Bob Hope

Edie Adams on her thoughts on people with whom she's worked - Bob Hope

Steve Allen on seeing Bob Hope in the radio show "Command Performance"

Steve Allen on radio stars slowly transitioning to television

Army Archerd on Bob Hope

Buddy Baker on his start in radio for "The Bob Hope Show" and becoming the show's musical director

George Barris on designing Bob Hope's golf cart

Dick Berg on working with Bob Hope on Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater 

Paul Bogart on directing Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre

Haskell Boggs on the differences between shooting for television, and shooting features, and on working with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope

Al Borden on various stars he worked with in his career

Al Borden on being propmaster for The Bob Hope Chevy Show

Al Borden on his final thoughts on Bob Hope

Editor Dann Cahn on reuniting with Jess Oppenheimer 

Gilbert Cates on television plugs for products in the 1950s

Dick Cavett on Bob Hope likely not having depression and what he learned from Bob Hope

Dick Cavett on an interaction between Bob Hope and Maurice Chevalier

Dick Cavett on how he tells jokes to people going off to war and on Bob Hope at USO shows

Dick Cavett on Bob Hope's influence on Woody Allen and on him

Cyd Charisse on appearing on various Bob Hope Specials

William Clotworthy on a Bob Hope drug joke on Saturday Night Live

Publicist Warren Cowan on Mack Miller's 1950s publicity business, whose main client was Bob Hope

Billy Crystal on watching Bob Hope host the Academy Awards telecasts when he was a kid

Bill Daily on his I Dream of Jeannie character "Major Roger Healey" being like Bob Hope and Bing Crosby 

Fred de Cordova on directing The Bob Cummings Show and working with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope

Fred de Cordova on Bob Hope

Phyllis Diller on Bob Hope's comic sensibilities

Phyllis Diller on Bob Hope

Phil Donahue on Bob Hope wondering why Donahue wasn't on in L.A.

Phil Donahue on interviewing Bob Hope

Mike Doulgas on how the concept for The Mike Douglas Show came about, and how Bob Hope helped promote it

Mike Douglas on his earliest television appearances, including KTLA's inaugural broadcast with Bob Hope

Barbara Eden on touring with Bob Hope for the Bob Hope Specials

Jamie Farr on a memorable Bob Hope special in which he and Milton Berle wear the same dress

Mitzi Gaynor on show business advice from Bob Hope

Mitzi Gaynor on Bob Hope hosting the 1967 Academy Awards ceremony on which she sang "Georgy Girl"

Mitzi Gaynor on dancing with Bob Hope on one of her television specials

Larry Gelbart on the process and structure of writing Bob Hope's monologues; on how the jokes would literally be cut up with scissors and taped together

Larry Gelbart on Bob Hope's treatment of writers, and how he always gave them credit

Larry Gelbart on Bob Hope, "last left in a pantheon of oversize talent"

Leonard H. Goldenson on a photo of an award presented to Bob Hope

Leonard H. Goldenson on a photo of a Christmas card of Bob Hope; on Hope's involvement with Goldenson's foundation for Cerebral Palsy

Robert Guillaume on Bob Hope

Dean Hargrove on writing for Bob Hope

Florence Henderson on going to Australia with Bob Hope for his 75th birthday

Lyle "Skitch" Henderson on working with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in nightclubs and on radio, and on getting his nickname from Bing Crosby

Seaman Jacobs on the talent of Bob Hope

Seaman Jacobs on Bob Hope

Shirley Jones on working with Bob Hope on variety specials

Hal Kanter on his experience of World War II with Bob Hope

Hal Kanter on Milton Berle, Bob Hope, and Lucille Ball

Hal Kanter on learning to structure jokes, and on working with Bob Hope

Larry King on Bob Hope

William Klages on working with Bob Hope

Buz Kohan on a moment with Bob Hope when Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars

Mort Lachman on becoming a gag writer for Bob Hope's radio show

Mort Lachman on the experience of writing for Bob Hope's radio show

Mort Lachman on Bob Hope changing up the writing staff for his radio show, and on his friendship with Hope

Mort Lachman on Bob Hope hosting the The Colgate Comedy Hour (airdate: December 24, 1950) and his discomfort with TV cameras

Mort Lachman on being fired by Bob Hope, and on various other jobs he did

Mort Lachman on working around fame and celebrity, and on Bob Hope's demanding schedule

Mort Lachman on playing golf with Bob Hope

Mort Lachman on traveling with Bob Hope to various cities, and on adjusting his writing for location

Mort Lachman on writing for Bob Hope's USO shows

Mort Lachman on Bob Hope's ability to ad lib

Mort Lachman on Bob Hope hosting the Academy Awards

Mort Lachman on leaving the employ of Bob Hope

Frank Liberman on what the publicity department does and on working with Bob Hope

Frank Liberman on how he came to represent Bob Hope

Frank Liberman on going overseas with Bob Hope

Frank Liberman on his years representing Bob Hope and other comedians

Art Linkletter on Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope

James Lipton on producing birthday specials for Bob Hope

Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on their association with Bob Hope

Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on material for Bob Hope

Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on their close relationship with Bob Hope

