The Eddie Fisher Show on October 1, 1957. The show alternated on Tuesday nights with "The George Gobel Show" airing from 8:00-9:00 pm for its entire run. Fisher was married to actress Debbie Reynolds. The two divorced in 1959 and Fisher went on to marry Elizabeth Taylor. Fisher and Reynolds' divorce was very much publicize and after several months of scandals and unflattering publicity for Fisher, NBC decided to cancel the show with its last episode that aired on March 27, 1959. The series aired on Tuesdays from 8:30-9:00 pm for its entire run alternating weekly with "The George Gobel Show". The Eddie Fisher
Shug Fisher "publicity was fine, but you can’t eat it...My motto was, pay me something, or I don’t play." In 1931, Tom Murray, who had recently left the Beverly Hill Billies, offered Fisher a spot with his new group, the Hollywood Hillbillies, based in Los Angeles. Fisher learned to play the bass fiddle with the group and claimed he was one of the first to play the instrument in a country band. The Hillbillies appeared on the "Hollywood Breakfast Club" radio show and were fairly popular around Los Angeles but had little income to show for it. In late 1933, Fisher and