was on the gong show.

And Oingo Boingo too.

Link (new window)

Not surprisingly the piece they play sounds just like the rest of Danny Elfman's film and TV work -- oom pah oom pah oom pah oom pah whaaaaa whaaaaa oom pah oom pah oom pah whaaaaa whaaaaa....

Either people were smaller back then, or the popsicles were a lot bigger.

dickfreckle: gilgigamesh: ShawnDoc: Girls eating popsicles is soooo much better than having a lifetime supply of porn available with a few clicks of the mouse.

You have to realize, this thread is about a show that will attract a bunch of dudes now in their 40s who remember the Gong Show as kids. In those days, we would wander the woods for hours searching under bridges looking for other people's moldy, wet porn caches like they were the goddamned Holy Grail.

Things were a bit different when you had to actually work to look at a picture of a boobie, and even if you found the boobie it would probably be waterstained and covered in turtle guano.

Lol. I'm not in my 40s (getting there) but I definitely remember the outdoor porn stash. We had a bridge over a river in my 'hood, and if you were lucky you would stumble upon some other kid's impressive porn cache, half-assed covered by a few rocks and maybe some twigs and leaves. I am a veteran of the outdoor porn wars.

Then, in the mid-90s, most of us had computers, or our families did. Even then, downloading one pic was painfully slow, and if you didn't like the result, tough sh*t. You fapped to it anyway because you didn't have all night to go hunting for the perfect pic. And actually purchasing porn sucked because they were all wrapped and you were stuck with what you got, which damn near never resembled the front cover. These were dark days, gentleman.

You kids don't know how good you have it. An entire solar system of porn is at your fingertips, and you don't have to earn it like we did. Farking punks. Get off my lawn.


How old are you? One day when I probably have grandchildren, and I will tell them this tale. They'll ask me if it's true ... but I won't really know.

Most people on the Internet were running on 14.4k when I hit the general age of reason. By the time I hit puberty we already had 56k. Things took forever to download, but pictures and such were easy to access.

boobsrgood: This thread needs more JP Morgan.



Also Jaye P. Morgan would have been acceptable.

I heard Chuck Barris tell some backstory about this act once.

He suspected that the censors had a plan to cut a certain number of acts per show. So he hit upon the idea of inventing a couple of acts each show that were so outrageous that the censors couldn't allow them to air. That way the acts they would have cut otherwise would stay in.

Apparently when this act, which he called the popsicle twins, came on, the censors were inexplicably not watching so it made it into the show.

Then again, Chuckie also claimed that he was a paid CIA assassin, so that story may have all been a product his coke addled imagination.

ebarus: gilgigamesh: You have to realize, this thread is about a show that will attract a bunch of dudes now in their 40s who remember the Gong Show as kids. In those days, we would wander the woods for hours searching under bridges looking for other people's moldy, wet porn caches like they were the goddamned Holy Grail.

And occasionally, we found them. Those were the best days ever.

I found my step-dad's stash of porn once. It was porn versions of old comic page characters. All I remember is seeing Popeye, Olive and Brutus together. It was disturbing...

/who knew that spinach was the precursor to viagra.

I spent most of the 80s denying the 70s.

HellRaisingHoosier: dickfreckle: gilgigamesh: ShawnDoc: Girls eating popsicles is soooo much better than having a lifetime supply of porn available with a few clicks of the mouse.

You have to realize, this thread is about a show that will attract a bunch of dudes now in their 40s who remember the Gong Show as kids. In those days, we would wander the woods for hours searching under bridges looking for other people's moldy, wet porn caches like they were the goddamned Holy Grail.

Things were a bit different when you had to actually work to look at a picture of a boobie, and even if you found the boobie it would probably be waterstained and covered in turtle guano.

Lol. I'm not in my 40s (getting there) but I definitely remember the outdoor porn stash. We had a bridge over a river in my 'hood, and if you were lucky you would stumble upon some other kid's impressive porn cache, half-assed covered by a few rocks and maybe some twigs and leaves. I am a veteran of the outdoor porn wars.

Then, in the mid-90s, most of us had computers, or our families did. Even then, downloading one pic was painfully slow, and if you didn't like the result, tough sh*t. You fapped to it anyway because you didn't have all night to go hunting for the perfect pic. And actually purchasing porn sucked because they were all wrapped and you were stuck with what you got, which damn near never resembled the front cover. These were dark days, gentleman.

You kids don't know how good you have it. An entire solar system of porn is at your fingertips, and you don't have to earn it like we did. Farking punks. Get off my lawn.


How old are you? One day when I probably have grandchildren, and I will tell them this tale. They'll ask me if it's true ... but I won't really know.

Most people on the Internet were running on 14.4k when I hit the general age of reason. By the time I hit puberty we already had 56k. Things took forever to download, but pictures and such were easy to access.


BBS days. Uhhh (Jogging old gray matter) about late 80s early 90s. You'd call a local number, and connect through your 300 baud or, if you had lots of money, 1200 baud. (I still remember playing Trade Wars on my C64. I could type faster than I got info back from the server)

Compressed JPGS weren't around, or popular yet. I recall d/l'ing Tiffs and Giffs... *sigh* Good god I'm old...

/8bit porn... mmmm

Let's see. An unscripted show, where people are shot with hidden camera as they react to outrageous situations...

Definitely not invented in the 60's....