Thursday, March 28, AD 2024 6:49pm

Bob Hope: Thanks for the Memory

Something for the weekend.  The song Thanks for the Memory made immortal by comedian Bob Hope.  One of the great stand up comedians of all time, Hope was also a true patriot:

For fifty years Bob Hope entertained US troops, from 1941-1991, from World War 2 to the Gulf War.  He brought old jokes, delivered in an unforgettable style, beautiful starlets, and a touch of home to troops far away from home.   As long as there is a US military Bob Hope will never be forgotten.  I have had many veterans tear up when recalling attending a Bob Hope show in a war zone, a bright moment in a fairly grim period of their lives.

By the time of World War II Hope was 38 and too old to likely be assigned to a combat area.  He got around that by spending much of his time during the War entertaining troops in combat zones, occasionally coming under fire.  Hope’s genius as a comedian was a rare gift;  a willingness to spend a half century entertaining American troops was a worthy way of using that gift.

 

 

 

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Robert A. Rowland
Robert A. Rowland
Saturday, December 29, AD 2012 1:09pm

Thank you so much for the great memories of Bob Hope from the years during WWII. He was in a class all by himself.

Millie Reuchlein
Millie Reuchlein
Monday, December 31, AD 2012 10:02am

I was nine yrs of age during the second world war which was supposed to end all wars/What happened??

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