Bob Hope

Leslie Townes Hope, KBE, KC*SG, KSS (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), best known as Bob Hope, was a British-American entertainer, having appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, movies and in army concerts.

Quotes

• Thanks to our brave allies: you gallant Russian bear, you British everywhere.
  • Introduction to his World War II performances.
  • Obituary, The Economist, August 2, 2003

• I was on the way to my hotel, and I passed a hotel going in the opposite direction.
  • He arrived in Saigon on the day that Vietcong agents blew up an American officers' billet.
  • New York Times obituary, July 28, 2003

• I know I'm in England because this morning, my stomach got up two hours before I did and had a cup of tea! I've had so much tea, I slosh when I walk! You have to drink tea - I've tasted the coffee!
  • During a radio broadcast recorded in the UK. (During a broadcast in the Soviet Union, Bob re-used the first section, replacing 'England' with 'Russia' and 'cup of tea' with 'Bowl of Borscht')
  • Audio recording of radio broadcast.

About

• In his prime, the young comic walked onto a stage with the confidence of a man who owned it, and by the time he walked off, he did.
  • Obituary, Television Week, 4 August 2003

Misattributed

• You mean like Democrats?
  • In the film The Ghost Breakers (1940), in reference to another character's description of zombies: "you see them sometimes walking around blindly with dead eyes, following orders, not knowing what they do, not caring."
    [Misattributed: Actor not credited as writer.]

External links

• Bob Hope on IMDb