What's Happening!!: Going, Going, GongABC
January 5, 1978
Sitcom
DVD
B
In this Eisenstock & Mintz story, Roger and Dee manage her talented friends the Givens Kids (sort of as themselves). They have great a capella voices and seem shoe-ins to win The Gong Show. However, Rerun also is competing, as a dancer. The plot itself is predictable, but the episode is worth watching for the singing and dancing, and for a very skeletal version (no Chuck Barris) of one of the most popular game shows of the time.
Sandy Kenyon, who appeared on Gidget, That Girl, and M*A*S*H, here plays Mr. Davidson. Wolfman Jack is the most recognizable panelist of course, though Kene Holiday (then best known for Carter Country) would show up as the boyfriend of Danny's girlfriend on Soap. As for the Givens Family, they apparently had minor success after their appearance here, and Audrey is still active in the music field, particularly gospel.
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