"It gave dirty politics a bad name." "Although many of Hope's jokes tackle up-to-the-minute anxieties, they are "a very traditional, conservative, safe kind of humor," Inge noted.Like this one: "Everyone's nervous these days. Quotes & Jokes by Bob Hope 122 quotes Drugs are very much a part of professional sports today, but when you think about it, golf is the only sport where the players aren't penalized for being on grass.

THE LIFE OF HOPE "Some one-liners from Bob Hope's joke file, on display at the Library of Congress. "I asked my good friend, Arnold Palmer how I could improve my game, he advised me to Cheat!" No quotes? BOB HOPE MOURNED Some one-liners from Bob Hope's joke file, on display at the Library of Congress. Bob Hope’s Joke about the great number of Democrats running for president in 1988: “The Democrats have an answer to the unemployment problem. Bob Hope Stand Up Jokes "Golf is my profession. HAVE YOUR SAY

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Hope's jokes have been the cornerstone of his showbiz actHope honed his joke-writing craft for BBC shows in the 1940s and 50sSome of Hope's most famous stand-up routines were in Vietnam From the Archives: Bob Hope, the master of the one-liner, dies at 100 Bob Hope in 1954. WATCH ” Bob Hope (1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor. "These are among the virtual contents of Hope's famous "joke file" — rows of filing cabinets lovingly maintained in a fireproof vault next to his Toluca Lake, Calif., home.Hope donated the 500,000 or so jokes, and memorabilia dating to his vaudeville days, for an exhibit that opened three years ago in the library's Jefferson Building.The jokes are the work of more than 100 writers who worked for Hope. Virus is a Latin word used by doctors to mean “your guess is as good as mine.

- Explaining why his family emigrated to the USA when he was four. Bob Hope's one-liners Hope's jokes have been the cornerstone of his showbiz act Bob Hope was regarded by fans and peers alike as a master of the stand-up gag. I mean outside of golf. You can share any bit of funny information, piece of trivia too or tell a story about this comedian here too! On his 99th birthday, May 29, 2002, the chapel at the Los Angeles National Cemetery was named The Bob Hope Veterans Chapel. Bob Hope: his 20 best one-liners ... Bob Hope, seen here in the 1947 film My Favourite Brunette. More comedians, more quotes! Quotes and One Liners Author: Bob Hope Page 2 He rules the country with an iron fist – the same way he plays the piano.


We always had a light jab for each other. "The other day at L.A. airport they searched Raquel Welch for three hours. The following are from December 1953: "You should have seen the Christmas cards I got this year.

Here are some of the one-liners over the years which helped to make Bob Hope the incomparable comic that he was: "I felt I wasn't getting anywhere in England."

Bob Hope was regarded by fans and peers alike as a master of the stand-up gag. Show business is just to pay the green fees" "I set out to play golf with the intention of shooting my age, but I shot my weight instead!" In 1976, it was swine flu, and President Ford offered citizens free vaccinations: "That's what I like about Washington — even when they give you something for free, it still hurts.

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Steve Martin quotes. "How could anyone get so angry, so involved, so worked up about anything? The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites IN PICTURES Bob Hope: his 20 best one-liners ... Bob Hope, seen here in the 1947 film My Favourite Brunette. RELATED INTERNET LINKS: Hope's jokes have been the cornerstone of his showbiz actHope honed his joke-writing craft for BBC shows in the 1940s and 50sSome of Hope's most famous stand-up routines were in Vietnam

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And she was getting OFF the plane," goes one joke from 1975. Golf. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.

Help us to expand our database and send best quotes from Bob Hope you know by using the form below. BOB HOPE MOURNED "I don't understand terrorists," he quipped 10 years before the Sept. 11 attacks. "Today there's SARS.



Hope died late Sunday of pneumonia, two months after his 100th birthday, but his jokes still stand at the ready at the nation's top library.Visitors can touch a computer screen to search through digitally scanned images of more than 85,000 pages of jokes, some with Hope's penciled notations, all indexed by subject.

RELATED INTERNET LINKS: "What bugged her most was, six of the guards were from another airport.