KUTV EXTRA Episodes 40 and 41: Tom Barberi, Sanctus, The Gong Show, Rolling Thunder
Media Number
A0303_040_A0303_041
Description
Segments include: A humorous profile of Tom Barberi, irreverent early morning DJ on KALL radio, featuring Fred Wix and Mike Runge; Ballet West co-artistic director Bruce Marks shares his new choreographic work, Sanctus, about the birth and crucifixion of Christ; C. Larry Roberts follows contestants for The Gong Show, the brainchild of Chuck Ferris, who is the host. The premise of the show is that performers, the best and the worst, are featured on the show for one minute and thirty seconds, at which point a panel of celebrity judges either hits a gong, eliminating the contestant, or award points to win absurd prizes; A self-named Chief Rolling Thunder builds a home of found objects beside the interstate, known as "Chief Rolling Thunder in the Mountains."
Date
1978-05-10; 1978-05-17
Creator
KUTV (Television station: Salt Lake City, Utah)
Contributor
Severson, Lucky; Hallet, Judy; Idsvoog, Karl; Roberts, Larry C.
Spatial Coverage
Utah; United States
Subject
Magazine format television programs--Utah--Salt Lake City; Television broadcasting--Utah--Salt Lake City; Art and architecture; Dance; Parody; Television game shows
Collection Number and Name
A0303 KUTV News collection
Collection Name
KUTV News
Holding Institution
Multimedia Archive, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah