American Masters (TV Series)
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
Billy Crystal: Narrator
Quotes
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Narrator : [reading from Bob Hope's journal] The fact that it wasn't a popular war.. our kids were still there. If I hadn't gone, I wouldn't have been able to look in the mirror.. I had to go.. for those kids.
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Narrator : [reading from Bob Hope's journal] The word Vaudeville is very dear to me. If it weren't for vaudeville, I might never have been in radio or pictures. Because it is THE place where I gained all my experience such as timing.. and ducking etc.
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Narrator : [reading from Bob Hope's journal] It was May of 1941, the producer of our radio show asked if I'd take the show out of its Hollywood studio for one show at March Field, one of our air bases in Riverside California. I said 'what for? there was no war going on. Why should we drag the show down there?' I was resisting an idea that was to change my whole life. We had no idea that we were gonna discover an audience so ready for laughter.
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Narrator : [reading from Bob Hope's journal] I do love television! and I don't want anyone to get the impression that I'm the longest running one man show in history. Nothing can be farther from The truth I've had more help in my career than a starlet with a stuck zipper. I don't know how to thank all the stars I've worked with over the years.. I worked with most everybody.
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Narrator : [reading from Bob Hope's journal] I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, fought and lived. I saw some of them died. I saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty that could exist under tyranny. I could ask for no more.
