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The George Gobel Show Season 1 Episodes

30 Episodes 1954 - 1955

Episode 1

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. Next he sings with Peggy King, then he does a skit where his wife makes him get out of bed to go get a job at an employment agency.

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Episode 2

Angela Lansbury

Sat, Oct 9, 1954

With guitar in hand, George explains what goes into a good folk song, that they should include the words "Ireland" and "Mother." So he reduces his number to just a last line only, "She's that old Irish mother of mine!" In the main skit, Angela plays George's wife, and they discuss just what to do with their incorrigible (offscreen) son after he left her tied and gagged in a kitchen chair. They consider sending him to a strict military school, and George goes off to give him a talking to, but he also gets bound up.

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Episode 3

Jack Carson

Sat, Oct 16, 1954

Black Friday is here and the gang finally finds out what mysterious item they just waited 5 days in line for is!

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Episode 4

Marilyn Maxwell, Pat Carroll, El Brendell

Sat, Oct 30, 1954

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Episode 5

Boris Karloff

Sat, Nov 6, 1954

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Episode 6

Vera Vague

Sat, Nov 13, 1954

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Episode 7

Charles Coburn

Sat, Nov 27, 1954

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Episode 8

Faye Emerson, Julius Tannen

Sat, Dec 4, 1954

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Episode 9

Edward Everett Horton

Sat, Dec 11, 1954

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Episode 10

William Gargan

Sat, Dec 25, 1954

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Episode 11

New Year's Day

Sat, Jan 1, 1955

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Episode 12

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Sat, Jan 8, 1955

The dirty birds and the pea-pickers have a pow-wow when "Lonesome George" Gobel has as his guest "Tennessee Ernie" Ford. Peggy King sings. (Hollywood)

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Episode 13

George Liberace, Barbara Britton

Sat, Jan 22, 1955

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.

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Episode 14

Jackie Cooper

Sat, Jan 29, 1955

In his monologue, George comments on "Good Grammar Week", as he shows his own good grammar weak. At a penny arcade, he runs into Jackie Cooper, who turns out to be an old army buddy from the war. Even as it becomes clear that Jackie is a loud, pushy jerk, George is compelled to invite him home to dinner. George's wife is not happy to meet Jackie, as he gets fresh and even picks her up. Then he guzzles down what he thinks is a bottle of booze he finds in the Gobel kitchen, but it turns out to be Vanilla extract.

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Episode 15

Jeffrey Hunter

Sat, Feb 5, 195530 mins

It's academy award time, but George thinks theatre audiences should be eligible too, and has several nominees. Guests Jefferey Hunter and Jeff Donnell show a homecoming scene of a Hollywood star with a wonderful disposition, then the same scene if he was a foul-tempered brute.

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Episode 16

Claude Stroud

Sat, Feb 19, 1955

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Episode 17

Buddy Baer

Sat, Feb 26, 1955

The monologue has George commenting on the ongoing turmoil in the French government. He then demonstrates several items used in the playing of Mambo music, including gourds and mule bones. In the main skit, he has a ridiculously small Italian sports car that he tries to sell to ridiculously large Buddy Baer.

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Episode 18

Kirk Douglas

Sat, Mar 5, 1955

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Episode 19

Bob Feller

Sat, Mar 19, 1955

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Episode 20

Leigh Snowden, Mara Corday, Dani Crayne

Sat, Mar 26, 1955

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Episode 21

Vampira

Sat, Apr 2, 1955

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Episode 22

Walter Brennan

Sat, Apr 16, 1955

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Episode 23

The Jack Shafton Puppets

Sat, Apr 23, 1955

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Episode 24

James Stewart

Sat, Apr 30, 1955

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Episode 25

Jack Benny

Sat, May 14, 1955

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Episode 26

Adolphe Menjou

Sat, May 21, 1955

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Episode 27

Garry Moore

Sat, May 28, 1955

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Episode 28

Ludwig Stossel, Julius Tannen

Sat, Jun 11, 1955

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Episode 29

Peter Lorre, Nat Pendleton

Sat, Jun 18, 1955

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Episode 30

Fred MacMurray, "Spanky" MacFarland

Sat, Jun 25, 1955

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