# The most recent incarnation of The Gong Show

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-recent-incarnation-of-the-gong-show/789662>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 23, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-recent-incarnation-of-the-gong-show/789662 "2017-06-23T02:24:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-recent-incarnation-of-the-gong-show/789662/1 "2017-06-23T02:24:58Z")

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I just ran across this train wreck. The celebrity judges tonight are Ken Jeong, a remarkably thin Zach Galifianakis and Will Arnett. And the host is obviously Mike Myers in prosthetics. Everybody knows this. Right?

And, not impressed. At least, so far.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-recent-incarnation-of-the-gong-show/789662/2 "2017-06-23T02:43:51Z")

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There’s another thread about the new Gong Show.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829266](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829266)

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**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-recent-incarnation-of-the-gong-show/789662/3 "2017-06-23T02:49:35Z")

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Oops. Sorry I brought it up. It’s terrible by the way. If the moderators can please close this that would be appreciated.