The Resume

(May 20, 1919-February 24, 1991)
Hosted 'The George Gobel Show' (1954)
Portrayed Mayor Otis Harper, Jr. on 'Harper Valley P.T.A.'
Acted in 'Ellie' (1984), 'Day It Came to Earth' (1979), 'Guide for the Married Woman' (1978), 'Rabbit Test' (1978), 'I Married a Woman' (1958) and 'Birds and the Bees' (1956)

Why he might be annoying:

He smoked.
He liked to drink and said 'I've never been drunk, but often I've been over served.'
He typecast himself as mild mannered and picked on.
As a child, he strummed guitar and was known as 'The Littlest Cowboy.'
He mastered catch phrases known as Gobelisms. Such Gobelism were 'Well I'll be a dirty bird.'
He looked like the kid everyone picked on.
He became a virtual unknown in the '60s and '70s.
He was married over fifty years to Alice.
He was the 'butt' of the joke when friend Dean Martin kept flicking his ashes into Gobel's drink without being aware of it during an appearance on 'Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was a standup comedian who made his way to early television.
He trained pilots during WW II.
It seems like Tim Conway stole his act.
He would jokingly refer to his wife as 'Spooky Old Alice.'
He won an Emmy.
He replaced Charley Weaver as a square on 'Hollywood Squares,'
He appeared a number of times on 'Johnny Carson's Tonight Show' and 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Andy Williams Show Guests [1962-71]
• Carol Burnett Show Guests
• Celebrities who Served in World War II [1939-45]
• Daniel Boone - Guest Stars
• Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts - Guests [A-K]
• Dean Martin Show Guests [A-K]
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Flip Wilson Show Guests
• Hee Haw Guests
• Hollywood Square Celebrities [1966-82]
• I am from Chicago
• I Attended the Opening Day of Disneyland [July 17, 1955]
• I Boarded the Love Boat [E-K]
• I Died in 1991 (Ranked: 72)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[F-I]
• I Narrated a Rankin-Bass Special
• I Underwent a Heart Bypass Operation
• I'm Buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery [California]
• I've Got a Secret - Guests [1952-67]
• Jack Benny Show
• Look at Me, I'm Riding a Bicycle
• Profiles 12501-12750 (Ranked: 12748)
• Red Skelton Show Guests
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in Guests [A-K]
• Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour [1967-70]
• Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour Guests
• Variety Show Hosts
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19910224)
• What's My Line - Mystery Guests [1950-1967]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 75 Votes: 42.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 30 Votes: 23.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 56 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 34.78% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 43 Votes: 39.53% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 40 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 71 Votes: 49.30% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 162 Votes: 48.15% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 177 Votes: 47.46% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 58 Votes: 46.55% Annoying