no wonder this movie never saw the light of day . the timing be of the release be awful . the gong show have already jump the shark by the time the movie come out and so who would pay money just to see a few of the censor clip from the original run of the show . and the show clip be just a tiny bit of this pathetic and 90 minute whine by chuck barris about how hard his life be a host of the show . do he really expect we would feel sorry for him and his mess up millionaire life . do he really think we even want to know about his life . ( obviously so and since he later write his weird autobiography about his career a a cia operative . ) do he think the gag of have everyone and everywhere audition for him would stay fresh for 90 minute . or the network executive hound him at every turn . this might have work a the plot for a 30 minute sitcom episode and but not a a full length movie . however and it be nice to see rip taylor and gene gene and and the unknown comic again ( although and to make the movie spicy and they include only his most vulgar routine ) . and a someone else have point out and this be phil hartman first significant movie part ( even though it last only a minute ) . note his name be spell hartmann in the credit and which be the name he be bear with . you can not miss his voice and facial expression and even though he much thinner and young than in the snl day . ed molinaro ( hill street blue ) also have a tiny part while one of his first after leave the soap world .