| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $600: This grief-stricken actor kept a vigil until rescue teams recovered his wife Carole Lombard's remains after a 1942 plane crash Clark Gable |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? $800: 1939:
"That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed, and often and by someone who knows how" Clark Gable |
| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | NUMBER "ONE" MOVIE $1000: Clark Gable won his only Oscar for this 1934 comedy It Happened One Night |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | THE OSCAR-WINNING FORMULA $1000: Claudette Colbert
+ Clark Gable
- an undershirt It Happened One Night |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | THE ACTOR'S STUDIO $1600: Seen here, Louis B. Mayer signs Clark Gable's "Gone with the Wind" contract with this studio, Gable's home from 1931 to 1954 MGM |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | FINISH THE LINE $200: Clark Gable in "Gone with the Wind": "Frankly, my dear..." I don't give a damn |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | C.G., I $400: I can't believe a 1930s MGM casting director said, "My ears made me look like a giant sugar bowl" Clark Gable |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | CELEB NAME IN THE MIDDLE $800: Philip K.
____ ____
Gable Dick Clark |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD $1600: Tip your hat to this Vine Street restaurant where it's said Clark Gable proposed to Carole Lombard the Brown Derby |
| #8075, aired 2019-10-18 | BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS $400: Clark Gable as Fletcher Christian helped propel this 1935 film to best picture, the first remake to win the Oscar Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | THE "NIGHT" WATCH $2000: This Clark Gable-Claudette Colbert screwball comedy was the great sleeper film of 1934 It Happened One Night |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | THEIR THIRD SPOUSE $1600: Clark Gable:
This beloved actress who died in a plane crash Carole Lombard |
| #7794, aired 2018-06-28 | NOWHERE LAND $1600: Sent to work for an obscure movie co., Clark Gable asked employees, "Why ain't you wearing parkas in" this region? Siberia |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | TYPES OF NAMES $600: For his stage name, handsome, urbane Archie Leach chose this Cary Grant |
| #7336, aired 2016-07-04 | RENO 411 $1600: Filmed in Reno, the movie "The Misfits" was the last picture for this "Gone with the Wind" star Clark Gable |
| #7213, aired 2016-01-13 | STARS IN THE SKY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a hanger at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, GA.) Stars who've flown on Atlanta-based Delta over the years include these two, who had a big premiere just up the road in 1939 Clark Gable & Vivien Leigh |
| #7065, aired 2015-05-08 | A. MILLER'S TALES $1200: Miller wrote the screenplay for "The Misfits", the last feature film for both Clark Gable & this actress Marilyn Monroe |
| #7043, aired 2015-04-08 | ZERO TO SIXTY $400: 2014 marked the 60th anniversary of this brand's gullwing 300SL, driven by Clark Gable & Sophia Loren Mercedes |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | THEY FOUGHT IN THE BIG ONE $1000: Hitler reportedly offered a reward for the capture of this actor who'd joined the Army Air Force after Carole Lombard's death Clark Gable |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $400: Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert hitchhike across George Romero's original apocalypse It Happened One Night of the Living Dead |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | PUTTING THE HAM IN HAMLET $1600: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend" Polonius |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | A "MAD" CATEGORY $1200: Wax nostalgic with renderings of Clark Gable & Elvis at the Hollywood branch of this attraction Madame Tussauds |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | WHO SAID WHAT ABOUT WHOM? $400: Howard Hughes said this "Gone With The Wind" actor's "ears make him look like a taxi-cab with both doors open Clark Gable |
| #6356, aired 2012-04-16 | 1930s COMEDIES $2000: In this film Clark Gable reassures Claudette Colbert saying, "The walls of Jericho will protect you from the Big Bad Wolf" It Happened One Night |
| #6324, aired 2012-03-01 | OSCAR-WINNING CO-STARS $800: Clark Gable &
Claudette Colbert
(1934) It Happened One Night |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | CHARACTERS IN MOVIES $400: This character's 3 husbands were played by Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye & Clark Gable Scarlett O'Hara |
| #6225, aired 2011-10-14 | ARCHITECTURE $1200: Yes, Clark, a pediment is a type of this triangular section of wall a gable |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | THE ROLE IN COMMON $1200: Clark Gable,
Marlon Brando,
Mel Gibson:
A British sailor Fletcher Christian |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | I'M GETTING MARRIED! $1200: Clark Gable (1939) Carole Lombard |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $400: Gable,
Clifford,
Kent Clark |
| #6033, aired 2010-12-01 | BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS $600: This Oscar winner starring Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert was based on a cosmopolitan short story titled "Night Bus" It Happened One Night |
| #5916, aired 2010-05-10 | DIRECTORS & THEIR FILMS $2000: Clark Gable was happy to see him come in & finish directing "Gone with the Wind" Victor Fleming |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | HOLLYWOOD REMAKES $800: This waterlogged 1935 movie with Charles Laughton & Clark Gable was remade in 1962 & 1984 Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #5642, aired 2009-03-03 | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS $800: March 29, 1939: Marry Carole Lombard. On set: Remind self not to give damn Clark Gable |
