Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Ralphie
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 01:33 PM

Haven't read all of the Flame Wars above, but maybe now that this thread has reached the 100 mark, we should leave it, like Mr Hope, to RIP
Ralphie

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 01:34 PM

True. But I am trying to end it now. And towards that end, I leave the rest of you to do what you will.

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Ron Olesko
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 01:34 PM

How do we know you are the same guest????    See, there is one of the problem with anonymous postings.

I have nothing further to say.   I will continue to challenge anyone who makes a statement that comes across as "fact" when evidence points to the contrary. I also think that EVERYONE should be careful about what they post.   You are certainly entitled to post anonymously if you wish (although I can't understand it) but you are still responsible for what you write.    Some of the statments people make in these forums border on libel and slander. It isn't right to make assumptions about people.

I'm all for a truce.

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Deckman
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 01:48 PM

As I started to say ... Did I ever tell you about the time I rode in an elevator with Bing crosby and Phil ........

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: SINSULL
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 05:22 PM

I rode in an elevator with Henry Kissenger and his wife. True story. He was in for heart surgery as was a friend of mine. I get on the elevator and there he is in a hospital gown - all four feet of him - and next to him his six foot wife dressed to the nines. I nodded, turned and pushed a button. Next floor, a man gets on and sees Kissenger, goes over and shakes his hand and then goes on and on about "You must remember me. We met at the carshow in 1974. Remember? etc. etc. Kissenger finally "recalled" their meeting but never remmembered his name. A New York moment.

And I saw Milton Bearle at a Howard Johnson's on the thruway.

Never shared coffee with Bob Hope though.

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Ron Olesko
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 05:35 PM

My two favorite "celebrity" elevator stories are:

1) Getting on an elevator with Dick Cavett who is changing his shirt (in the elevator) because he was late for his taping.

2) Getting on an elevator with Yasmine Bleeth.   An uneventful ride, but I can now say I was on an elevator with Yasmine Bleeth.

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Don Firth
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 06:02 PM

Mine are mostly of the "next table" variety. In 1955 I had occasion to be at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. The National Figure Skating Championships were taking place nearby, and a lot of celebrities were to be seen in the dining room (saw lots of familiar faces). On one occasion, my parents, my sister, and I noticed that seated at the next table were Phil Harris and Alice Faye and a couple of other people.

In 1959, the lovely Ellen and I were going a Harry Belafonte concert at Seattle's Orpheum Theater. We decided to have dinner before the concert in the dining room of the Benjamin Franklin Hotel, just down the block from the theater. Once we were seated, we notice a group of about eight people a couple tables away. Harry Belafonte and his entourage. They were all staying at the hotel and having a bite before going to the theater to get ready for the concert.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Blackcatter
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 06:46 PM

Ron -

It's a shame Yasmine wasn't changing her shirt . . .


I've shared a elevator with Doctor Who numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6. Not all at the same time, mind you, but once with Pat Troughton, Peter Davison and Tom Baker and along for the ride was John Nathan Turner who has been an aquaintence of mine since 1983.

I helped one of the Clancy Brothers into and out of an elevator once. I'm sworn to secrecy as to which one and why he needed the help.

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Little Hawk
Date: 30 Jul 03 - 11:32 PM

I've never been on an elevator with anyone notable. Oh, boo hoo!!!

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Deckman
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 12:12 AM

Did I ever tell you about the time I rode in a elevator with Bing crosby ..... Oh, never mind! Bob

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: mg
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 12:56 AM

well hate to change the subject but (a) may he rest in peace and (b) I got pinched by a Clancy brother onced. mg

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Blackcatter
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 01:38 AM

gee Mary, I wonder if it was the same one.

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Fiolar
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 08:20 AM

It seems that as soon as a great comedian dies, the rats in the walls can't wait to denigrate the memory of the laughter and happiness he/she brought to millions. The latest to receive the poisoned chalice is I understand, the magnificent Spike Milligan. OK - some thread creep but for me, nothing can blacken the memory of Bob Hope who proved he was a good actor as well as a great funny man. Watch "Beau James" some time.

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Beccy
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 04:40 PM

My favorite Bob Hope line? "I love visiting Washington... if for no other reason than being close to my money."

Sidebar- My Grandpa played stand-up bass and his brother played guitar for Bob Hope's band a very, very long time ago.

Beccy

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Deckman
Date: 31 Jul 03 - 05:07 PM

I forgot to add a comment to my earlier post about my coffee visit with Bob Hope. He paid for my coffee and doughnut! He said that he appreciated the laugh! Bob

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Beccy
Date: 01 Aug 03 - 09:18 AM

Yeesh- I just took the time to go through and read a bunch of stuff that anon. Guest wrote about hope. He said something about Hope never receiving awards for acting. Actually, one of Hope's funnier lines referred to just that... When he hosted the Academy Awards he once quipped, "Welcome to the Academy Awards, or as we like to refer to it in my house, Passover."

There may have been reports of him being dour, but not from my Grandpa (who as I mentioned before worked with Mr. Hope.) My Grandpa had plenty of things to say about those for whom he had no respect, but he never uttered a bad word about Mr. Hope. Anecdotal? You betcha- but it's a personal connection and that's more than the anon. Guest had for credentials!
That's my two cents worth- Off to gestate!

Beccy

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Aug 03 - 10:41 AM

THAT guest was hauled off to the Massachusetts Home for the Bewildered!

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: GUEST,dave b
Date: 15 Aug 03 - 08:34 AM

Could anyone please help out with the music to "Thanks for the memory"? Everyone knows the way the chorus goes, but what about the verse?
We want to arrange it for brass, for our 25th anniversary concert due soon.

Many thanks in advance.

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Sorcha
Date: 15 Aug 03 - 11:39 AM

Jazz band
Piano,vocal,chords
more
And lots more

Yo, Guest dave b--if you leave an e mail we can contact you directly with the answer to your request. No dots found on line.

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: GUEST,Jim Dixon
Date: 15 Aug 03 - 03:41 PM

I posted the original lyrics to "Thanks for the Memory" (note: Memory, not Memories) in the thread called Songs from old movies. The lyrics at the web site mentioned above are not the original ones. After Hope adopted the song as his theme song, he changed "Memory" to "Memories" and rewrote the lyrics (or his hired writers did) to suit himself and the times. I think he sang many versions over the years.

To appreciate the original, you have to see in the context of the film. If I remember correctly, Bob Hope and Shirley Ross play a divorced couple who encounter each other by accident after a long separation. They chat awhile, and discover that, although they don't regret getting divorced, they still have some affection for each other. They sing the song to each other as a duet, alternating verses. I found it well-acted and rather touching, the highlight of an otherwise frivolous film.

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: GUEST,Jim Dixon
Date: 15 Aug 03 - 03:44 PM

I forgot to mention that the song won an Oscar.

Subject: RE: Obit: Bob Hope dies at 100
From: Sorcha
Date: 16 Aug 03 - 01:47 AM

Hope Guest, dave b remembers he posted this......I did find some music to buy.