By Steve CrumThe new and unimproved The Gong Show premiered last week, starring British comic Tommy Maitland. The joke is he is really Mike Myers in disguise. Now that’s funny. He’s nowhere near a Chuck Barris, but that’s OK. (It has to be since Chuck is no longer with us.) The original Gong Show featured outrageous but entertaining acts like The Unknown Comic and Gene, Gene the Dancing Machine. And last week’s episode had some eccentric acts of the same caliber.
HOWEVER, the winning act was a married couple who repeatedly spit bananas from mouth to mouth. Their finale was literally spitting (appearing to be puking) mushed up bananas into each other’s mouths. Gross is not quite the word. Disgusting is closer. So naturally these two took First Place. If this is a hint of things to come, please rename this program The Gag/Vomit Show.
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