Opening monologue on Easter and his first foray into TV followed by a number of song, dance and comedy skits.
Tonights guests are Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Bill Hayes, Michael Kidd, Beatrice Lillie, Arnold Stang.
Lucille Ball, Dinah Shore, Bob Crosby
From the Presidio in San Francisco. Bob Hope's guests are Fred MacMurray, Gale Robbins, Alfred Apaka, Gloria Pall and The Bell Sisters
Bob Hope's guests are David Niven, Janis Paige and comedienne Cass Daley. Also appearing Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
The show starts with a Baseball dance number, and Bob's monologue references Joe Dimaggio's recent marriage to Marylin Monroe."Dizzy" Hope tries out as a pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and flops, and in a later skit, Bob's a New Orleans jazz piano player auditioning Benny as violinist for his band, but they become rivals for Bob's girlfriend Rosie.
Bob Hope's guests are Marilyn Maxwell, comedienne Cass Daley and Jerry Colonna. Also, Most Beautiful June Bride Contest Winner.
Bob Hope's guests are Bing Crosby and Jane Russell. Also with Les Brown and His Band of Renown. Highlights: Bob shows clips from his cinema career from the beginning to The Seven Little Foys.
Bob Hope's guests are Jane Russell, Wally Cox, Janis Paige and Roy Rogers. Also the Hollywood Deb Stars for 1955. Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
In his opening monologue, Bob talks about Elvis Presley.
Bob Hope's tour of the Pacific with guests Jerry Colonna, Jayne Mansfield, and Erin O'Brien
Bob Hope entertained troops in Alaska this Christmas, and the highlights of his tour are presented in this one-hour filmed show. In Hope’s troupe are Jayne Mansfield; TV Western star Steve McQueen and his wife, dancer Neile Adams; singer Frances Langford; zany Jerry Colonna; musician Tony Romano; dancer Patty Thomas; actor Peter Leeds; and the Skinnay Ennis orchestra. Highlights: Bear dance--Hope, Thomas; Night and day--Langford; Japanese sketch--Hope, McQueen, Leeds; I’ve got a crush on you--Mansfield; If I had my way--Hope, Colonna, Romano; I enjoy being a girl--Adams; sketch: Standing on the corner--all; Silent night--Langford
Bob, Ginger and Wally do a sketch titled "Life in the Afternoon". Bob and Ginger duet on "Ballin' the Jack". Ginger performs "I Got Rhythm".
From the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Neile Adams sings "My Heart Belongs to Daddy". In sketches, Cadet "Crazy Nose" Hope and Steve "Flash" McQueen flirt with the general's daughter Kay Starr, plays a football hero and flies solo. The Cadet Chorus turns up at the finale.
Hope and guests score in a bit wearing baby clothes and singing "Triplets". A sketch with Durante and Hope playing TV stars that are locked in at night by their networks, spoofing a popular TV series. Durante playing "Aquanose, the Underwater Detective". Bob comments that Jimmy has his own built-in snorkel. Also a piece on "Lady Tallywogger's Boo-Boo" and a foreign spy skit. Jimmy Durante sings "September Song" reminiscent of the late Walter Huston's version. Polly sings "The Man That Got Away" ala Judy Garland.
Bob and Patti portray a giddy couple with their own "Population Explosion", 16 offspring. Patti, Bob and Phil join in "The Last Angry Husband", a satire in which the eternal triangle is bent out of shape. Patti Page sings "Dondi" and "Darktown Strutters Ball". Bob and Phil perform "Hey, Look Me Over". James Darren performs "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" and "Wild About that Gal".
Bob kids a few shows like "The Hustler" as he plays Rig Fats, a pool player with actor James Garner. Danny Thomas joins Hope in a takeoff on "Target: Corruptors," and Nancy Kwan helps Bob turning up as movie star Linda Cleavage. Also, a few gags about the traveling chimp, the Look All-American Football Team and Hollywood Deb Stars.
In the Arctic, joining Bob Hope for his 10th annual Christmas tour of the U.S. bases abroad are Jayne Mansfield, Dorothy Provine, Anita Bryant, Jerry Colonna, Rosemarie "Miss World" Frankland and actor Peter Leeds.
