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The Countdown Begins: Three Days Until The Stranger Gong Show
Attention talented freaks and those who love to gawk at them: This Thursday, April 12 at the Crocodile Cafe, The Stranger will be presenting its first-ever Gong Show, hosted by yours truly.
This means we’re looking for any and all unique and entertaining acts hungry to strut their stuff before a panel of drunken judges for fabulous prizes. This means jugglers, magicians, yodelers, strongmen, stand-up comics, clog dancers, air bands, contortionists, jug bands, sword swallowers, vaudeville acts, and anyone else with an act that’s under four minutes long and doesn’t involve fire or minors. (The Croc is a bar.)
For more info and to sign up for the competition, go here. Talent may also sign-up at the door the night of the show, starting at 7pm.
And if you just want to gawk/cheer/heckle the drunken celebrity judges (including Sarah Rudinoff, Kerri Harrop, Dave Meinert, On the Boards artistic director Lane Czaplinski, and Stranger music editor Jonathan Zwickel) show up at the Crocodile on Thursday, April 12 for the fabulous and totally free freak parade kicking off at 9pm.
In the meantime, please enjoy this archival Gong Show footage featuring a young Paul Reubens, proving that even the gimmickiest Gong Show duet can lead to a triumphant Hollywood career and unfortunate public-porn bust. (And who is that lady with him? She looks so effing familiar, but I’m drawing a blank…)
Comments (8)
She is obviously the inspiration for Juliet Lewis' differently-abled character in "The Other Sister."
Posted by The_Pope_Of_Chili_Town | April 9, 2007 12:46 PMIs it possible? Could it actually be TV's Blair Brown?? (Days and Nights of Molly Dodd) Seems unlikely, yet that voice is dead-on, and the looks/age would match too. She also now does a lot of voiceover work, which would be a natural extension of this act: http://www.peacetalksonline.org/Blair.jpg
Posted by Scott Kennedy | April 9, 2007 12:59 PMI think it is Charlotte McGinnis, a comic from the 70's who used to work with Paul Rubens. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569353/
She was in a couple sub-B movies like "Reform School Girls" and one of those Billy Jack movies.
Posted by Lark Hawk | April 9, 2007 1:06 PMShe was also the lesbo science teacher on Popular, right?
Posted by David Schmader | April 9, 2007 1:15 PMI am wrong wrong wrong about Popular....
Posted by David Schmader | April 9, 2007 1:21 PMthe countdown "begins"?
Posted by tick tock | April 9, 2007 1:23 PMCHARLOTTE MCGINNIS Died May 24, 2006
Actress Charlotte McGinnis died of cancer at age 53. Ms. McGinnis was a one-time comedy partner of Paul Reubens before he became known as Pee Wee Herman. The pair appeared together on Chuck Barris� hit TV show "The Gong Show." Ms. McGinnis� film credits include "Billy Jack Goes to Washington," "Hardcore" and "Reform School Girls." She was the wardrobe supervisor on the film "Down On Us." She is survived by her husband, producer/director Howard Wiffinden.
Posted by ecce homo | April 9, 2007 2:28 PMNice work ecce
Posted by frank black | April 9, 2007 2:45 PMComments Closed
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