Gong Show Gene Gene The Dancing Machine

Gene patton the beloved dancing stagehand on the hugely popular 1970s series the gong show has died in pasadena calif.

At what were supposed to be spontaneous moments in the show launched in the 1970s that celebrated offbeat and sometimes awful acts count basie s upbeat jumpin at the woodside would. Patton the man who would become known as gene gene the dancing machine was a janitor before becoming a stagehand at nbc when chuck barris launched his infamous gong show. If someone asks what it was like to grow up watching tv in the 1970s send them these clips from the gong show. Eugene sidney patton sr.

The gong show s talented regular. Chuck barris and gene gene the dancing machine were about the only unexpected thing o. Pasadena eugene patton the stagehand who became gene gene the dancing machine on television s the gong show in the late 1970s has died patton died. Gene gene the dancing machine was a favorite segment of the.