Highlights include: Bob and Jack do a take-off of "Bird Man of Alcatraz" called "Bird Brain of Alcatraz." A riverboat gambling skit with Ethel, Jack (playing the fiddle) and Bobby play card sharps out to fleece a gullible Hope. Ethel Merman sings "This Is It".Bobby Darin sings "All of Me."
Bob Hope brings his USO Christmas tour to Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Midway, and aboard the USS Hancock and the USS New Jersey in the South China Sea.
Bob Hop and his company embark on another Christmas tour to entertain the troops, starting with a send-off from the White House in Washington, DC.
Bob Hope makes his Christmas tour of U.S. military bases to entertain the troops, starting with rehearsals at West Point and with stops in England, Germany, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, Alaska, and to the USS John F. Kennedy is the Mediterranean and the USS Sanctuary in the South China Sea.
Bob Hope's debut in the "Star Spangled Revue" with guests Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dinah Shore, Beatrice Lillie and Hal LeRoy. Also appearing are Maurice Rocco, the Mexico City Boys Choir and the Jack Cole Dancers. Highlights: Bob Hope and Dinah Shore sing a rendition of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" set in an igloo. "Dragalong Cavendish," an Anglicized version of "Hopalong Cassidy." Dinah Shore sings "I Didn't Know What Time It
Guests: Eddie Bracken, Marilyn Maxwell, Bob Crosby, Georgie Price, Toni Arden, Frank Faylen, Billy Daniel and Lita Baron, The Skylarks, Wally Blair, Joe Mole, Sid Marion, Pat C. Flick, The Rio Brothers, Al Goodman and his Orchestra Note: This show was a benefit for the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA). Variety noted the irony of doing a tribute to George M. Cohan, "a great entertainer but a violent anti-unionist."
Bob live on NBC March 16th, 1954 joined by David Niven, Janis Paige, Cass Daley, Hy Averback, Verna Felton, and Elvia Allman for an hour of music and comedy. Jack Benny makes a cameo appearance.
Bob On NBC April 13th, 1954 from Hollywood. With Jack Benny and Rosemary Clooney join Hope for this classic hour of comedy and music. Let the ad-libs fly!
Bob On NBC April 8th, 1957 Bob's guests are Frank Sinatra, 18-year-old Natalie Wood, Janis Paige, also appearing are Jack Kerwood, Peter Leeds, Eleanor Audley and Charley Cooley. The Les Brown conducts the Orchestra. Highlights: Hope & Sinatra play benched minor league ball players. Hope & Paige masquerade as millionaires. Frank Sinatra sings "The Lady is a Tramp".
Bob Hope welcomes Dean Martin And Natalie Wood along with the Crosby's kids in their first major TV appearance. The boys will be in for good-natured ribbing, as Bob and their father (Bing) are known as having the most famous legendary "feud" in show business. Tonight's show marks the first of six full hour telecasts this season and not only marks the tenth anniversary for Bob but also the completion of more than 4,000,000 miles traveled in entertaining U.S. Servicemen since May 1941. Originally aired Sunday 8:00 PM Oct 08, 1959
Bob live on NBC October 3rd, 1960 with Bobby Darin, Patti Page, Joan Crawford, and the Hollywood Deb Stars for 1960 join Bob for an hour of music and comedy. Look for Deb Stars Paula Prentiss and Shelley Fabares.
Bob Hope Buick Special: Potomac Madness. Bob's guests are Ginger Rogers, Perry Como, Herb Vigran, Lisa Davis, Peter Leeds, J. Edward McKinley, Charlie Lung, Eddie Marr, Stephen Chase, Lyle Moraine, Milton Frome and Frank Barton. With David Rose And His Orchestra. Highlights: An original political farce with music. Bob Hope, Ginger Rogers and Perry Como star in this political satire about an unscrupulous Washington hostess whose hobby is putting people into positions of political power
Bob On NBC January 11th, 1961 With Andy Williams, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Janis Paige, Jerry Colonna, and Anita Bryant join Bob for this hour of music and comedy highlighting Bob's Christmas tour to entertain service personnel stationed throughout the Caribbean.
