HOME | BOOKS | JEAN SHEPHERD | MOVIES | OLD TIME RADIO AUDIO CD | OLD TIME RADIO mp3 CD ROM | OLD TIME RADIO mp3 DVD ROM THE BOB HOPE SHOW (1938-1955) Old Time Radio - 2 CD-ROM - 209 mp3 Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS (born Leslie Townes Hope; May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel. Throughout his career, he was honored for his humanitarian work. In 1996, the U.S. Congress honored Bob Hope by declaring him the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces." Bob Hope appeared in or hosted 199 known USO shows. Hope first appeared on television in 1932 during a test transmission from an experimental CBS studio in New York. In January 1947, Hope was master of ceremonies for the first telecast by California's first television station, KTLA. His career in broadcasting spanned 64 years and included a long association with NBC. Hope made his network radio debut in 1937 on NBC. His first regular series for NBC Radio was the Woodbury Soap Hour. A year later, The Pepsodent Show Starring Bob Hope began, continuing as The New Swan Show in 1948 (for the same sponsor, Lever Brothers). After 1950, the series was known simply as The Bob Hope Show, with Liggett & Myers (1950–52), General Foods (1953) and American Dairy Association (1953–55) as his sponsors, until it finally went off the air in April 1955. Regulars on his radio series included zany Jerry Colonna and Barbara Jo Allen as spinster Vera Vague. Hope did many specials for the NBC television network in the following decades, beginning in April 1950. These were often sponsored by General Motors (1955–61), Chrysler (1963–73) and Texaco (1975–85), and Hope served as a spokesman for both companies for many years. and would sometimes introduce himself as "Bob, from Texaco, Hope." Hope's Christmas specials were popular favorites and often featured a performance of "Silver Bells" (from his 1951 film The Lemon Drop Kid) done as a duet with an often much younger female guest star (such as Olivia Newton-John, Barbara Eden, and Brooke Shields). In October 1956, Hope appeared on an episode of the most-viewed program in America at the time, I Love Lucy. He said, upon receiving the script: "What? A script? I don't need one of these", and ad-libbed the entire episode. Desi Arnaz said of Hope after his appearance: "Bob is a very nice man, he can crack you up, no matter how much you try for him to not."[cite this quote] Lucy and Desi returned the favor by appearing on one of his Chevy Show specials (with Vivian Vance and William Frawley) later that season. Hope's 1970 and 1971 Christmas specials for NBC—filmed in Vietnam in front of military audiences at the height of the war—are on the list of the Top 30 U.S. Network Primetime Telecasts of All Time. Both were seen by more than 60% of the U.S. households watching television. In 1992, Bob Hope made a guest appearance as himself on The Simpsons, in the episode "Lisa the Beauty Queen" (season 4, episode 4). The episode attracted 11.1 million viewers when it premiered on October 15. His final television special, Laughing with the Presidents, was broadcast in 1996, with Tony Danza helping Hope present a personal retrospective of presidents of the United States known to the comedian. PLEASE READ HOW TO LISTEN TO THESE CD THESE ARE MP3 CD RECORDING IT WILL NOT PLAY IN REGULAR CD PLAYERS You will need CD players that read mp3 files. Here some of the more popular mp3 players: Coby, Memorex, Panasonic, Philips, Sony and many more. Be sure you buy a model that support mp3 files. You can upload the files in ipods like Apple Ipod, Sansa and 100's more. Many new car CD players reads mp3, again check your player first. 