| #5478, aired 2008-06-04 | CELEBRITY LIVES $1000: "Long Live the King" & a book subtitled "Portrait of A Misfit" are bios of this legendary actor Clark Gable |
| #5419, aired 2008-03-13 | ARTHUR MILLER $800: Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay for the 1961 film "The Misfits", this male superstar's last film Clark Gable |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | PICK THE OSCAR WINNER $400: "Gone with the Wind":
Clark Gable,
Vivien Leigh,
Olivia de Havilland Vivien Leigh |
| #5233, aired 2007-05-16 | FAMOUS NICKNAMES $400: This star of "The Misfits" dismissed his nickname "The King" with "I eat and sleep and go to the bathroom" like anyone else Clark Gable |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | JUST ONE OF THE 2... $1000: movies in which Clark Gable starred that won consecutive Best Picture Oscars in the mid-1930s It Happened One Night |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | NOW NAME THE OTHER... $2000: movie in which Clark Gable starred that won consecutive Best Picture Oscars in the mid-1930s Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #5079, aired 2006-10-12 | CATALINA $800: Movies shot on Catalina include this 1935 Oscar winner starring Clark Gable & Charles Laughton Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #4921, aired 2006-01-23 | FILMOGRAPHIES $400: "Inherit the Wind",
"Anchors Aweigh",
"An American in Paris" Gene Kelly |
| #4854, aired 2005-10-20 | DOUBLE "H" $400: In "It Happened One Night", Clark Gable used his thumb to do this; Claudette Colbert bared her leg hitchhike |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CLARK GABLE $400: "They had more than love--they had fun" was the tagline for the 1976 biopic about Gable's romance with her Carole Lombard |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CLARK GABLE $800: After she was a wow singing to Gable at his 36th birthday party, she got to sing to his photo on film Judy Garland |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CLARK GABLE $1200: In this rebellious 1935 release, Gable romances island girl Mamo Clark Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CLARK GABLE $1600: Gable's last line on film, "Just head for that big star straight on... it'll take us right home", is in this movie The Misfits |
| #4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CLARK GABLE $2000: The title of this movie with Gable as an adman is a term for flashy, aggressive salesmen The Hucksters |
| #4451, aired 2004-01-05 | "WILD" ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT $1600: Clark Gable starred in the 1935 big screen version of this Jack London adventure tale Call of the Wild |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE $1600: Married to Clark Gable at the time of her death, this actress was also a cousin of director Howard Hawks Carole Lombard |
| #4305, aired 2003-04-25 | BEST ACTOR OSCAR WINNERS $1200: 1934:
Clark Gable for this romantic comedy It Happened One Night |
| #4186, aired 2002-11-11 | OHIO ENTERTAINERS $400: Born in Cadiz, he's the sex symbol seen here in the '30s Clark Gable |
| #4131, aired 2002-07-15 | ACTORS PLAYING ACTORS $2000: He was best known for his role on "Marcus Welby" before he played Clark Gable in "Gable and Lombard" James Brolin |
| #4101, aired 2002-06-03 | AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS $800: Clark Gable's third wife, she's entombed beside him in Forest Lawn Carole Lombard |
| #3992, aired 2002-01-01 | FAMOUS MOUSTACHES $600: He reluctantly shaved off his moustache to act in "Mutiny on the Bounty" in 1935 Clark Gable |
| #3876, aired 2001-06-11 | STATES' MEN $1000: Clark Gable,
Clarence Darrow,
Neil Armstrong Ohio |
| #3838, aired 2001-04-18 | HOLLYWOOD $400: The man seen here didn't wear an undershirt in this 1934 film, setting a trend for decades It Happened One Night (Clark Gable) |
| #3838, aired 2001-04-18 | HOLLYWOOD $500: Seen here, this actress was at the peak of her popularity when she was killed in a plane crash in 1942 Carole Lombard (who at the time was married to Clark Gable) |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | SPOUSE IN COMMON $400: William Powell,
Clark Gable Carole Lombard |
| #3675, aired 2000-07-21 | OLD HAT $200: Clark Gable proposed to Carole Lombard in booth 54 of this old Hollywood landmark The Brown Derby |
| #3595, aired 2000-03-31 | THE MOVIES $1000: The Clark Gable-Yvonne De Carlo film "Band of Angels" is based on a novel by this "All The King's Men" author Robert Penn Warren |
| #3552, aired 2000-02-01 | FILM ROLES IN COMMON $1,000 (Daily Double): Role played by Clark Gable in 1935, Marlon Brando in '62 & Mel Gibson in '84 Fletcher Christian (Mutiny on the Bounty) |
| #3428, aired 1999-06-30 | THE MOVIES $800: "Adventure" was the first film this "Gone with the Wind" star made after his World War II combat service Clark Gable |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: In the 1930s this heartthrob was so popular he was known as "The King of Hollywood" Clark Gable |
| #3336, aired 1999-02-22 | ADVERBS $200: Adverb that begins Clark Gable's last line in "Gone with the Wind" frankly |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | BIG SCREEN BRAINBUSTERS $3,000 (Daily Double): John Huston's "The Misfits" was the last complete film for these 2 screen superstars Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | MORE THAN "ONE" MOVIE $200: This film is famous for the traffic-stopping scene seen here:
"What are you going to do?"
