Noun
gong show (plural gong shows)
(Canada) An event that proves to be a disaster, often in a fun or memorable way.
Last night, we all went drinking, and the whole thing turned into a total gong show.
That biology class was a gong show.
The Gong Show provided me with five years of the happiest times of my life, but that's that. And to be known as the guy who gave the world The Gong Show - listen, my Uncle George isn't known as anything. So I guess it isn't so bad in that context. Chuck Barris