Bob Hope
Bob Hope
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope, KBE, KC*SG, KSS, was an American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete, and author. With a career spanning nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in over 70 films and shorts, including a series of "Road" movies also starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. In addition to hosting the Academy Awards 19 times, he appeared in many stage productions and television roles and was the author of fourteen books. The song "Thanks for the Memory" is widely regarded...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth29 May 1903
CityLondon, England
CountryUnited States of America
The big difference in those days was that in England the Government subsidized TV, in America we work on TV so we can subsidize the Government.
She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn't understand us at all.
Some people put us down. But I still haven't heard of any Americans trying to swim across the border into Mexico!
Sure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?
Louis B. Mayer came out west with $28.00, a box camera and an old lion. He built a monument to himself -- the Bank of America.
Where else but in America could the women's liberation movement take off their bras, then go on TV to complain about their lack of support?
I like a President who tells jokes instead of appointing them.
You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
I have to much money invested in sweaters.
If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
The rural economy tends to be dealt with in a piecemeal way. But we took the view that, by being bolder, we could provide a catalyst for reviving the economy of west Durham.
She was there when the stadium opened and there when the game was over.
Of audiences: they were really tough - they used to tie their tomatoes on the end of a yo-yo, so they could hit you twice
Whenever I play with Gerald Ford, I try to make it a foursome the President, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer.