# Bob Hope - !00th birthday today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-00th-birthday-today/178407 "2003-05-30T00:18:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-00th-birthday-today/178407/1 "2003-05-30T00:18:34Z")
[http://www.bobhope.com/BreakingNews.html](http://www.bobhope.com/BreakingNews.html) I like him. Been around a while. Love those _On the Road…_ movies. USO. Need I say more? ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-00th-birthday-today/178407/2 "2003-05-30T00:41:41Z")
I would like to propose a toast to Mr Hope. Bartender a lemonade. (quickly adds.) In a dirty glass. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-00th-birthday-today/178407/3 "2003-05-30T00:47:42Z")
There’s a movie Bob Hope did that I can’t remember the title of. He gets temporary custody of a toddler whose mother abandoned her at the United Nations building. They call her “Nonnie”, short for “Little Miss Anonymous”. Finding out how to get the kid a home is complicated because she becomes a pawn, all the countries want to claim her. Sentimental ending of course, with a message of “world peace” but you know? It’s how I wish things really are. Bob Hope was great. As the only civilian honored as an armed forces veteran, I wonder if he could be buried in Arlington when the time comes? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-00th-birthday-today/178407/4 "2003-05-30T00:50:04Z")
(I left the obvious line open for one of you guys) I liked it when he played golf through the tent in _Spies Like Us_. He and Bing together were pure magic. ---
**Author:** ![rmbnxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@rmbnxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rmbnxs)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-00th-birthday-today/178407/5 "2003-05-30T03:21:56Z")
He’s a lot funnier now than he used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-00th-birthday-today/178407/6 "2003-05-30T04:45:05Z")
In what way **rmbnxs**? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-00th-birthday-today/178407/7 "2003-05-30T04:56:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rmbnxs \* > \*\*He’s a lot funnier now than he used to be. \*\* WTF? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-00th-birthday-today/178407/8 "2003-05-30T05:12:34Z")
On ABC radio on Saturday evenings they have a program called _Bakelite Express_ which plays really old broadcast material. A while ago they played a recording of a 1940’s USO show featuring Bob Hope. None of the jokes was particularly stellar but the delivery was laugh out loud funny. It was as funny as anything I’ve heard this year. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-00th-birthday-today/178407/9 "2003-05-30T05:49:11Z")
**don’t ask** , I do agree: how he delivered the jokes was what made him great: On TV, I saw Bob Hope’s _My Favorite Blonde_. It was a takeoff of Alfred Hitchcock’s the 39 Steps. The “maguffin” was a ring: _The blonde spy to Hope:_ “See this ring? It contains the plans for a revolutionary new bomber that will win the war!! _Hope (incredulous):_ “Oh yeah? Well, see this one? It has “Benny Goodman and his orchestra!!”\* Happy birthday Bob! \*[sub]There! I had that stuck in my mind for 20 years! Now you have it too![/sub]😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-hope-00th-birthday-today/178407/10 "2003-05-30T05:59:40Z")
Only 2 more Road movies and i have them all on DVD!!! (plus My Favorite Brunette)