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...George Gobel Show (Sat. 10 p.m., NBC). Guest: Ed Wynn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Dec. 19, 1955 | 12/19/1955 | See Source »

...George Gobel Show (Sat. 10 p.m NBC). With Peggy King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Nov. 21, 1955 | 11/21/1955 | See Source »

...George Gobel Show (Sat. 10 p.m., NBC). With Leo Durocher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Nov. 14, 1955 | 11/14/1955 | See Source »

Since the departure of Wally Cox, George Gobel is the shyest comic left on television. Gobel ended last season No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings, but his opening program did not have the look of a winner as Gobel traded arch repartee with a fluttery actress pretending to be his mother, endlessly rubbed noses with plump Singer Peggy King, and finally salvaged some shreds of comedy from an interview with Actor Fred MacMurray. Gobel this year may have a rival in CBS's Johnny Carson, another minor-keyed comic who can extract a remarkable amount of amusement from such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 10/24/1955 | See Source »

...each night viewers must make the decision whether to watch Robert Montgomery Presents, or Studio One, I Love Lucy or Medic, Disneyland or Arthur Godfrey, George Gobel or Gunsmoke. Shrewd Pat Weaver made these decisions even more difficult by spotting his 90-minute Spectaculars in places calculated to do the most audience harm to rival CBS. This year, NBC is back with 47 more Spectaculars, and CBS is replying in kind. Some TV families, rent with quarrels about which show to turn to, have ended in the divorce court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Big As All Outdoors | 10/17/1955 | See Source »

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