Bob Hope Holiday Specials

slinky · **Posted:** Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:50 pm

The Military Channel (was Discovery Wings) is having an all day running of Bob Hope Holiday Specials from all different eras. Might be worth a look.... Starts at 12:00 Sunday. Check your local listings.

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Wed Dec 21, 2005 11:02 pm

ole ski nose was a cleveland boy done good!!! :partyman:

he was a real juvenile delinquent as a kid who really straightened his ass out times ten thousand!!! my dad came out of a jungle patrol & stumbled into a bob
hope uso show in the pacific.

Dave Homewood · **Posted:** Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:23 pm

Don't you mean London boy? Bob Hope was as British as Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin...

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Fri Dec 23, 2005 7:08 pm

as to his u.s. ancestry, he's from cleveland ohio at his earliest point. he may have roots in england, but he was an ohio boy 1st if he came to the u.s. from britain way back when. go buckeyes!!! go bob!! i think his name was leslie towne hope originally. best, tom

Eric Friedebach · **Posted:** Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:41 am

Hope did a TV commercial where he talked about growing up in Cleveland. The producer mentioned to me how sharp he was, even at his age.

A true Gentleman.

Flat 12x2 · **Posted:** Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:56 am

tom d. friedman wrote:

ole ski nose was a cleveland boy done good!!! .............

As Dave said, Born & bred in south London, moved to the U.S. aged 10 IIRC.
How about that other great American Walt ...., also not born your side of the pond :wink:

(not in the UK either if you thought that's what I meant)

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