UNKNOWN COMIC: CLOONEY’S A LIAR!

BAG IT!

“George Clooney’s a liar!” That’s the beef of Murray Langston, the “Unknown Comic” on the old “Gong Show,” who got famous cracking jokes with a bag over his head. Clooney, who’s directing “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” a movie about “Gong” creator Chuck Barris, promised he could play himself, Langston claims — but then reneged, auditioning others for the role. It gets worse! Langston says some actors up for the part actually contacted him. “They wanted me to tell them how to play ME!” he fumed. “It’s not right!!”