Bob On NBC February 15th, 1961 presents this hour dedicated to presenting awards to the sporting world's best. Presenting the awards are Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Dana Andrews, Lucille Ball, Julie London, Jayne Mansfield, Dean Martin, Ginger Rogers, Tuesday Weld, and Esther Williams. Award recipients are Joe Bellino, Norm Van Brocklin, Wilt Chamberlain, Pancho Gonzales, Dick Groat, Rafer Johnson, Roger Maris, Arnold Palmer, Floyd Patterson, Jerry Lucas, and Barry Macka
Bob Hope's guests are Janis Paige, Dorothy Lamour and Frank Sinatra. Highlights: Bob opens up with a barrage of quips on income taxes, the aftermath of the Academy Awards, Liz Taylor and the Kennedy's. There's a long standup routine with Bob and Frank Sinatra. Frank and Bob duet with "Small Fry". Frank solos with "Goody, Goody". Janis Paige dances. Dorothy Lamour reminisces with Bob about those old road movies they made with Crosby and show clips of the old films. In addition Bob includes a tape of a dog skit done years ago called "This Is Your Life, Lassie"
Bob 'Command Performance' Hope is joined by Bobby Darin, Jack Benny, and Ethel Merman for an hour of music and comedy.
Pepsodent presents The Bob Hope Show, presenting the TV Guide Awards. Martha Raye and Dean Martin join Bob Hope for tonight's show, which concludes with the presentation of the fourth annual TV Guide Awards to winners selected by thousands of TV guide readers in final balloting. Bob Hope and TV Guide publisher James T. Quirk make the presentations in Hollywood. Arthur Schulman, assistant to the publisher, does the honors in New York. With the David Rose Orchestra. Highlights: "The Rating Investigator" finds Congressman Bilge (Bob) badgering the popular star (Dean) of a hillbilly series. In "Calling Miss Nightingale", TV's Dr. Kilroy (Bob) and Nurse Nightingale (Martha) are having script problems, they've run out of diseases. Martha sings "I'll Remember April". Dean sings "A Face in the Crowd". FAVORITE SERIES Ben Casey Bonanza Dr. Kildare Perry Mason The Defenders FAVORITE NEW SERIES McHale's Navy Stoney Burke The Beverly Hillbillies The Eleventh Hour The Virginian BEST SINGLE DRAMATIC, MUSICAL OR VARIETY PROGRAM Bob Hope Christmas Show Cardinal Act of Mercy (Ben Casey episode) Danny Kaye Show Peter Pan Pygmallion BEST SINGLE NEWS OR INFORMATION PROGRAM A Look at Monaco The Death of Stalin The Rise of Khrushchev The Tunnel The World of Jacqueline Kennedy BEST NEWS OR INFORMATION SERIES CBS Reports David Brinkley's Journal Huntley-Brinkley News The Twentieth Century Walter Cronkite News BEST CHILDREN'S SERIES Captain Kangaroo Discovery Lassie The Shari Lewis Show Walt Disney's Wonderful World FAVORITE MALE PERFORMER Raymond Burr Richard Chamberlain Vincent Edwards Red Skelton Dick Van Dyke FAVORITE FEMALE PERFORMER Lucille Ball Shirley Booth Carol Burnett Donna Reed Loretta Young,
Bob live on NBC September 26th,1964 with Milton Berle, Phyllis Diller, Dean Martin, and Jack Benny join Bob for this hour of music and comedy.
This Is Bob (For The First Time In Living Color) Hope' on NBC December 15th, 1965 With Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Janet Leigh, and Nancy Wilson join Bob for this hour of Christmas entertainment.
Bob On NBC January 19th, 1966 From Vietnam, Thailand, Guam, Wake Island, Philippines, and aboard the USS Ticonderoga. Carroll Baker, Joey Heatherton, Jack Jones, Jerry Colonna, Anita Bryant, Kaye Stevens, the Nicholas Brothers, and Diana Lynn Batts join Bob for his annual Christmas tour to entertain service personnel stationed overseas. 90 minutes.
Bob on NBC February 16th, 1966 The Righteous Brothers, Jill St. John, Martha Raye, and Danny Thomas join Hope for this hour of music and comedy.
