Eugene Patton died on Monday at age 82, as per WInk Martindale Facebook's page. He was an NBC stagehand who became known for his appearances as Gene Gene the Dancing Machine on the 70s GOng SHow.
Re: Eugene Patton dead at 82
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:39 pm
by silverscreenselect
I loved that man!!!!! He was the main reason I watched the Gong Show. This is one of the longer clips featuring him:
Re: Eugene Patton dead at 82
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:59 am
by rayxtwo
We scheduled our break between classes in college around this show. The commons room was packed everyday when the show was on. When Gene would get up and dance, we would jump and start dancing like him. Couple guys brought paper bags for the Unknown Comic, but that didn't go over as well. Bye Gene Gene, RIP.