The Gong Show

A powerhouse of gregarious silliness for our delight and entertainment Chuck Barris weekly orchestrates his national amateur talent show comprised of bizarre exploits none of your conventional class acts unique offbeat eccentric spectacles for the questionable and less discerning palate guaranteed a few good laughs peppered by resounding sounds of the gong ong ong Walks in brown bag over head the unknown comic snickering unloading sarcasm by the truckload taunting daring wingnuts on standby Chuck invites lineups of hopeful contestants out to show off their disputable skills and talents performers dubious absurd and outlandish come for their five minutes of fame and glory most delusional hoping not to hear reverberate resounding sounds of the gong ong ong Comes singer Boxcar Willie followed by Gene Gene the Dancing Machine the anticipation at an all time high it’s a circus invasion on our tv flaunting their wares publicly on air exhibitions with guts and little pride worst acts of the week preposterous scores on scale 0 to 10 overruled contributing to the silliness of our youth the resounding sounds of the gong ong ong Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~RANDOM MUSINGS VOL.2~ 2020 AP: Honorable Mention 2020 Submitted on August 27, 2020 for contest LIVING IT UP FOR LAUGHTER sponsored by CHANTELLE ANNE COOKE - RANKED 2ND