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 help (in Japan) is very polite. They bow so much, you don't know which end to talk to.
Tokyo cab drivers are all ex-kamikaze pilots.
Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.
There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.
I've been married fifty-five years and I've been home three weeks.
The old water heater in my dressing room was working, but it was kind of tired. It gave off about as much warmth as an agent's handshake.
As the colonel and I sat swapping stories in the plane, a jet aircraft buzzed past our window. I asked the colonel what type of aircraft it was, and he said, "Don't worry about it, Bob. . . if you can see it, it's obsolete."
There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip.
She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn't understand us at all.
Sure, we did need the oil in America. How else could Dolly Parton get into some of her dresses?
Some people put us down. But I still haven't heard of any Americans trying to swim across the border into Mexico!
We flew over to England by the same route Churchill took. It was easy. All we had to do was follow the cigar ashes.
England occupies a warm spot in my affections. It was the scene of my greatest performance. I was born there.
The place was so British, I wouldn't have been surprised if the mice wore monocles.