Showing posts with label Bob Hope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bob Hope. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Bob Hope - June 24, 1953 - Kentucky Derby

Bob's opening monologue is about the Kentucky Derby. Later, Victor Mature meets Bob at the gym, and sword and sandal movies are spoofed. This could possibly be a composite of two shows.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Bob Hope - June 10, 1941 - From Bob's Hometown, Cleveland Ohio

Bob returns to Cleveland for its sesquicentennial. Skinnay Ennis sings "You Won't Be Satisfied".

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Bob Hope - April 26, 1949 - Richmond, Virginia

In a show from Richmond, Doris Day sings "My Dream Is Yours". In a sketch, the cast re-enacts the settlement of Virginia.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Bob Hope - March 25, 1952 - San Diego Air Naval Station with Gracie Allen

The show is performed from the San Diego Naval Training Station. Guest Gracie Allen thinks that Bob's fallen in love with her. The Bell Sisters sing "Bermuda".

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Bob Hope - September 13, 1955 - Claire Trevor

The guest star is actress Claire Trevor. In a sketch, her recent movie "The High and the Mighty" is parodied. Margaret Whiting sings "Tweedle Dee".

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Bob Hope - February 17, 1948 - Fred Astaire

In a sketch, Bob looks for the mayor of Woodland Hills. Guest Fred Astaire discusses his upcoming movie "Easter Parade", and he and Bob play struggling performers in another sketch.

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Bob Hope - August 9, 1943 - Dorothy Lamour / Paulette Goddard / Veronica Lake

In a show performed at an Army ordinance supply base, Bob furnishes the soldiers with some eye candy in the persons of Dorothy Lamour, Paulette Goddard and Veronica Lake.

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Bob Hope - April 5, 1949 - Tom Sawyer

Doris Day helps Bob pack for a trip to New York to do a TV show. Bob plays Tom Sawyer in a sketch.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Bob Hope - June 10, 1952 - Dale Evans & Roy Rogers

From the Naval Air Station in Coronado, California, the guests are Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Dale sings "T for Texas" and Roy sings "A Four-Legged Friend". In a sketch, Roy and Hy Averback visit Bob at home.

Friday, March 21, 2014

Bob Hope - March 21, 1950 - Bing Crosby / Cleveland Indians

The Indians, in L.A. for spring training, are in the audience for the show. Bob and Doris Day perform a sketch built around the song "Dearie, You're Much Older Than I". Bing Crosby sings "My Foolish Heart", and in another sketch, Bob visits Bing in the hospital.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Bob Hope - February 27, 1945 - Frank Sinatra

At a military hospital in Palm Springs, the guest is Frank Sinatra. Frances Langford sings "I Dream of You". Sinatra sings "I'm Beginning to See the Light".

Friday, February 7, 2014

Bob Hope - February 7, 1950 - From the Vine Street Playhouse with Fred Allen

In a sketch, Bob runs into Fred Allen when he returns to Hollywood from Washington, D.C. Bob and Doris Day sing "I Wanna Go Home with You".

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Bob Hope - January 28, 1941 - Basil Rathbone

In a sketch with guest star Basil Rathbone, Bob plays a magazine salesman who calls at the home of a mad doctor.

Monday, January 20, 2014

Bob Hope - January 20, 1942 - Edward Everett Horton

After some monologue jokes about wartime rubber conservation, Bob and guest star Edward Everett Horton appear in a sketch about Bob's childhood. Betty Hutton sings "Shady Lady Bird".

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Bob Hope - January 7, 1953 - Road to Bali with Jack Benny

Benny and Hope trade barbs; in a sketch based on Hope's movie "The Road to Bali", Bob and Jack are stranded on a tropical island.

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Bob Hope - December 24, 1952 - Frank Sinatra / Christmas Presents

Frank Sinatra buys Christmas presents for the crew on his latest movie, and has them sent to Bob Hope's house, expecting to pick them up there. In a flashback, Bob and Frank recall how they first met working at a department store. Sinatra sings "South of the Border".