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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Arts / ??!! Attention Superstars!

Posted by David Schmader on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 3:20 PM

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Friday, May 8 brings the third-annual Stranger Gong Show to Chop Suey, where a parade of talented citizens—professional and amateur, old and young, sweet and sour—will make its way across the stage, and one lucky winner will be showered with prizes including $300 cash!

Like every year, each act will have a minimum of 45 seconds and a maximum of four minutes to perform and try not to get gonged by our panel of judges. What kind of acts are we looking for? The usual: Jugglers, magicians, jug bands, tap dancers, strongmen, yodelers, standup comics, sword swallowers, contortionists, slam poets, marching bands, mimes, bird callers, puppeteers, tuba players, hula-hoopers, comedy skits, chanteuses, ventriloquists, clog dancers, celebrity impersonators, Butoh dancers, vaudeville acts, burlesque dancers, accordionists, air bands, ~~actual buttholes~~—and any other unique and entertaining acts.

Sign up for the competition and find complete show and prize info right here. (Or sign up in person the night of the show—complete info on how to do this is here as well.)

In the meantime, from the original Gong Show, the greatest performance ever given by anyone, including Meryl Streep.

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Posted by vooodooo84 on April 22, 2009 at 3:36 PM

Gong Show time is my favorite time of year. If you put up Gong Show clips on Slog every day, I would send you a really nice present. I promise. It wouldn't be creepy. It would be nice.

Posted by Sweeney Agonistes on April 22, 2009 at 6:05 PM

I am disappointed. I thought she was going to queef the star spangled banner.

Posted by Y.F. on April 22, 2009 at 6:39 PM