Bob Hope, we will miss you :-(

[Maddy McCall]

Bob Hope
100 years

[Maddy McCall]

1. Please, if you hate Bob Hope, start a "I hate Bob Hope" thread

His death is very sad to me, because he is one of the last vestiges of my childhood. If anyone wants to spit on him, please do it on another thread.

Whatever he was, he lived through 10 centuries, and we can't judge the past by the context of the present.

Having said all this, I am very sad about it, and I beg DUers not to laugh and rejoice about his death, at least not on this thread.

Thanks,
jchild

[ronnykmarshall]

2. Welcome to the Academy Awards -

Or as they are known at my house Passover!

Bob Hope was still the best host of the Oscars ever. RIP ol' ski slope nose!

[trof]

3. Thanks for the memories.

http://www.teamws.com/annoying.nsf/0/a8de0cb8e8d9b9078525681e0051a7cb?OpenDocument

[asjr]

4. Hope

I remember 1942 at the Hippodrome theater in Baltimore. Mother picked me up at school and we went immediately to the theater. We had to sit through the movie twice before the stage presentation. I saw all the great ones there. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby together. Frank Sinatra, Andrews Sisters. That was my childhood and now it is really gone. Those were the days of real "patriotism." There was a common goal; no "you're either with us or against us." Bob Hope was a godsend to the military in WW11 as well as subsequent actions. He literally brought hope to the boys and girls. I think that is one of the reasons I am so heartsick about the future of our country. This administration has made a mockery of America. May Bob rest in peace. I will never forget him.

[ronnykmarshall]

6. What a great story!

My memories of Bob Hope were the Oscars and his TV specials. I always loved his custom made golf cart with his big nose on it. He was one of the great ones.

[Maddy McCall]

7. Was Dean Martin there?

He is the only "classic" entertainer that I liked better than Hope. What a great memory. :loveya:

[asjr]

9. martin

No, Dean was not there. That was before he and Jerry were even thought about. I have some marvelous memories--thanks, Bob, even if it was wartime. That was when the "road" pictures were around and I saw Dorothy Lamour with them. Most of the posters here are too young to know about those great acts.

[Rowdyboy]

5. I'm with you,....

Didn't like his politics but there's more to a person than their politics. He entertained generations graciously.

[jus_the_facts]

8. RIP Bob!!

.....My respects to him for being a humanitarian in every sense of the word...for his seemingly tireless efforts to entertain our troops...to bring 'HOPE' to some of their darkest days.

:loveya: RIP Bob Hope :loveya:

[trof]

10. Here's a good bio and tribute

Two days before Hope’s 100th birthday, his wife, Dolores, turned 94. The couple met on Dec. 21, 1933, when Bob walked into a Manhattan nightclub and heard a statuesque beauty singing “It’s Only a Paper Moon.” Hope persuaded Dolores Reade to join his vaudeville act, and they were married in 1934. They’ve been together 69 years in a town not known for marital longevity.


http://www.msnbc.com/news/944998.asp?0na=x21013C0-

[Maddy McCall]

11. Thanks trof...

I enjoyed the song too.

[proud patriot]

12. Thanks Bob Hope

While my grandfather fought in Korea , you came and
entertained . Thank you for making my grandpa laugh .

Thank you for the movies when I was a kid , there wasn't cartoons
all day . Bob Hope Movies were some of my favorites when
growing up .