The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1 (2001)

0.0/10 52 min Documentary

Overview

This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very first special, for Frigidaire, on April 9, 1950 and putting his way through the years to 1975

Cast

Bob Hope

Self (archive footage)

Desi Arnez Hines II

Self (archive footage)

Lucille Ball

Self (archive footage)

Tony Bennett

Self (archive footage)

Jack Benny

Self (archive footage)

Ingrid Bergman

Self (archive footage)

Dyan Cannon

Self (archive footage)

Richard Carpenter

Self (archive footage)

Karen Carpenter

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Carson

Self (archive footage)

Ray Charles

Self (archive footage)

Perry Como

Self (archive footage)

Bing Crosby

Self (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archive footage)

John Denver

Self (archive footage)

Angie Dickinson

Self (archive footage)

Phyllis Diller

Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Durante

Self (archive footage)

Redd Foxx

Self (archive footage)

Aretha Franklin

Self (archive footage)

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