Videos from the High School Years: The Gambler (1978)

Kenny Rogers scored a mammoth crossover hit with "The Gambler" in 1978. It hit #1 on the Billboard country chart, but peaked at #16 on the Hot 100 (pop chart).

Kenny made a guest appearance on The Muppet Show in 1979, and did "The Gambler" in a skit with a Muppet made specially for this particular scene. There's no lip-sync here, folks. Uploaded by dteeps42 to YouTube:



"The Gambler" also spawned a series of TV-movies for NBC. It's amazing how one song can become a franchise all by itself......!

Update, 10/23/20: Here's the original video that started the franchise: