http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/g ... Dies+at+82

82 years old. Died from diabetes.

No!!

Was it the sugar diabeetus?

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You know me like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACpNVD5GMUw

Classic!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I believe the story was they had 3 minutes to fill and gene was the guy who closed the curtains, so Chuck said Gene, go dance!

Loved that show...TRUE Reality!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Sad news for sure. That was some great bad television back in the day. RIP, GGTDM.

Remember when the Gong Show would put their phone number up on the screen prompting potential "talent" to call in for an audition? I was home alone sick from school one day and called the number just because.

The Gong Show operator asked a couple of questions like; What is my act/talent? When would I be in the Los Angeles area, etc. I muttered something stupid and hung up in a panic - I really didn't think anybody would even answer.

Fast forward to the end of the month when the phone bill came in... my dad flipped his lid. "Who called Los Angeles, California?!?" I still remember him yelling at the phone company about taking that charge off the bill. "Nobody was even home!", he kept shouting.

Forty years later, I still deny all culpability in the matter.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

I bet when he gets to his final resting place, B&B will be conveniently on.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

That's a Friday Fung call for a number of segments.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

That's my understanding as well.

I'm also made to understand that, in a tremendous demonstration of how cruel life can be, the poor fucker either ending up eventually losing both his feet or even legs. I mean, you can't get much more fucking awful than having Gene, Gene, The Dancing Machine ended up losing his legs?

Seeing his segments was the most entertaining thing to me when I was a kid. It still is the closest thing to a surefire way to make me happy, temporarily anyway.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Be happy, Don Tiny.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ACpNVD5GMUw

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Imagine if J Lo showed her tits on whatever show she is a judge on...like JP Morgan did. People would call for Obama to shut down that network!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”