A.C. Lyles on Bob Hope introducing KTLA with their initial broadcast

Loring Mandel on working with Bob Hope and Dave Garroway

Dick Martin on Rowan and Martin appearing on The Bob Hope Chevy Show

Jerry Mathers on working with Bob Hope and other celebrities

Jerry Mathers on how Bob Hope saved his life while working on The Seven Little Foys

Kent McCray on being unit manager for Bob Hope on a show from Alaska, also featuring Ginger Rogers

Kent McCray on traveling around the country as an associate producer on Bob Hope's USO Shows

Kent McCray on traveling to South Korea to associate produce Bob Hope's USO shows

Barry McNulty on working with Bob Hope on his TV specials

Barney McNulty on the people that were in Bob Hope's entourage

Barney McNulty on the legacy of Bob Hope

Barney McNulty on doing cue cards and other duties for Bob Hope's USO Specials

Barney McNulty on working with Bob Hope as he got older and his eyesight declined

Barney McNulty on his wife, Jill McNulty and on Bob Hope thanking the troops

Barney McNulty on a photo of him with Bob Hope and others

Barney McNulty on a photo with Dan Rowan, Bob Hope, and Dick Martin

Don Mischer on working with Bob Hope and Gene Kelly

John Moffitt on promotional photos of Bob Hope and Danny Thomas

Louis Nye on working with Bob Hope

Janis Paige on entertaining the troops with Bob Hope

Tony Randall on appearing on Bob Hope Specials

Ed Resnick on W6XYZ becoming commercial station KTLA on a broadcast hosted by Bob Hope

Larry Rhine on being one of Bob Hope's writers

Hank Rieger on publicity for NBC star Bob Hope; on traveling with him on USO tours

Thomas W. Sarnoff on negotiating (for NBC) with Bob Hope (which often included land deals)

Herbert S. Schlosser on NBC's relationship with Bob Hope and Johnny Carson

Art Schneider on editing the Bob Hope Specials

Arthur Schneider on working with Bob Hope as editor of the Bob Hope Specials

Sherwood Schwartz on his brother, Al Schwartz, writing for Bob Hope, and on being hired by Hope himself

Sherwood Schwartz on deciding not to become and doctor, and to write for Bob Hope

Sherwood Schwartz on writing for Bob Hope's radio show

Mel Shavelson on writing around NBC Standards and Practices for Bob Hope

Mel Shavelson on working with Milt Josefsberg; on how he came to be a writer for Bob Hope

Mel Shavelson on writing for Bob Hope's radio show

Mel Shavelson on the format of Bob Hope's radio show and the process of getting the show on

Mel Shavelson on writing the various segments of Bob Hope's radio show and on working with Judy Garland

Mel Shavelson on how Bob Hope tested his material for his radio show and on Hope's comedic style

Mel Shavelson on Bob Hope acting in movies and doing his radio show for soldiers during World War II

Mel Shavelson on Bob Hope's travels around the world entertaining soldiers during World War II

Mel Shavelson on Bob Hope bringing his radio show to vaudeville and on Hope's celebrity

Mel Shavelson on how Bob Hope treated his writers and on what he learned as a writer for Hope

Mel Shavelson on finding the topics for Bob Hope's jokes and on Hope's "jokes vault"

Mel Shavelson on leaving Bob Hope's radio show

Mel Shavelson on the early development of television and color television and on writing an early experimental broadcast with Bob Hope

Mel Shavelson on writing feature films for Bob Hope and how he came to write for Danny Thomas

Mel Shavelson on directing the Bob Hope feature film "The Seven Little Foys"

Mel Shavelson on writing material for the Academy Awards telecasts hosted by Bob Hope

Jack Shea on being hired for the "Bob Hope Specials" and "Jerry Lewis Specials" and on Jerry Lewis' personality and Bob Hope's interest in the quality of the writing staff

Jack Shea on producers and writers on Bob Hope's television specials

Jack Shea on music director of Bob Hope's television specials, Les Brown, and entertaining troops at USO shows

Jack Shea on editing Bob Hope's USO shows

Jack Shea on Bob Hope's legacy

John Silva on KTLA's first commercial broadcast in January 1947 with Emcee Bob Hope

Doris Singleton on working with Bob Hope on radio and television

Doris Singleton on working with Bob Hope on his radio show

Sid Smith on his seventeen year association with Bob Hope

Sid Smith on working with Bob Hope

Sid Smith on directing Bob Hope

Sid Smith on directing Bob Hope Specials; on Hope in the editing room and his form of comedy

Sid Smith on directing Bob Hope's Christmas Specials and other Bob Hope Specials

Sid Smith on the atmosphere on a Bob Hope set

Sid Smith on changes in Bob Hope Specials over the years; on the end of the specials

Sid Smith on a photo from his travels for Bob Hope Specials  

Sid Smith on a photo with Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, and Milton Berle 

Ben Starr on writing TV specials and movies for Bob Hope

Gale Storm on her memories of filming scenes with Bob Hope

Mel Tolkin on writing for Bob Hope

Mel Tolkin on Bob Hope

Ret Turner on costume design for Bob Hope's television specials

Andy Williams on Bob Hope appearing on The Andy Williams Show and on knowing him since childhood

Jonathan Winters on Bob Hope