Posted on 09/18/2016 3:16:07 PM PDT by sodpoodle
Bob Hope... It's Priceless
Here's a history lesson for today Alan Alda first saw Bob Hope in WWII. Until the day he died his Dad never ever missed a Bob Hope special. Alan remembered him laughing and crying at every show but he never understood why. Now he knows. A little travel back in time. Warning. This might make your eyes wet! Those were the days , jokes were funny, not disgusting.. . and the girls were dressed to make them look pretty, not vulgar... This is some priceless footage. This is a great e-mail. It makes me thankful that I am old enough to have lived in the time of Bob Hope.
CLICK on the site below and turn up sound...
http://biggeekdad.com/2011/02/bob
Bob Hope was born in England and his parents immigrated with him to America when he was 4 yo...
These were REAL immigrants who taught their son to love America...
I did not know that - and you make a great point about his parents raising a patriot.
thank TN ;)
Unless, of course, you are running for the Democrat nomination for President.....
A treasure. Thanks for the memories.
Great post! I loved the video...
Thanks for the Memories...
Thank You for posting that.!!!
Awesome vid. Thanks for posting it.
...you make a great point about his parents raising a patriot.
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Yeah, and it’s a shame Alan Alda’s father fell down on the job on that one.
If you're talking about the actor Alan Alda, his father was the well-known movie actor Robert Alda. According to Wikipedia Robert Alda spent most of the last 20 years of his life living in Italy, so he must have missed a lot of Bob Hope specials.
Bob and Dolores came to us in Saudi Arabia in 1990. It was just amazing.
Bob was a great comedian and true patriot! He is missed!
He was, and still is a national treasure. On the day he put on his show at Cu Chi (mentioned in this video), my brother was on outpost duty. If I recall correctly, the post was named after Ann Margaret.
My parents went through the depression and WWII. When they got a TV they watched Bob whenever he was on. Him and a lot of other great comedians didn’t have to be nasty nor mean to be funny.
agree completely. i can’t even watch, let alone laugh at most of these fellows and gals they call funny today. wasn’t Phyliss Diller a hoot!
my dad, same generation as your parents i believe, was a wwii veteran marine—pacific theater—who of course was bemused at his boomer kid’s allegiance to what he called the “boob-tube.” but i think i remember him perking up when a Bob Hope special came on. in retrospect, that, coming from him, was a high compliment.
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