"A system all my own." It Happened One Night |
| #3216, aired 1998-09-07 | "YOUNG" PEOPLE $500: In a revealing memoir, Judy Lewis claims to be the "love child" of Clark Gable & this actress Loretta Young |
| #3208, aired 1998-07-08 | ...AND CLOTHING $800: '90s designers rediscovered this item that Clark Gable nearly killed off in "It Happened One Night" the undershirt |
| #3064, aired 1997-12-18 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: Clark Gable co-starred with her in "No Man Of Her Own" in 1932 & married her a few years later Carole Lombard |
| #2774, aired 1996-09-26 | "WILD" MOVIES $200: In 1935 Clark Gable starred in this film version of a Jack London classic Call of the Wild |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | CELEBRITIES SPEAK $300: Howard Hughes said of this movie star, "His ears made him look like a taxicab with both doors open" Clark Gable |
| #2665, aired 1996-03-15 | REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUEE $400: William Gable & Claudette Chauchoin in "It Happened One Night" Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert |
| #2532, aired 1995-09-12 | THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS $200: In 1995 the son of this "Gone with the Wind" actor served as the first Mr. Golden Globe Clark Gable |
| #2383, aired 1995-01-04 | THE MOVIES $100: Film in which Clark Gable said, "From now on they'll spell mutiny with my name" Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #2355, aired 1994-11-25 | CELEBRITY MARRIAGES $300: Clark Gable's short but happy marriage to this actress ended with her death in a 1942 plane crash Carole Lombard |
| #2294, aired 1994-07-21 | MOVIE NOSTALGIA $500: Greer Garson "got him" as her co-star in "Adventure", his first film after serving in WWII (Clark) Gable |
| #2222, aired 1994-04-12 | ROMANTIC MOVIE TEAMS $200: The "Walls of Jericho" were erected between these 2 "It Happened One Night" stars Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | FILMS OF THE '60s $300: Clark Gable played an aging cowboy in this film, which turned out to be his last The Misfits |
| #2111, aired 1993-11-08 | HOLLYWOOD HODGEPODGE $400: Frankly, my dear, he proposed to Carole Lombard at the Brown Derby in 1939 Clark Gable |
| #1998, aired 1993-04-21 | LEFTOVERS $400: Clark Gable sang this song on film in 1939, Taco sang it in 1983 & we're not "puttin'" you "on" "Puttin' On The Ritz" |
| #1886, aired 1992-11-16 | HITCHCOCK'S BLONDES $300: She was Mrs. Clark Gable when she starred in Hitchcock's comedy "Mr. And Mrs. Smith" Carole Lombard |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | JOHN HUSTON $300: The last scene of this Huston film features Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe driving off in the dark The Misfits |
| #1597, aired 1991-07-09 | THE WWII HOME FRONT $300: When her plane crashed on a defense bond tour, husband Clark Gable joined the search for the wreckage Carole Lombard |
| #1488, aired 1991-02-06 | MIDDLE NAMES $200: "Frankly, my dear", it was Gable's middle name Clark |
| #1462, aired 1991-01-01 | AVA GARDNER $500: Ava earned an Oscar nomination for this 1953 film in which she romanced Clark Gable in Africa Mogambo |
| #1443, aired 1990-12-05 | HOLLYWOOD HISTORY $300: When he read the novel "Gone with the Wind", his reaction was, "What a part for Ronald Coleman" Clark Gable |
| #1431, aired 1990-11-19 | BIOGRAPHIES $400: "Screwball" is the story of this screwball comedy star who married Clark Gable Carol Lombard |
| #1171, aired 1989-10-09 | MAGNIFICENT MOUSTACHES $400: He hated shaving his moustache to play Fletcher Christian in 1935, but he got an Oscar nomination Clark Gable |
| #1097, aired 1989-05-16 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: Ads for "Fletch Lives" show this actor holding a Southern belle, Clark Gable style Chevy Chase |
| #1057, aired 1989-03-21 | CELEBRITY MARRIAGES $300: He was Carole Lombard's 2nd husband Clark Gable |
