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Bob Hope, R.I.P.
MSNBC
Posted on 07/28/2003 6:09:46 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: jgrubbs
I have heard predictions in the past that his funeral will be one of the largest ever.I'd be proud to be in that honor guard.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:36:03 AM PDT
by
WestPacSailor
(Exercise your right to vote, or they'll take that one too!)
To: Let's Roll
Please post any details for a Bob Hope tribute/special - probably on NBC.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:37:20 AM PDT
by
Let's Roll
(And those that cried Appease! Appease! are hanged by those they tried to please!")
To: WestPacSailor
*sniffle* :-(
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:37:32 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(America. Love it or leave it. 'Nuff said.)
To: Fighting Irish
World War II Radio Broadcast for Armed Forces During World War IIBob Hope began most of his radio broadcasts with the words, "This is Bob [fill in name of remote location] Hope." Hope continued to entertain U.S. troops, wherever they were stationed, for fifty years. In 1997 Bob Hope was designated an honorary veteran for his humanitarian services to the United States Armed Forces by Congress. He is the only individual in history to have earned this honor.
To: NCC-1701
The current crop of "comedians" could take some serious lessons from this man.There are VERY FEW who are even worthy of shining Bob Hope's shoes!
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:37:52 AM PDT
by
WestPacSailor
(Exercise your right to vote, or they'll take that one too!)
To: jgrubbs
Yes it should be a big one, the Military should go all out for Bob, as he did for us for so long. Full honors and then some. Anything less would be a crime.
To: leadpenny
It's time to put up that set of golf clubs for the last time...Fare thee well, Mr. Hope. Thanks for the memories.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:38:35 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: YaYa123
He was a great favorite of Queen Elizabeth's. When she visited the White House (I think it was in the 70's) she specifically requested entertainment by Bob Hope. I saw a film clip of part of that performance. He told her that the U.S. had bought the Queen Mary and London Bridge...so England didn't lose a colony, it gained an attic. The Queen laughed out loud at that one.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:38:52 AM PDT
by
wimpycat
(Down with Kooks and Kookery!)
To: leadpenny
Dear Bob, May the angels guide you into Paradise - Thanks for the Memories. My tears are falling as I write this...
To: leadpenny
We have lost Hope.
Hope died in America today.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:39:07 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: wimpycat
To: leadpenny
My Grandfather saw him in a bombed-out hangar in Germany in early 1945. Said that it was a real highlight, Mr. Hope brought a little bit of home along with him.
RIP.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:39:40 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: NCC-1701
It was a different time... One I wish I was living in now...
You can say the same thing about Robert Mitchim..... same wife since the forties... never a story.. these were great men....and I think they had great women standing with them to love them for the long haul....
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:39:55 AM PDT
by
bellas_sister
((I love a man in a uniform))
To: WestPacSailor
![](http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/smallpics/small.bobhope1.jpg)
USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR 300)
KUWAIT (NNS) -- USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR 300), a 949-foot long, 63,000 ton ship capable of carrying enough equipment, vehicles and supplies for an entire U.S. Army task force, steamed out of a Kuwaiti port May 13 after off-loading cargo for troops serving in Iraq.
This was Hopes second trip to the Arabian Gulf. On her first visit, Hope was the 101st ship to arrive at the principal seaport in Kuwait under the protection of the men and women of San Diego-based Naval Coastal Warfare Group 1.
On that first trip to Kuwait, Hope brought in equipment and supplies for the 101st Airborne Division, which was on its way to conduct combat operations in Iraq.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:40:10 AM PDT
by
Chemist_Geek
("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
To: bellas_sister
Are you sure you con't have him confused with Bing Crosby, who was really difficult? I never heard Bob was hard to work with.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:40:15 AM PDT
by
wingnuts'nbolts
(I agree with Dick Morris, "Off with their heads" Let's start with the Clintons, all 3 of them.)
To: leadpenny
What a great life.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:40:19 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(The Dems are self-destructing before our eyes, How Great is That !)
To: AppyPappy
We got a heads up here on FR on Saturday that this was coming.Unfortunately, since that headsup was copyrighted, no one got to read it.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:40:20 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: leadpenny
Bob Hope dead at 100 - CNN< snip >
(CNN) -- Bob Hope, whose quick wit, daring personality and ski-sloped nose identified him as an icon of 20th-century entertainment, has died. He was 100.
Legendary Comedian Bob Hope Dies at 100 - Fox News
< snip >
Legendary comedian and showman Bob Hope (search), who traveled the globe performing for millions of American troops stationed overseas through four wars, has died. He was 100.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:40:35 AM PDT
by
jjbrouwer
(Sometimes THE GREATS come back...)
To: WestPacSailor
"...There are VERY FEW who are even worthy of shining Bob Hope's shoes..."
Or even looking ar touching them!
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:40:42 AM PDT
by
NCC-1701
((Good luck, happy hunting, and God-speed to the US military and our allies in this operation.))
To: leadpenny
Thanks for the memories Bob. God bless you.
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posted on
07/28/2003 6:40:42 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(RUN AL, RUN!!!)
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