CTVA US Music Variety - "The Bob Hope Show" (NBC) Season 31 (1980-81)

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Season 31 (NBC) (1980-81)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger [#31.06 Updated July 2019]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)

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NBC

31.01 [206] Bob Hope's All-Star Look at TV's Prime Time Wars
06Sep1980 NBC Sat (52 mins.)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Danny Thomas, Howard Duff, Barbara Eden, Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox,
Loni Anderson, Claude Akins, Stella Stevens, Willie Aames,
Cathy Lee Crosby, Gil Gerard, Charlotte Rae and Brooke Shields.

Summary:
Bob Hope looks at the Fall 1980 television season. This was the "A Comic Romp Through Prime Time" broadcast.
Skit titled "Amarillo" a spoof of "Dallas" with Charlotte Rae (Mom), Danny Thomas (Dad), Loni Anderson (Dew Melon) and Bob (Evil B.H.).
His daughter is Brooke Shields and her boyfriend is Erik Estrada. All are suspects in shooting B.H.
Cathy Lee Crosby parodying her show "That's Incredible" with "That's Impossible", with Claude Akins trying to open
a childproof bottle and Bob interviewing cojoined twins Danny Thomas and Howard Duff.
Barbara Eden sings "Come In From the Rain".

31.02 [207] Hope For President
01Nov1980 NBC Sat (2 hrs.)
Producer Ken Welch / Director Kip Walton
Writer Stan Hart, Mitzie Welch, Stephen Perani, Pacy Markman.
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Tony Randall, Johnny Carson, Mr. Bill, Toni Tennille, Sammy Davis Jr., Gary Owens,
Jayne Kennedy, Jonathan Winters, President Gerald Ford, Senator Henry Jackson, Barbara Jordan,
Brooke Shields, Tracy Austin, Lou Ferrigno, Angie Dickinson, Vidal Sassoon, Harvey Korman,
Stefanie Powers, Susan Powell, Louis Nye, Meshach Taylor and The UCLA Fife and Drums Corps.

Summary:
This two-hour special that takes a look at what it might be like if Bob makes a run for the White House.

31.03 [208] Texaco presents Bob Hope's All Star Comedy Christmas Special
16Dec1980 NBC Tues (1hr)


Producer Linda Hope / Director Sid Smith
Writers Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Loretta Swit (MASH)
Loni Anderson 
(WKRP in Cincinnati)
Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band
the Rose Queen & Court
and the AP All America Football Team.
Highlights:
Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band performs "Take Me to Your Lovin' Place".
AP All America Football Team sings "Deck the Halls".
Bob and Loretta sing "Silver Bells".

31.04 [209] The Bob Hope 30th Anniversary Special
18Jan1981 NBC Sun (2hrs)
Producer Linda Hope /  Director Kip Walton
Writers Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Ann-Margret, George Burns
Sammy Davis Jr., Glen Campbell, Tanya Tucker,
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence,
Marie Osmond, Martha Raye, Brooke Shields, Fred Silverman,
Danny Thomas, Robert Urich and Les Brown.

Summary:
A two-hour retrospective of Bob's first 30 years on TV.

*Note: (January 19, 1981) Bob Hope appears on ABC's "All-Star Inaugural Gala".
Also on the show were Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Johnny Carson, Ethel Merman,
Ben Vereen, Debby Boone, Rich Little, Charley Pride and Ronald Reagan.

31.05 [210] Bob Hope's Funny Valentine Special
11Feb1981 NBC Wed (52 mins.)
Producer Linda Hope / Director Tim Kiley
Writers Bob Keana, Seaman Jacobs, Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Fred S. Fox
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Phyllis Diller
Barbara Mandrell
Cathy Lee Crosby
Charlene Tilton

Highlights:
Bob, Charlene and Cathy sing "My Funny Valentine".

31.06 [211] Bob Hope's Spring Fling  
13Apr1981 NBC Mon (52 mins)

13Apr1981 NBC Mon (52 mins.)
Producer Bob Hope / Director Norman Abbott
Writer Seaman Jacobs, Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Fred S. Fox, Bruce Fox, Bob Keane
Announcer John Harlan
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Brooke Shields
Loni Anderson
Jill St. John

Special guest star,
Melissa Manchester
Stars of Tomorrow: Donna Dixon, Teri Copley and Morgan Fairchild.
Also featured: Laurie Main (the Butler) and Richard Balin (the Photographer)
Highlights:
Melissa Manchester sings "As Time Goes By" and "The Boy Next Door" with Bob joining in on the latter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB2gk_-p9-M

31.07 [212] The Bob Hope Special: All-Star Comedy Birthday Party from West Point
25May1981 NBC Mon (2hrs)
Producer James Lipton / Director Tim Kiley
Writer Seaman Jacobs, Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Fred S. Fox, Charles Isaacs, James Lipton
Choreography by Carl Jablonski
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Vice President George Bush, George C. Scott
Mickey Rooney, Robert Urich, Marie Osmond,
Brooke Shields, Sugar Ray Leonard, Glen Campbell,
Mary Martin, Dolores Hope and the "42nd Street Dancers".
Also featured: Ray Leonard Jr., Marcie Murphy, Tanya Tucker, Trish Van Devere.
Highlights:
A comedy special recorded at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.
Marie Osmond sings a medley "Mr. Sandman" and "Celebration".
Glen Campbell performs "Rhinestone Cowboy".
Brooke Shields and Marie Osmond are featured in a sketch with Bob as new West Point Cadets.
Mary Martin and Bob sing "My Heart Belongs to Daddy".
Wanda Rickert, Lee Roy Reams and the cast of the musical "42nd Street" perform "We're in the Money".
A sketch about the origins of West Point featuring Mickey Rooney, Robert Urich, Scott, Campbell, Hope, and Shields.
Mary Martin and Bob duet on "Honeybun".
Dolores Hope sings "Young at Heart".
Speeches from Lieutenant General Andrew J. Goodpaster, Superintendent of West Point and Vice President George H.W. Bush.
Summary:
Bob for two hours of entertainment from West Point. Bob's birthday is celebrated with the
presentation of an enormous cake and a verse of Happy Birthday.

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