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He was best known as the star of his own weekly comedy variety television series, The George Gobel Show, on NBC from 1954 to 1959 and on CBS from 1959 to 1960 (alternating in its last season with The Jack Benny Program). He was also a familiar panelist on the NBC game show Hollywood Squares.
The George Gobel Show: With George Gobel, Jeff Donnell, John Scott Trotter, Peggy King. For Gobel's half-hour series, he used a successful comedy format of a monologue segment, followed by a story set up segment, then a musical interlude with the show's girl singer, then the main skit with the guest performers.
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- 1954-10-02
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The George Gobel Show. Seasons Years. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Unknown. S1.E1 ∙ Premiere Show with guest star Fred MacMurray. Sat, Oct 2, 1954. George introduces himself, then his orchestra leader, John Scott Trotter to his audience, then his guest, Fred Mac Murray, saxophone in hand, who wants something to do, but George refuses.
Aug 21, 2019 · The George Gobel Show~50s TV Comedy~Episode 1. This video has been restored and compiles under Public Domain and Derivative Works guidelines by Timeless Television. For Gobel's...
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Soft-spoken, mild-mannered comedian George Gobel (who became familiarly known as “Lonesome George” to his many fans) starred in this popular weekly half-hour variety/comedy series for six years, debuting on 2 October 1954.
Mini Bio. Squat, easygoing, crew-cut blond George Gobel was born George Leslie Goebel in Chicago, on May 20, 1919. Of Austrian/Scottish descent, his immigrant father, Hermann Goebel, was a butcher and grocer.
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In 1954 George Gobel began a television series on NBC, a comedy show that showcased Gobel's quiet, homespun style of humor, a low-key alternative to what audiences had seen on Milton Berle's shows. A huge success, the popular series made the crewcut Gobel one of the biggest comedy stars of the 1950s. Its centerpiece was a monologue about ...
