Credit To : Charles Laquidara – Big Mattress
“It’s hard to believe all the attention being given these days to American Idol. Oh, granted a few of their contestants have achieved a little success, but where are the real show biz survivors (Jennifer Hudson excepted)? Here’s a clip from the greatest of all of these shows. I refer of course to The Gong Show and the first appearance of the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. The guy on trombone is Danny Elfman. Danny has four Academy Award nominations, an Emmy for creating the Desperate Housewives theme and wrote the theme for The Simpsons. He also was the voice of Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Xmas.”
Let’s join Chuck Barris, Buddy Hackett, and other luminaries of the day as we set the Wayback Machine back to capture the spirit of ’76 :
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