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 tell jokes to pay my green fees.
We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.
If my golf game was a prize fight, they'd stop it.
The last time I played golf with President Ford he hit a birdie. And an eagle, a moose, an elk, an aardvark...
Bing Crosby and I play a lot of golf together and I have a small course at my place where we often play for side stakes. The only troulbe is that when I win, I always have to engage and attorney before I can draw the money.
We're on our way to the Persian Gulf. Wait! It's a mistake! I thought they said Persian Golf.
Foursomes have left the first tee there and have never been seen again. They just find their shoelaces and bags.
It's not hard to find Gerry Ford on a golf course - you just follow the wounded.
President Eisenhower has given up golf for painting. It takes fewer strokes.
Jimmy Stewart could have been a good golfer, but he speaks so slowly that by the time he yells 'Fore!' the guy he's hit is already in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.
On one hole, I hit an alligator so hard, he's now my golf bag.
I do try to work out a little. I go swimming twice a day. It beats buying golf balls.
Take nine strokes off your score. Skip the last hole.
That's life. The older you get, the tougher it is to score.