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
We have 51 golf courses in Palm Springs. He [President Ford] never decides which course he will play until after the first tee shot.
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.
I like to play in the low 70's. If it gets any hotter than that I'll stay in the bar!
Titleist has offered me a big contract not to play its balls.
Whenever I play with him , I usually try to make it a foursome - the President, myself, a paramedic and a faith healer.
Drugs are very much a part of professional sports today, but when you think about it, golf is the only sport where the players aren't penalized for being on grass.
If I'm on the course and lightning starts, I get inside fast. If God wants to play through, let him.
I went to play golf and tried to shoot my age, but I shot my weight instead.
When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.
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.
If they liked you, they didn't applaud -- they let you live.
Did you see where President Reagan finally got a hearing aid? People have been telling him to get one for years, but he couldn't hear them.
Not that they were that anxious to see Ronnie as President; they were afraid if he didn't get elected, he'd go back to acting.
I knew the President would run for reelection in 1984. Why not? Actors love sequels ... and returns.