He also made a guest appearance in the popular Greek comedy series Tis Elados Ta Pedia (Greece's Boys).
[5] His films did not follow the formulaic approach or artistic pretensions of similar Greek films of the era, and although these were primarily low budget productions,[6] he managed to attract a large popular following and set new cinematic trends.
[5] The screening of his films created the first traffic jams in Thessaloniki, and his audience in Athens, mainly university students, after their chemistry labs, walked through the streets to the Hellespontos cinema in candlelight processions.
[4] He also made a guest appearance in the popular Greek comedy series Tis Elados Ta Pedia (Greece's Boys).
[9] Despite the success of his films, and the adoration of his fans, Gousgounis stayed away from the Greek star-system and avoided publicity.
The encounters of Gousgounis and his comrades with the tribe of the Amazons, depicted in the play, were a source of amusement for the high-school students of that decade.
[10] The comedy component of Gousgounis's films is alluded to in Maclean J. Storer's 2008 book: Forward O Peasant, where the author mentions: "It didn't really matter to him if she acted like someone out of Boat Bangers III, or perhaps more accurately, given the comedy aspect, like someone in a Costas Gousgounis film".
[13] He also starred and participated in multiple yearly events of the Greek Festival of Cult Cinema.
[5] According to writer Petros Tatsopoulos, in an interview published in the Greek newspaper To Vima, Gousgounis is more recognisable in Greece among youth, than even past prime ministers and academics such as Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas,[23] and was one of the greatest stars of the 70s in Greece among the youth of the era who enjoyed the humour of his films.
[24] His role as the security guard in an ERT TV series based on Nikos Kazantzakis's Christ Recrucified is included in a list of One Hundred Moments of Greek Television by To Vima.
[29] In the critique of the film Iron Man in the newspaper To Vima, one of the leading actors is compared to a "caricature of Gousgounis with a beard".