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...George Gobel's sudden TV popularity is as baffling as a common cold: everybody gets it, but nobody can explain it. A mild-voiced, crewcut, anonymous sort of a man, he says: "The trouble with me is, people don't remember who I am. I guess I don't make a good impression. When I go to a party, nobody says hello; but when I leave, everybody says goodbye...
...night last week 34-year-old Gobel stood in front of a television camera. For a moment, he seemed like a well-dressed but bewildered boy who had come to deliver coffee and sandwiches to the TV crew, but who somehow had got in the way of the lens. "I am proud to announce,'' he said, "that this program is being beamed to our armed forces at Helsing's Bar and Grill. And let me say something to our fighting men there. Men, stop fighting...
Hold Your Horse? This low-pressure Gobeldygook comes naturally to George. "It's interesting how I got to be called George Gobel," he told TViewers on one show. "One day Dad called all 16 of us children into the living room and said, 'O.K., now, which one of you kids wants to be George Gobel?' I wanted to be Douglas Fairbanks Jr. But that was already taken...
...live TV numbers, George Gobel, with a brilliantly conceived monologue on electronic "brains," again proved that he is the best of the new TV comics; Lauren Bacall and David Niven co-starred in a surprisingly successful adaptation of Irwin Shaw's memorable short story, The Girls in Their Summer Dresses, while Helen Hayes and Thomas Mitchell gave a professional tug to viewers' heartstrings in a Max Shulman playlet. The show closed with a well-staged and effective few words from President Eisenhower. Jubilee was easily the best single TV program since the Ford anniversary program of last year...
...George Gobel Show (Sat. 10 p.m., NBC). Guest: Boris Karloff...