George Leslie Goebel was an American humorist, actor, and comedian. 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. He was also a familiar panelist on the NBC game show Hollywood Squares.
Gobel in the trailer for I Married a Woman (1958)
Hoagy Carmichael and George Gobel in 1954
Hollywood Squares is an American game show in which two contestants compete in a game of tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The show piloted on NBC in 1965 and the regular series debuted in 1966 on the same network. The board for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants. The stars are asked questions by the host and the contestants judge the truth of their answers to gain squares in the right pattern to win the game.
Title card for the original 1966–1981 version
Celebrating the start of its ninth year on the air in 1974, (L–R) are Paul Lynde, Rose Marie, host Peter Marshall and Cliff Arquette as Charley Weaver.
The 2000th show in 1974. Back row, L-R: Cliff Arquette as Charley Weaver, Rose Marie, John Davidson (who later hosted the 1986 revival of the show), George Gobel, Kent McCord, Peter Marshall, Vincent Price and Paul Lynde. Front row: Ruta Lee and Sandy Duncan.
Peter Marshall hosting Storybook Squares in 1969
