Bob Hope will turn 100 years old next week. It’s said that he’s made more people laugh than anyone in the history of the world, and who’s to say that isn’t so? Guinness World Records lists him as the most honored entertainer in show business, having been awarded five Oscars and 44 honorary degrees. The Oscars were honorary ones, but they count nonetheless. He was given a knighthood – an honorary one, naturally – by Queen Elizabeth. Congress designated him the nation’s only "honorary veteran." That recognition was particularly appropriate. Too old to serve on active duty in World War...