Word: gobel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...done a series of twelve solo TV shows devoted to "Government and Human Nature." As high-strung as any star, Finer goes on the air fortified by repeated cups of coffee and doses of cough syrup, gives a vibrant performance (a fan describes him as "a real ancient George Gobel type"). After the show he needs a few hours to cool off and settle his nerves...
...demands on all TV thrushes are not quite so strenuous. Arthur Godfrey's hired hands have had to learn to ice-skate and swim, but, mostly, his singers need only look at the floor with humility while Arthur tells viewers what good kids they are. On the George Gobel Show, Peggy King's main nonsinging chore is to rub noses with Funnyman Gobel before he wanders offscreen. Denise Lor's task is more elusive: Garry Moore hired her because he thought she was "somebody the Middle West would like." The Midwest likes...
...December 1953, has dropped to thirteenth. The other four falterers (Bob Hope, Colgate Comedy Hour, Godfrey's Talent Scouts, Godfrey and His Friends} have plummeted further-they are no longer to be found even in the top 20 shows. The season's best new comic, George Gobel, has climbed to No. 17 and seems headed for the Top Ten before the year...
...George Gobel Show (Sat. 10 p.m., NBC). With Charles Coburn...
Lack of Format. Last year NBC signed him, but spent months trying to work out a proper format for his peculiar, shapeless brand of comedy. It was a tough job, since no one, including Gobel, could pin down his style. "I don't think it's like anybody else's," he says. "I didn't think about it until other people started describing it. They described it in so many ways, I get kind of mixed up. I guess it's offbeat, casual. I get a line I figure will be funny...