Bob Hope's guests are Phyllis Diller, Pete Fountain, Jonathan Winters and Lee Marvin. Highlights: Sketches include "Pagoda Place", after remarrying a wealthy Japanese woman learns that her husband is still alive. "The Putrid Six" stars Bob as a sinister bandit chief and Lee as a sissy gangster with Johnnie Lee as Chiquita. A police lieutenant (Bob) investigates Oscar nominee Rock Surly (Jonathan), who is suspected of murdering the other contenders.
Bob Hope On NBC September 28th, 1966 with: Lucille Ball, Joan Caulfield, Joan Collins, Arlene Dahl, Phyllis Diller, Rhonda Fleming, Joan Fontaine, Signe Hasso, Hedy Lamarr, Dorothy Lamour, Marilyn Maxwell, Virginia Mayo, Dina Merrill, Vera Miles, Janis Paige, Jerry Colonna, Paul Lynde, and Ken Murray join Hope for this hour of entertainment.
Bob On NBC October 19th, 1966 With Bill Cosby, Johnny Carson, Don Adams, Milton Berle, Red Buttons, Jack Carter, Wally Cox, Bill Dana, Jimmy Durante, Don Rickles, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Soupy Sales, Dick Shawn, and Jonathan Winters join Bob for this madcap hour of music and comedy.
Bob Hope Christmas Special January 18th, 1967 From Vietnam, Thailand, Guam, Wake Island, Philippines, and aboard the USS F.D. Roosevelt and USS Bennington. Joey Heatherton, Vic Damone, Phyllis Diller, Anita Bryant, the Korean Kittens, Diane Shelton, Miss World Reita Feria, and Dolores Hope join Bob on his annual Christmas tour to entertain service personnel stationed abroad. 90 minutes.
Bob On NBC February 15th, 1967. Joined by Tony Bennett, Jill St. John, Shirley Eaton, and Carol Lawrence for an hour of music and comedy.
Bob On NBC September 20th, 1967 joined by Rowan & Martin, Jimmy Durante, Phyllis Diller, Kaye Stevens, Jack Jones, Rudy Vallee, and in a walk-on appearance Rock Hudson for an hour of music and comedy.
Bob On NBC October 16th, 1967. Joined by Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, and Debbie Reynolds for this hour of music and comedy.
Bob On NBC November 8th, 1967 with, Bobbie Gentry, Don Adams, Steve Allen, Raymond Burr, Rod Cameron, Philip Carey, Jack Carter, Perry Como, Wally Cox, Bill Dana, Richard Deacon, James Drury, Jack Kelly, Paul Lynde, Doug McClure, Buddy Hackett, Cameron Mitchell, Ken Murray, Jack Palance, Don Rickles, Dale Robertson, Rowan & Martin, Larry Storch, Danny Thomas, and Forrest Tucker join Hope for this hour of music and comedy with a cowboy & western slant.
Bob Hope will always be one of America's greatest patriots and entertainers, as he wonderfully shows in his 1967 (Broadcast January-18-1968) Christmas Show for deployed American troops during his USO tour of Southeast Asian military bases including Vietnam. The show also features Raquel Welch, Elaine Dunn, Phil Crosby, Barbara McNair, and Miss World, Madeleine Hartog Bell.
Bob on NBC December 19th, 1968 joined by Glen Campbell, Janet Leigh, Carol Lawrence, Nancy Ames, Wally Cox, and Jerry Colonna for an hour of entertainment. Robert Goulet makes a cameo appearance.
Bob On NBC March 19th, 1969 Joined by Ray Charles, Nancy Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, and Cyd Charisse for an hour of entertainment.
Bob on NBC April 17th, 1969 joined by Sergio Mendez & Brazil '66, Tina Louise, Jane Wyman, Louis Nye, Jack Nicklaus, Patti Page, and Maureen Arthur for this hour of music and comedy.