| #1050, aired 1989-03-10 | GONE WITH THE WIND $100: Olivia de Havilland said Clark Gable was "terrified" of playing this role Rhett Butler |
| #1024, aired 1989-02-02 | CLASSIC CINEMA $600: "It Happened One Night"; they became the 1st co-stars to win Best Actor & Actress Oscars Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $100: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn that he ran away from home at 16 & worked in a tire factory Clark Gable |
| #977, aired 1988-11-29 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $800: Gable's middle name was Clark while his true first name was this William |
| #852, aired 1988-04-26 | MOVIE DANCERS $200: He sang & danced in "Idiot's Delight" the same year he made "Gone with the Wind" Clark Gable |
| #766, aired 1987-12-28 | PETS $400: In a 1958 film, it's what Clark Gable tried to be in Doris Day's journalism class Teacher's Pet |
| #714, aired 1987-10-15 | THE HUSBAND MARRIED $600: Josephine Dillon,
Ria Langham,
Carole Lombard,
Lady Sylvia Ashley
& Kay Spreckels Clark Gable |
| #690, aired 1987-09-11 | AWARDS $400: In a single evening, this 1934 film became 1st film to sweep all 5 top Oscars It Happened One Night |
| #678, aired 1987-07-15 | SHOW BIZ SHELLEYS $500: When Clark Gable came to pick her up, she thinks her mother may have said, "Don't be careful" Shelley Winters |
| #673, aired 1987-07-08 | REMAKES $200: Actor who starred with Jean Harlow in 1932's "Red Dust" & Ava Gardner in 1953 remake, "Mogambo" Clark Gable |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | "WILLIAMS" $100: "Black Clark Gable", he says his career turning point was playing a space pirate in "Star Wars" sequels Billy Dee Williams |
| #515, aired 1986-11-28 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Before spurning Scarlett O'Hara he was scarlet himself, in "The Scarlet Pimpernel" Leslie Howard |
| #506, aired 1986-11-17 | LEADING MEN $400: Joan Crawford's daughter said this "GWTW" star was 1 of 2 men Joan "really, really" loved" Clark Gable |
| #490, aired 1986-10-24 | ACTORS & ROLE $200: In '35, Clark Gable played this mutineer; in '62, it was Marlon Brando, & in '84, Mel Gibson Mr. (Fletcher) Christian |
| #466, aired 1986-09-22 | HOLLYWOOD ROMANCES $100: This first lady's fondness for actors included dates with Clark Gable Nancy Reagan |
| #456, aired 1986-09-08 | "LEWIS" & "CLARK" $200: He had actually worked in an oil field before he drilled for oil in 1940 film "Boom Town" Clark Gable |
| #440, aired 1986-05-16 | CELEBRITY QUOTES $200: When asked how it felt to be "the screen's greatest lover", this "King" replied, "it's a living" Clark Gable |
| #437, aired 1986-05-13 | FAMOUS LASTS $800: It was the last completed film for both Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe The Misfits |
| #391, aired 1986-03-10 | ACTORS & ROLES $200: "Bounty"ful seafarer played by Mel Gibson, Marlon Brando, & Clark Gable Fletcher Christian |
| #354, aired 1986-01-16 | NICKNAMES $300: Carole Lombard called him "Pa", while he called Carole "Ma" Clark Gable |
| #316, aired 1985-11-25 | GWTW $600: He debuted as a Tarleton twin long before he took off as a superhero George Reeves |
| #280, aired 1985-10-04 | CELEBRITY SAYINGS $300: Romantic idol who said, "This king stuff is pure bull... I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio" Clark Gable |
| #266, aired 1985-09-16 | AUTOMOBILES $200: Yep. He & Clark Gable bought the only 2 SSJ Duesenbergs sold Gary Cooper |
| #173, aired 1985-05-08 | "BOOM"S $500: Clark Gable & Spencer Tracy struck it rich in the oil fields in this 1940 film Boomtown |
| #168, aired 1985-05-01 | MOVIE MOTTOS $300: Ads for 1945's "Adventure" announced he's "back & Garson's got him" Clark Gable |
| #157, aired 1985-04-16 | BEST PICTURES $1000: In this 1935 film, Clark Gable starred in an Oscar winner for the 2nd consecutive year Mutiny on the Bounty |
| #121, aired 1985-02-25 | ACTORS & ROLES $800: He was Doris Day's "Teacher's Pet" Clark Gable |
| #116, aired 1985-02-18 | '30s MOVIES $500: #1 box office star from 1935 to 1938 Shirley Temple |
