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
I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom.
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
I do benefits for all religions - I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.
When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
Whenever I play with Gerald Ford, I try to make it a foursome the President, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer.
The program is nearly over! I can feel the audience is still with me but if I run faster I can shake them off
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
She was there when the stadium opened and there when the game was over.
He carries so many tacklers with him, he's listed in the Yellow Pages under 'Public Transportation.'
And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them. We didn't know that in America after the war, you wouldn't be able to get into a sushi joint without a reservation. And we thought they lost.
I just hope I don't have to explain all the times I've used His name in vain when I get up there.
If they liked you, they didn't applaud -- they let you live.