An all-star spoof of censorship for the entire hour includes only famous male comedians including George Gobel, Flip Wilson, Marty Allen, Steve Allen, Shelley Berman, Red Buttons, Sid Caesar, Johnny Carson, Jerry Colonna, Wally Cox, Bill Dana, Richard Deacon, Shecky Greene, Buddy Hackett, Jack E. Leonard, Pat Paulsen, Nipsey Russell, Soupy Sales, Phil Silvers, Danny Thomas, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley ( they're not comedians but NBC news anchors ), The Smothers Brothers, Jack Carter, Rowan & Martin, and Jimmy Durante.
Bob On NBC January 17th, 1972 From Vietnam, Thailand, Spain, Cuba, Hawaii, Wake Island, and Okinawa. Jim Nabors, Charley Pride, Don Ho, Jill St. John, Vida Blue, Alan Shepard, Jan Daley, Sunday's Child, Suzanne Charny, Carmen Sevilla, the Blue Streaks, the Hollywood Deb Stars, and Miss World Brucene Smith join Bob for his annual tour to entertain service personnel stationed abroad at Christmastime. 90 minutes. Look for Deb Star Jayne Kennedy.
Bob On NBC April 10th, 1972. Ingrid Bergman, Ray Milland and Shirley Jones join Hope for an hour of music and comedy.Bob On NBC April 10th, 1972.
From Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Shemya Island, Diego Garcia, Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, and aboard the USS Midway. Lola Falana, Redd Foxx, .
Bob On NBC February 8th, 1973 with Red Buttons, Tony Randall, Marty Allen, Steve Allen, Jack Benny, Jack Carter, Jerry Colonna, Howard Cosell, Louis Nye, Nipsey Russell, Joanne Worley, Bill Dana, Joe Flynn, Shecky Green, Merv Griffin, Arte Johnson, Corbett Monica, Jan Murray, Ken Murray, Don Rickles, Danny Thomas, and boxing champ George Foreman join Bob for an hour of entertainment.
Bob on NBC From Lake Tahoe. Mac Davis, Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, Sammy Davis Jr., Charo, Ken Stabler, and Fran Tarkenton join Bob for 90 minutes of music and comedy. Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell, and Red Buttons make cameo appearances.
Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Tribute to Vaudeville. Bob Hope's guests are Lucille Ball, Bernadette Peters, Jimmie Walker, The Captain & Tenille, Jack Albertson and Vivian Reed.
Bob Hope celebrates his 75th Birthday at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. with guests Lucille Ball, John Wayne, Red Skelton, Dorothy Lamour, George Burns, Ann-Margret, David Soul, George C. Scott, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Frank Oz (Miss Piggy), Redd Foxx, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Orlando, Elizabeth Taylor, Kathryn Crosby, Lynn Anderson, Fred Travalena, Bert Convy, Pearl Bailey, Elliott Gould, Carol Lawrence, Fred MacMurray, Don Rickles, Alan King, Peter Isacksen, Charles Nelson Reilly, Shields & Yarnell, KC and the Sunshine Band and Bob's wife Dolores Hope.
Bob Hope's guests are the lovely ladies of the big and small screen, Brooke Shields, Loni Anderson, Morgan Fairchild, Melissa Manchester, Jill St. John, Donna Dixon and Teri Copley.
Opening monologue on new TV season and political races. Parody of presidential election with Hope playing candidate Gaylord Goodfellow.
USO Christmas show from Anchorage, Alaska
From Central Park in New York City, Bob Hope celebrates his 25th Anniversary on NBC. Bob Hope's guests are Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Glen Campbell, Chaka Khan & Rufus and Miss America, Shirley Cothran. Also with Les Brown and His Band of Renown. Highlights: Glen Campbell sings "Bonaparte's Retreat". Bob and Jackie do Noel Coward's tongue-in-cheek "Why Must the Show Go On?" Bob and Jackie play a pair of vice cops who dress as women. Carol Channing whistles sibilants as she tells "The Inside Story of Cicely Cisson"
From The Bob Hope Chevy Show with guests James Cagney, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Diana Dors, & Don Larsen.
Bob Hope’s Love Affair With Lucy. Bob Hope special saluting Lucille Ball, who had recently passed away. Bob Hope and guest stars share anecdotes about the entertainer who influenced their lives and careers. Included are film clips from feature films and television programs. Tributes from Bob Hope, George Burns, Danny Thomas, Betty White & Kirk Cameron.
