<P> Johnny Jacobs was the main announcer from 1976 to 1980; due to an extended illness, Jack Clark substituted from October 3, 1977 through December 23, 1977 . Charlie O'Donnell served as announcer for the late - 1980s revival . </P> <P> In 1976, Carol Burnett (who did a skit on The Carol Burnett Show where her character Eunice Higgins, of the recurring The Family sketch, performed--and got gonged--on the show) introduced Barris with this quote, "And now, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce a man with the charm of Cary Grant, good looks of Robert Redford, and the acting skills of Laurence Olivier . I'd like to meet that man, but until then, I'm stuck with Chuck Barris ." That same year, actor Dick Van Dyke also introduced Barris; later in that episode, Barris promoted Van Dyke's short - lived NBC series Van Dyke and Co . </P> <P> Hostesses included Siv Åberg (a Swedish - born model who appeared on Barris's syndicated New Treasure Hunt), actress Marlena Clark, porn actress Carol Connors, and Barris's then - teenage daughter Della . </P> <P> NBC decided to take the chance on Chris Bearde's talent show to fix a scheduling problem at 12: 30 PM (11: 30 AM, Central). This was NBC's least important time slot, as whatever program that ran in the slot at the time had to share the half - hour with a five - minute newscast anchored by Edwin Newman . As a result, the first six - plus months of Gong featured approximately twenty minutes of program content in a twenty - five - minute episode . </P>

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