Has everyone been checking out Comedy Central’s revival of The Gong Show? The updated version, called The Gong Show with Dave Attell, features a more or less identical setup and array of mind-boggling acts as the original. But with no Chuck Barris in the house, can it achieve the same level of lunacy as its predecessor?

Well, I’m actually not the right person to ask since I haven’t watched the new series yet. But judging from the following clips, it seems Comedy Central’s take on the so-bad-it’s-still-not-good talent competition should be doing a fairly good job of making viewers regularly think “WTF?!”

The show has the 10pm EST time slot in Comedy Central’s Thursday-night lineup, and tonight’s judges are Dave Navarro, Greg Giraldo, and Andy Dick. If you’re not tuning in already and need some motivation, take a look at the following clips. They’re what The Gong Show is all about.

The Search for the Next Price Is Right Host Is Over

I think I like this development. During the taping of yesterday’s Late Show With David Letterman, actor-comic Drew Carey revealed that he had just been officially named the successor to living legend Bob Barker, former host of the equally historic series The Price Is Right.

On the air since September 1972, American television’s longest-running daytime game show quickly became the focus of much speculation as CBS executives took what seemed like their sweet ol’ time to name a replacement for the recently retired Barker. The contenders ran the gamut from slick and suntanned actor George Hamilton at one point to outspoken entertainer Rosie O’Donnell and resident GSN game show host (and clear female fan fave) Todd Newton at another.