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Season 7 (NBC) (1956-57)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger, KShavo [Updated June 2019]
references:
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NBC Sundays

7.01 [48] The Bob Hope Chevy Show [Season Premiere]
21Oct1956 NBC Sun
Choreographer Bruce Baker
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Vivian Vance
William Frawley
James Cagney
Diana Dors (British Actress/Singer)
Don Larsen
and the Hollywood Deb Stars.
Synopsis:
A spoof of "I Love Lucy" in which Bob plays Ricky Ricardo and Desi plays Fred Mertz.
Cameo appearance by James Cagney and Diana Dors.
Also Don Larsen of the New York Yankees who pitched the only perfect game in World Series History is interviewed by Bob.
Bob and Jimmy introduce 10 Deb stars.
Highlights:
Bob Hope and Diana Dors perform "Married Life in England".
Bob, Lucy, Desi, Vivian and William join in for "If Lucy Had Met Bob First".
Bob Hope and James Cagney "Introduction of Deb Stars".
Bob and Jimmy perform "Seven Little Foys" dance.

Trivia: Don Larsen received $6,000 for being on Bob Hope's TV show after he pitched his perfect game in 1956.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SQOFT95lSU

*Note: Bob Hope is a guest on "I Love Lucy" episode on October 1st, 1956.

x.x [--] The Bob Hope Show
24-Oct-1956 (imdb) (rerun from 24Dec1950)
Robert Cummings, Lily Pons, Eleanor Roosevelt

7.02 [49] The Bob Hope Chevy Show
11Nov1956 NBC Sun
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Perry Como
Julie London
Joan Davis
John Cameron Swayze
Also featured
Stephen Chase, Fred Tozere, Ty Perry and The Ray Charles Singers.
Cameos by Milton Berle and Steve Allen.
Synopsis:
A bankrupt queen attempts to wed a rich man.
General Hope rages a ratings war with the rival networks (Berle & Allen).
Perry sings "Small Fry".

*Note: Bob Hope is a guest on "The Steve Allen Plymouth Show" on November 18th, 1956.

7.03 [50] The Bob Hope Chevy Show (USO Alaska Xmas Show)
28Dec1956 NBC Fri
Choreographer Jack Baker
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Ginger Rogers
Mickey Mantle
Peggy King
Hedda Hopper
Jerry Colonna
Miss Universe Carol Morris
Del Rubio Triplets
and the Purdue Glee Club entertaining U.S. troops in Alaska
with Les Brown and his Band of Renown
Synopsis:
Mantle plays a pampered spoiled private who's just been drafter, much to the chagrin of Commander Hope.
Ginger to Bob, "Is this a customer or did Elvis loose his hounddog."
Del Rubio Triplets sing "One O'Clock Jump".
Peggy King sings "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face".
The Purdue Glee Club sing "White Christmas".
*Note: General Frank A. Armstrong of the Alaskan Command thanks Bob for his work.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jbw0t

*Note: Bob Hope stars in "The Iron Petticoat" released January 7, 1957.

7.04 [51] The Bob Hope Chevy Show
25Jan1957 NBC Fri
Producer Jack Hope / Directed by Jack Shea
Writers John Rapp, Lester White, Mort Lachman, Bill Larkin, Charles Lee
Choreographer Jack Baker
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Eddie Fisher
Betty Grable
Harry James
Rowan and Martin
with Les Brown and His Band of Renown
Also featuring
Jack Kirkwood, Peter Leeds, Johnny Peters, Charley Cooley, Bob Tafur and Sunny Boyne.
Highlights:
Tab Hope (Bob) sells his sole to the devil (James) to become the newest movie star.
Sketches recall Hope's meeting with Dick and Dan, and the making of a new movie star,
Tab Hope, in exchange for selling his sole to the devil (James), who also does a trumpet solo.
Grable does an elaborate song and dance number.

7.05 [52] The Bob Hope Show
10Mar1957 NBC Sun
Producer Jack Hope / Directed by Jack Shea
Writers John Rapp, Lester White, Mort Lachman, Bill Larkin, Charles Lee
Choreographer Jack Baker
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Wally Cox
Rosemary Clooney
Lana Turner
Gordon Jenkins conducts the Orchestra
Also featuring
Hy Averback, Duke Johnson, Sunny Boyne, Jack Pepper, Charley Cooley
Highlights:
Bob plays agent Fabian Connover who is searching for talent, while Wally Cox plays a yodeler, Melvin Pretzel looking for an agent.
Lana Turner plays a woman who marries for the second time believing her first husband is dead. Both Lana and her second husband
Wally Cox are disagreeably surprised when first husband Bob Hope shows up, very much alive.
Hope and Cox also perform "The Saga of Melvin Pretzel," a skit that parodies the Elvis Presley craze.
Wally Cox spoofs Elvis with a vibrating Adam's Apple which is banned from TV for being too suggestive.
Rosemary sings "Magoes" and "Wringle Wrangle".
Bob and Lana perform a dance number to "Will You Still Be Mine?"
Rosemary & Bob duet on "Ain't A-Hankerin'".
Bob salutes the Seabees stationed at Port Hueneme California and will receives an award from the Seabees.

*Note: Bob Hope appears in the documentary "Screen Snapshots 1952: Hollywood Star Night" on April 4th, 1957.

7.06 [53] The Bob Hope Show
(05Apr1957 NBC Fri) 08Apr1957 NBC Mon
Producer Jack Hope
Written by Mort Lachman, Bill Larkin, John Rapp, Lester White, Charles Less
Directed by Jack Shea
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Frank Sinatra
Natalie Wood (age 18)
Janis Paige
Also featuring
Jack Kerwood, Peter Leeds, Eleanor Audley and Charley Cooley
Highlights:
Hope & Sinatra play benched minor league ball players.
Hope & Paige masquerade as millionaires.
Sinatra sings "The Lady is a Tramp".
Loads of Elvis and Ike jokes.

7.07 [54] The Bob Hope Show
05May1957 NBC Sun
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Shelley Winters
George Jessel
Sonny James
Dr. Cary Middlecoff
Les Brown Orchestra
Highlights:
Sonny sings "First Date, First Kiss, First Love" & "Young Love".
Shelley and Bob sing "I Dreamed".
Bob stars in two comedy sketches and does his impression of Eddie Foy's "Sand Dance".
George offers his version of Al Jolson's "Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Goodbye".
Dr. Cary Middlecoff shows Bob what happens to his dental patients when he's off at a golf tournament.

*Note: Bob Hope appears in the documentary "Screen Snapshots: The Walter Winchell Party" on June 6th, 1957.
*Note: Bob Hope stars in the film "Beau James" released June 7, 1957.
*Note: Bob Hope appears in the documentary "Screen Snapshots: WAIF International Ball" on June 15th, 1957.
*Note: Bob Hope appears in the short "The Heart of Show Business" in June 1957.
*Note: Bob Hope appears in the short "Screen Snapshots 1856: The Mocambo Party" on August 20th, 1957.

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