THANK YOU BOB HOPE for all of our memories. Especially mine.

The deep recesses of my heart. ^ | July 28, 2003 | Carlo3b, a sad and star struck FReeper

[Dane]

Thank you for the vanity Carlo, it just shows what a regular guy Bob Hope was.

I too worked in the Hotel industry and had to deal with celebrities. Most were jerks, but Bob Hope wasn't a "celebrity" but a normal decent person who brought joy to peoples lives.

I guess one could call him the "anti-celebrity".

[First_Salute]

Bump.

[borkrules]

Kelsey Grammar. Easy.

[snopercod]

For some reason my screen just got blurry.

[SAMWolf]

To you Mr. BOB HOPE, you gave us servicemen and servicewomen, a continued reason to believe that our country still loved us, even if it wasn't always clear, and you gave this lowly American a reason to think that even a devoted and still a star struck fan could fantasize enough to call you a dear friend. Thank you my dear friend, for all the memories.. May God Bless you.

Don't be sorry. It was great.

[Soaring Feather]

Sorry for the vanity..

Oh no reason to be sorry! It is a wonderful story, thank you .

[snippy_about_it]

Carlo, that's a wonderful story, you must be especially saddened today, I'm sorry.

You have some great memories though. Thank you for sharing them with the rest of us.


Thanks for the ping SAM.

[Neenah]

I was thrilled when you signed my Cook Book. I was proud to read your stories, and pretended I knew you..and now, I read more adventures of your life, which sounds incredibly blessed in many ways.

I always amazes me to see or read how some people's lives are so filled with meaningful venues, and filled with such fondness that rubs off on those they meet along the way, that all touch each other.

More than morning Bob Hope, the man, I think alot of us are feeling the past leaving us, in the memories of those who touched our growing up years. The black and white film, the excerpts of radio shows. Each time we hear them, ..in our minds we see that livingroom, the ZENITH radio (in my case), yellow, with that huge dial that just floated around, and that EYE in the middle. My Mom sitting and darning socks...my Dad resting his head in his big Dad Chair..us kids sitting on the floor listening to the radio. Hot cocoa and popcorn..Red Skelton..Bob Hope...so many now gone.

When we hear "THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES", we think of Bob Hope, but we also think of all the wonderful memories of a simple time. Isn't it odd that we would call it a "simple time", when we were at war ?

Carlo..I just bet your life blessed other's too. And you are handsome on top of it !!!! ROF!! I must get my glasses changed, they seems to fog up all the time. Thanks Carlo !

[skinkinthegrass]

Rest in Peace...BOB (tear.. :))

[Leatherneck_MT]

I had to call my mother after hearing about his death. She related a story to me that I had not heard before. This story personifies everything I've always thought and felt about this Man.

My dad went to pick up Bob and his Program director. A lady by the name of Ana Morrow I think is how you spell her name, at the Anderson AFB terminal. The officers had made all kinds of plans for him to come to the O-club to entertain them in a private show. Evidently Bob had other plans. Upon hearing that his first stop was going to be at the O-club, he intervened and said "No, take me to the enlisted man's club."

The orders were promptly followed and he was taken to the enlisted club where he took over the stage and gave these young airmen the show of their lives. I think she said he stayed on that stage entertaining these guys for 2 or 3 hours. Completely unprepared, 100% unexpected. But there he was. The King of one-liners performing for these young GI's so far from home. In an enlisted club no less. What a guy.

[snopercod]

I just learned that my wife had met Bob Hope once.

As she related the story, in the late 50's when she was 10 or 11, her family used to drive down to Palm Springs airport in the evening to watch the "stars" come in from LA - just something to do, you know. Afterwards, they would walk around Palm Springs and maybe get an ice cream or something. The PSP terminal was just a little bigger than a shack back then.

Anyway, one evening, Bob Hope got off the plane, and my wife's parents prompted her to go up and ask for an autograph, which she did. She knew who he was, because she had seen him on TV.

He signed and dated her little notepad, then gave her a pat on the back as he went on his way.

She doesn't recall what happened to the autograph.

[carlo3b]

Thank you also for taking the time to kneel down and pat a towheaded little boy on the head and spend more than an hour talking and playing with him ...

He seemed to alway have time for regular folks.. Your story is wonderful as is your memory of this kind man... Thank you for sharing it with us..

[Leatherneck_MT]

Thank you Carlo for starting it. I would have killed to be in your position. He was a truly fantastic human being :)

[carlo3b]

Thank you, indeed I was more than blessed in my life, and knowing Bob Hope as little as I did, surely added some spice to it...

[carlo3b]

Thanks Tom..

[EternalVigilance]

Bob Hope: An American Touchstone

Bob Hope was an American touchstone
A friend, familiar to us all
As American as apple pie
We loved to watch him have a ball

Through the miracle of the medium
Vaudeville, radio, movies and TV
His unique talents, his superior wit
Were loaned for a lifetime
To you and to me

Like the grandfather everyone loves
Guaranteed to make you smile
We all feel like we knew him
When we found him on the dial

Bless his memory
Bless his family and his wife
Bob Hope lived an ideal
American life

EV

[carlo3b]

What a wonderful vanity..

Thank you for taking the time to read it, I can't tell you how great it was living it! :o)

[carlo3b]

Thank you..

[carlo3b]

WOW, thanks ...strutting around... LOL

[oldsalt]

I saw Bob Hope once in person on board the USS Forrestal in the Bay of Naples, about 1959 as I recall, with a great bunch with him.

My best memory of him though goes back to 1947 or 48, when I was just a kid, and I used to send off for my favorite movie stars pictures, mostly cowboy stars like Hoppy, Roy and Gene. Most of them would send a postcard sized picture with a facsimile signature, a few would send a price list and a form letter.

When I sent off for Bob Hope's picture I got an 8x10 glossy picture with a hand signed autograph, free of charge. What a class act.

Thanks for the memories, Bob, rest in peace.