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FULL REFUND IF NOT SATISFIED 380927 001 Constance Bennett 1st Pepsodent Show 381004 002 Olivia DeHavilland 381018 004 Shirley Ross-Thanks For The Memories 381101 006 Martha Raye 381108 007 Chico Marx 381220 013 Dagwood Blondie 381227 014 1st Crazy Rhythm Guests Lum Abner 390307 024 Judy Garland 390411 029 Betty Grable 391212 051 Taking Peter to Toyland 410128 097 Basil Rathbone 410207 098 Beethoven with Bing Crosby Doris Day 410311 103 Dizzy Dean 410401 106 Kate Smith 410415 108 Hedda Hopper 410603 115 Huphrey Bogart 410610 116 From Bobs Hometown Cleveland Ohio 420120 134 Edward Everett Horton 420317 142 Jerry Colonna 420505 148 Great Lakes Naval Training Station Claudette Colbert 421013 158 Betty Davis 421229 169 Long Beach Ferry Command 430000 xxx BobHope - Thanks To America 430105 170 Rita Hayworth 430209 175 Dorothy Lamour Paulette Goddard 430331 xxx Mayor Of The Town 430525 xxx From Stockton Air Field 430928 195 Orson Welles 431109 201 Jane Wyman 431228 208 Cary Grant 440104 209 Gary Cooper 440208 214 Ginger Rogers 440215 215 From Santa Ana Separation Center w Bing Crosby 440222 216 Carole Landis 440229 217 Lum Abner 440307 218 Long Beach Coast Guard 440509 227 Jacksonville Training Camp 440525 xxx At Stockton Air Field 440606 xxx INVASION DAY from the Van Nuys Airdrome v 6 Mins 440812 xxx Broadcast from South Pacific 440919 232 Camp Bordon Canada 440926 233 Santa Ana Seperation Center 441017 236 Wheeler Infantry Base 450102 246 Andrew Sisters 450109 247 Pat OBrien 450130 250 Edward G Robinson 450206 251 Naval Air Technical Center Memphis TN 450213 252 From Mudock California Tony Romano 45-02-13 450227 254 Frank Sinatra 450313 256 Victory Tour Illinois 450320 257 Shirley Temple Tony Romano 450410 260 Walter Pidgeon 450515 265 Birmingham Hospital San Fernando 450522 266 Sampson Naval Training Center 450529 267 Herbert Marshall Bing Crosby 450605 268 Sedalia Army Airfield 1st Got Date with an Angel AFRS v 450625 271 Bob Dreams Hes Been Court-Martialled 450911 xxx Robert Montgomery 451016 From Battleship South Dakota 451023 From Santa Ana 451120 Guest-Joe E Brown 451127 From USC Red Skelton Peggy Ryan 451204 From Phoenix Jimmy Durante 451211 Herbert Marshall 451218 Christmas Show from San Francisco 460129 Frank Sinatra 460219 Tyrone Power 460305 David Niven 460312 Sonny Tufts 460319 Broadcast from Cleveland short 460402 Sidney Greenstreet 460409 Brenda and Cobina 460608 Special Interview from Seattle 460924 Carol Richards 461001 Bob Crosby Carol Richards 461029 Fred Allen Minerva Pious 461112 Lucille Ball Miss Lou Ann 461224 Bing Crosby Doris Day General Omar Bradley 470211 Robert Montgomery 470401 Guest Eddie Cantor 470408 Al Jolson 470415 Van Johnson 470513 Peter Lorre 471118 Fibber and Molly Amos and Andy 480217 Fred Astair 480406 xxx Guest Dinah Shore 480413 xxx Lana Turner 480712 Beethoven w Bing Crosby Doris Day 480914 Guests Jack Benny Doris Day 481012 Jack Kirkwood 481019 Doris Day 481026 Martin and Lewis 481109 Jack Benny 481130 at USC with Doris Day 481207 12 1st My Darling Guest Bingle von Crosbine v 481215 Philco-BobHope 481221 Guest Gregory Peck 481228 Christmas Day Show Berlin Air lift 490128 March of Dimes Special Philadephia 490208 Stalin Visits America 490329 Dean Martin Jerry Lewis 490405 Jack Kirkwood Tom Sawyer Sketch 490412 414 Guests Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis 490419 Jimmy Durante 490426 Richmond Virgina 490503 Lucille Ball 490612 Jack Benny Doris Day 491006 04 Rehearsal for 491011 v ADD 491007 04 Rehearsal for 491011 v ADD 491010 04 Rehearsal for 491011 v ADD 491011 04 1st Take Me Out to the Ball Game Jackie Robinson Joe Page v 491025 From Fort Ord California with Bing Crosby Jimmy Demaret 491115 09 1st Because You Loved Me Crosby Beethoven Sketch AFRS v 491206 12 Gues