Hope: Entertainer of the Century (84 page)

The Bob Hope Show
, sponsored by Chevrolet (1955–57), Plymouth (1958), and Buick (1958–61). A monthly fixture on NBC, and Detroit’s favorite TV star.

Bob Hope in Moscow
(April 5, 1958). First network TV show from behind the Iron Curtain.

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(September 1963–May 1967). Host of weekly dramatic anthology series, the start of a long association with Chrysler.

Bob Hope Desert Classic
(February 1965). NBC covers the first edition of Hope’s Palm Springs golf tournament.

Hope in Vietnam
(January 15, 1970). Special on his 1969 Christmas tour draws the largest audience for any entertainment show in TV history to date.

A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
(October 24, 1975). First Hope special sponsored by Texaco.

Academy Awards
(April 3, 1978). Last of Hope’s nineteen appearances as Oscar host.

Happy Birthday, Bob
(May 29, 1978). First of his annual birthday specials, live from the Kennedy Center in Washington.

Bob Hope on the Road to China
(September 16, 1979). First American TV special from the People’s Republic of China.

A Masterpiece of Murder
(January 27, 1986). Hope’s first and only television movie.

Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents
(November 23, 1996). Last TV special.

Abbott and Costello,
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250
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ABC,
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235
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455

Academy Awards, Academy Awards ceremonies,
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305
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Hope’s appearances at,
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–39,
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–50,
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–67,
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–95,
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–32,
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–87,
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–30,
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Hope’s legacy and,
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on television,
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–95,
330
–31,
443
–44

Vietnam War and,
430
–31

Adventures of Bob Hope, The,
15
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271
–72

African Queen, The,
285

Agnew, Spiro,
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444
–45

Hope’s relationship with,
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–93,
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Air Force, US,
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–52,
305
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384
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466

Hope’s Berlin show and,
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–52,
264

Hope’s Christmas tours and,
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–27,
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–64,
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–73,
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409
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World War II and,
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–74,
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–99,
258

Alaska,
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224
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274

Hope’s Christmas tours in,
6
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–59,
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329
–30

World War II and,
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–92,
195
–96,
204

Alberghetti, Anna Maria,
366

Alberti, Bob,
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469

Albrecht, Richard,
462

Aleutian Islands,
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–90,
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Alger, Horatio,
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Algiers,
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Alias Jesse James,
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–29,
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Allen, Barbara Jo,
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Allen, Fred,
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radio career of,
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Allen, Gracie,
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movie career of,
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radio career of,
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Allen, Woody,
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All in the Family,
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Allman, Elvia,
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All Quiet on the Western Front,
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Almond, Edward,
273

Altman, Robert,
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Ameche, Don,
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465

Amos ’n’ Andy,
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124
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Amsterdam, Morey,
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Anderson, Loni,
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Annenberg, Walter,
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Ann-Margret,
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Anthony, Mark,
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Anthony, Norman,
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Anything Goes,
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AP,
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330
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403
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Arbuckle, Roscoe “Fatty,”
49

Archer, Anne,
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Archerd, Army,
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Arden, Eve,
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Armed Forces Radio,
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Armey, Dick,
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Armstrong, Frank, Jr.,
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–59

Armstrong, Neil,
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Army, US,
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Hope brothers in,
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Hope’s Christmas tours and,
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373
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394
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Hope’s radio career and,
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Vietnam War and,
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375
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–96,
407

World War II and,
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–3,
220

Arnaz, Desi,
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–38,
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Arnaz, Lucie,
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Arnold, Henry “Hap,”
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Arnold, Jack,
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Arnold, Roseanne,
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Astaire, Fred,
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80
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Arthur, Art,
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“As Time Goes By,”
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Atkinson, Brooks,
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108

Atlanta, Ga.,
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Atlantic City, N.J.,
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Atlantic Family Show,
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Australia,
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–13,
284
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301
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437
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445

Avalon, Frankie,
371

Averback, Hy,
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“Baby, It’s Cold Outside,”
269

Bachelor in Paradise,
352

Backus, Jim,
293

Bailey, Mildred,
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Bailey, Pearl,
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Baker, Carroll,
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–72,
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Baker, Josephine,
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Balanchine, George,
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Ball, Lucille,
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–6,
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Hope’s movie career and,
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–34,
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Hope’s radio career and,
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retirement of,
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Ballyhoo of 1932,
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Bardot, Brigitte,
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Barkley, Alben,
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Barnes, Howard,
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Barron, Jeff,
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Barrymore, Ethel,
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Bart, Peter,
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Barthel, Joan,
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Baruch, Bernard,
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Baryshnikov, Mikhail,
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Bates, Peg-Leg,
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“Battle Hymn of the Republic, The,”
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Batts, Diana Lynn,
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BBC,
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Beatles,
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Beatty, Warren,
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Beau James,
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Bee, Molly,
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Beery, Wallace,
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Behar, Richard,
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Beirut,
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Bell, Book and Candle,
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Bellamy, Ralph,
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Beloin, Edmund,
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Bench, Johnny,
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Benchley, Robert,
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Bendix, William,
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Ben-Hur,
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Bennett, Constance,
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Bennett, Linda,
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Bennett, Tony,
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Benny, Jack,
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Academy Awards and,
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movie career of,
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radio career of,
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television career of,
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Bergen, Edgar,
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radio career of,
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Bergman, Ingrid,
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Berkeley, Busby,
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Berkes, Johnny,
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Berman, Shelley,
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Bernhardt, Sarah,
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Berle, Milton,
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joke stealing of,
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radio career of,
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–30,
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television career of,
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Berlin,
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airlift and,
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blockade of,
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Hope’s Christmas shows in,
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Berlin, Irving,
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Berra, Yogi,
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Best, Willie,
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Bieber, Justin,
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Big Bird,
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Big Broadcast, The,
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Big Broadcast of 1938, The,
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–28,
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–39,
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Billy Jack,
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Bing Crosby Invitational,
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Bixler, Bob,
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Blackface Follies, The,
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Blackmore, Alan,
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blacks,
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–53,
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–65,
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Blanc, Mel,
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“Blind Date,”
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Block, Hal,
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Blue, Ben,
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Bluffer’s Guide, The,
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–27

Blyth, Ann,
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Boasberg, Al,
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–75,
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–79,
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Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation,
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Bob Hope: The Road Well Traveled
(Quirk),
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Bob Hope British Classic,
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–59

Bob Hope Cultural Center,
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Bob Hope Days,
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Bob Hope Desert Classic,
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–58,
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Bob Hope in Moscow,
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Bob Hope on Campus,
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Bob Hope on the Road to China,
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre,
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–46

Bob Hope’s Bicentennial Star-Spangled Spectacular,
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–34