BOB HOPE 1903-2003 from The Sunday Telegraph, May 4th 2003
1 posted on
07/28/2003 2:17:28 PM PDT by
dennisw
To: Pokey78
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2 posted on
07/28/2003 2:17:51 PM PDT by
dennisw
(G_d is at war with Amalek for all generations)
To: dennisw
I love him for what he brought to our troops.Farewell and Thanks for the Memories.
3 posted on
07/28/2003 2:25:29 PM PDT by
MEG33
To: dennisw
Thanks, Dennis.
Thanks, Mr Hope. Rest well.
.... Awf?lly glad I met you Cheerio and toodle-oo And thank you so much ....
7 posted on
07/28/2003 2:54:29 PM PDT by
Brian Allen
( Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God - Thomas Jefferson)
To: dennisw
God's speed and abundant eternal blessings, Mr. Hope. Thanks for the memories.
10 posted on
07/28/2003 3:24:35 PM PDT by
GOP_Lady
To: dennisw
Perhaps I'm an anomaly to my own generation ("The Sixties"), but I
never quit loving and admiring Bob Hope. Sure, I went gaga over The Beatles, but that didn't detract one bit from my appreciation of Bob Hope's wonderful wit. He had that very special talent of making his audience feel as if he knew them each personally.
That's my one bone of contention with Mark Steyn's otherwise excellent (and obviously well researched) article.
11 posted on
07/28/2003 3:26:18 PM PDT by
arasina
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To: dennisw
"Off screen, he was the animal, nailing Marilyn Monroe"
This conjures up the trivia question whose answer will never be known: Who will be the last man living who "knew" Marilyn?
To: dennisw
Thanks for posting a great appreciation.
13 posted on
07/28/2003 4:34:56 PM PDT by
aculeus
To: dennisw
I believe it was Time magazine that named Elvis Presley as Entertainer of the 20th Century. What a disservice by that leftist fish-wrap. Bob Hope owns the title hands down.
16 posted on
07/28/2003 4:47:58 PM PDT by
quark
To: dennisw
20 posted on
07/28/2003 7:34:52 PM PDT by
Dajjal
To: scholar; Bullish; linear
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22 posted on
07/28/2003 8:08:15 PM PDT by
knighthawk
(We all want to touch a rainbow, but singers and songs will never change it alone. We are calling you)
To: dennisw
The local channels here in California did a lot of coverage on Bob Hope. They even ran film of him campaign-raising for Reagan and commenting on Bush Sr.'s debate "Bush performed so well in the debate that they are considering testing him for steroids." Another film clip: "Did you watch the Democratic Convention? - - - I did. Well I had to, comedy's my business."
Bob Hope donated land for the Eisenhower Hospital. He is well known in this area for mingling with people at all levels. His family was on tv and they are considering which charities, including the Catholic Church, to donate Bob Hope lands to.
33 posted on
07/29/2003 2:11:55 AM PDT by
Susannah
(Over 200 people murdered in L. A.County-first 5 mos. of 2003 & NONE were fighting Iraq!!)
To: dennisw
Thanks for posting this timely replay by M.S.
I was thinking about Bob Hope yesterday, and it occurred to me this was the most completely positive and universally liked person of the 20th Century. If someone didn't like Bob Hope, that person has to be a crank -- or just totally uninformed or uninvolved in American life.
Let's celebrate his life and all the good he did...
To: dennisw
Thanks for posting this. A great read. As always, Steyn sums it up so capably and accurately. I watched several tributes to and bios on Hope last night. All wonderful, and it reminded me that I was so amazed when the NBC special on him in May got huge ratings. He was so fantastic - talk about living large. Two things stand out to me - how incredibly funny and charming he was, and how dedicated he was to our soldiers all over the world, for so many years. For that alone, for being there for our armed forces, he earns a kind of sainthood in my mind.
37 posted on
07/29/2003 5:58:21 AM PDT by
veronica
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To: dennisw
That was a good tribute.
40 posted on
07/29/2003 8:10:21 AM PDT by
cpprfld
(Who said accountants are boring?)
To: dennisw
We said goodbye with a highball
Then I got as high as a steeple
But we were intelligent people
No tears, no fuss,
Hooray for us
That's as ironically sad (or is it just plain sad?) a song verse as I've ever heard.
45 posted on
08/06/2003 11:54:22 PM PDT by
mrustow
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