Wilderness Coming Soon: The Second Annual Stranger Gong Show
posted by March 21 at 13:19 PM
onLast spring at the Crocodile, a whole bunch of people came together to make the first-ever Stranger Gong Show a mind-blowing success.
This spring at Chop Suey, we’re doing it again.
The date: Saturday, April 26.
The cost: Free.
The line-up: God only knows. We’re looking for any and all human-based entertainments, including but not limited to jugglers, magicians, jug bands, tap dancers, strongmen, yodelers, stand-up comics, sword swallowers, contortionists, slam poets, marching bands, mimes, guys who shove quarters up their noses, bird callers, puppeteers, tuba players, hula hoopers, comedy skits, chanteuses, ventriloquists, clog dancers, celebrity impersonators, butoh dancers, vaudeville acts, accordianists, and air bands.
The rules: All acts must run between 45 seconds and four minutes, and require a minimum of set-up. (We’ll provide a mic and amp.) Due to “laws,” no acts can feature fire or kids (it’s a bar).
Acts can get on the bill just by showing up at Chop Suey the night of the show, or by signing up in advance in our forthcoming online form. (Coming soon, stay tuned.)
In the meantime, please enjoy this taste of the late, great, and fuh-reaky original Gong Show.
Comments
I want the lady who chewed up Twinkies and fed them by mouth to her rubber chickens back, and I want to see her entire act without that knob (was it Jonathan Zwickel?) gonging her. That was the greatest thing I've ever seen.
Great idea! You can see what it did for the Crocodile...
Oh thank the Lord. Last year was SO much fun.
Fnarf, what other tricks do you have up your sleeve?
Nice!
I'll go, but only if Jaye P Morgan will be there...
5: Even better, Jaye P. Morgan will be jointly channeled through two formidable women: Ms. Kerri Harrop and Ms. Sarah Rudinoff.
I can shit ACME anvils.
where can we sign up to judge. i want gong access.
the 70s were so fun...
I want to see the end of the rubber chicken act too! That was the best thing there. Maybe completely disable the gong for her bit, as an apology.
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