https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/bob-hope-john-lautner-house
Posted on 05/26/2018 1:41:12 PM PDT by sodpoodle
Bob Hope was born 5/29/1903 and died in 2003 at age 100.
On his death bed they asked him where he wanted to be buried. His answer was, "Surprise me."
ON TURNING 70 'I still chase women, but only downhill.'
ON TURNING 80 'That's the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.'
ON TURNING 90 'You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.'
ON TURNING 100 'I don't feel old. In fact, I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.'
ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER, BOXING 'I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.'
ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR 'Welcome to the Academy Awards, or as it's called at my home, 'Passover.'
ON GOLF 'Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees.'
ON PRESIDENTS 'I have performed for 12 presidents but entertained only six.'
ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER 'When I was born, the doctor said to my mother, Congratulations, you have an eight pound ham.'
ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL 'I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.'
ON HIS FAMILY'S EARLY POVERTY 'Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother.'
ON HIS SIX BROTHERS 'That's how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom.'
ON HIS EARLY FAILURES 'I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me.'
ON GOING TO HEAVEN 'I've done benefits for ALL religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.'
He did so great with it. A lot of famous singers didn’t write their songs. Hope was so funny, in character, or breaking it.
The “UFO House”, Palm Springs. It’s just so outrageous.
As best I understand it, you are quite correct. He was the product of his writers and not inherently funny or witty. My father had the great displeasure of driving him around on one of his WWII island visits and thought he was an arrogant, unfunny SOB. Kudos to his writers!
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/bob-hope-john-lautner-house
Thank you for this post.
I truly feel sorry for the American woman who (Hopefully) will show up on the scene with Mr. Hope’s attitude, endurance, courage, humor and love of country.
Why?
She’d scare all of these modern Soy-Boys into a terror induced thumb-sucking state for the next forty years. Pooping their miserable pampers in their mommy’s basements.
She’d never be able to get a date.
Of course, the single male FReepers would be all like: “What’s her number?”
FReepers would have the ball, in that case.
I have seen that in ArchDigest - I would love to go on an architectural pilgrimage of sorts to Palm Springs sometime; it’s just so vintage.
I liked the way he closed his shows with the line, “Thanks for the mammaries...”
One thing of interest, Johnny Carson could not stand him. Hope had a deal with NBC where he could come on any show, especially The Tonight Show at any time. Carson hated it because Hope invariably came on to plug something and had had his writers give him a number of jokes to tell, then for the most part he left. Carson was very close to Jack Benny and much preferred it and loved when Jack was on.
Me too. And if you are a guy just don’t dress too well or you will be hit on all day long. But I’d love to tour those mid century moderns. Some are done so well.
I've done that a few times...using image searches. That's how I toured Bob Hope's house and the house from the Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever. When a relative of mine went to Palms Springs on business, she said she almost froze to death. She's from Texas.
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