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Season 19 (NBC) (1968-69)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger, [Updated June 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

19.01 [126] The Bob Hope Special
25Sep1968 NBC Wed
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Jill St. John
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Cyd Charisse
Vikki Carr
Carroll Baker
Also starring Jerry Colonna, Paul Lynde, Ken Murray.
Les Brown Orchestra
Highlights:
Bob plays Gaylord Goodfellow, political candidate and Irving, his taxi driver double, who takes his place
in the election and goes to marry six women.
Bob presents a comedic mixture of topical satire and an ever-popular attraction - politics and pretty girls.
The plot puts Bob in the dual role of Presidential candidate Gaylord Goodfellow and his lookalike, a cab driver named Irving.
When Goodfellow finds flower power more appealing than the campaign trail, he drops out of the race.
Panicky party bosses press Irving into service as a replacement.
As the masquerade progresses, Irving learns that Gaylord has made one very big promise - marriage to six lovely ladies.
Vikki Carr sings "It Must Be Him"
Cyd Charisse in a dance number to "I Have Myself a True Love"
Also featured are
Supporting cast:
Jesse White ......... Cochran
J. Edward McKinley .. Caraway
Eddie Marr .......... Farley
Henry Corden ........ Psychiatrist

19.02 [127] The Bob Hope Special
14Oct1968 NBC Monday (52 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Gwen Verdon
John Davidson
Jeannie C. Riley
Bob Fosse
Bob Gibson and Denny McLain (World Series' pitchers)
Highlights:
Jeannie C. Riley sings "Harper Valley PTA".
Gwen plays Violet C. Drab a contestant on "Blind Date", a spoof of "The Dating Game" in a sketch with Hope.
John Davidson sings "Hey Jude".
Gwen Verdon performs a flamenco number choreographed by her husband Bob Fosse.

19.03 [128] The Bob Hope Special a.k.a. Road To The Moon
06Nov1968 NBC Wed (52 min)

Directed by Dick McDonough
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
David Janssen
Barbara Eden
Ray Charles
and a taped segment with Apollo 7 astronauts
Walter Cunningham, Donn F. Eisele, Walter Schirra
direct from Houston Mission control.
Highlights:
Ray Charles sings "The Sun Died" and "Bright Lights and You, Girl".
Barbara Eden sings "Don't Tell Mama" a song-and-dance number from "Cabaret" choreographed by Miriam Nelson.
David Janssen and Bob do an "Odd Couple" spoof set in outer space.
After 97 days aloft, Cdr. Charlie Impeccable (David) is ready to flip.
His messy partner on the trip to Mars is Dustin Swine (Bob), who's somehow imprevious to the tensions of interstellar travel.

19.04 [129] The Bob Hope Special
27Nov1968 NBC Wed (60 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Glen Campbell
Juliet Prowse
James Garner
Barbara McNair
and cameo appearances from several stars from the alumni roster including,
John Wayne, Fess Parker, Robert Stack, Marlo Thomas.
Also, appearing is football coach Jim McKay and a salute to Heisman trophy front runner O.J. Simpson.
Highlights:
Bob leads a Notre Dame U.S.C. football rally at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.
Bob chats with Trojan back player of the year, O.J. Simpson.

*Note, if the musician's strike is settled by show time, Sergio Mendes and his Brasil '66 will perform.
*Note: A college concert, honoring USC, taped at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.

 Bob Hope guested on "The Ann-Margaret Show" (Special)  01Dec1968

19.05 [130] The Bob Hope Special
19Dec1968 NBC Thursday (52 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Carol Lawrence
Jerry Colonna
Janet Leigh
Nancy Ames
Glen Campbell
Stella Stevens
Wally Cox.
Highlights:
A "Mission: Impossible" book show with agent Hope tracking down Santa Claus, kidnaped by a women's group called Broads, Inc.
Agent Hope meets stewardess Nancy Ames on a hijacked plane to Havanna, faces judge Jerry Colonna,
makes friends with CIA agent Glen Campbell and shoots off to Hong Kong only to be poisoned by dancer Carol Lawrence.
Bob bumps into Janet Leigh for a song and eventually finds Santa (Wally Cox) at Broad headquarters.
Bob Hope plays an agent in this Christmas Special, assigned to find a kidnapped Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.
Note: Pasadena's Rose Queen appears briefly before the good nights.

19.06 [131] The Bob Hope Special
From Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Guam, Okinawa, Midway Island, and aboard the USS Hancock and the USS New Jersey.
16Jan1969 NBC Thursday (87 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Ann Margret
Rosey Grier
Dick Albers and his trampoline act
Linda Bennett
Penny Plummer (Miss World)
Honey Ltd.
 The Golddiggers
Highlights:
The Golddiggers' impromptu show at an Army PX, and their efforts while on the USS Hancock to entertain a destroyer crew 200 yards away.
The Golddiggers perform to "Let Yourself Go".
Ann-Margret does the frug with dancing partner Hope.
Rosey Grier sings "Bad News".
Honey Ltd. sing "I'm So Glad".
*Note: When asked how did this trip compare to the 17 previous ones? Bob replied,
"It was about the same, perhaps a little more exciting because we had 19 girls. The 12 Golddiggers made the difference.
They're so cute. When they'd run out on the stage, the eyes of the GIs would dart from one to the other."

19.07 [132] The Bob Hope Special: Tribute to Vaudeville
17Feb1969 NBC Monday (52 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Bing Crosby
George Burns
Martha Raye
Lisa Miller
Dan Rowan & Dick Martin
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Highlights:
Martha Raye sings her famous rendition of "Mr. Paganini".
Bing Crosby sings 'bird' songs like "Red Red Robin".
Hope, Crosby and Burns resurrect "Goldie, Fields and Glide" one of the worst acts ever dreamed up.
Bob and Bing revive their 1932 routine called "crossovers" in which two men meet in the street and pass the time of day.
George Burns recalls Gracie Allen sillies with Lisa Miller.
Diana Ross and The Supremes offer a medley of their hits.
*Note: Bob's performance was curtailed a bit during this production because of recovering eye surgery.

19.08 [133] The Bob Hope Special
19Mar1969 NBC Wed (52 min).
Produced by Mort Lachman / Directed by Dick McDonough
Written by Lester White, Larry Rhine, Mort Lachman, Bill Larkin, Charles Lee and Gig Henry.
Cyd Charisse's Dance Choreographed by Eugene Loring
Dance costumes by Bob Mackie
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Jimmy Durante
Cyd Charisse
Nancy Sinatra
Ray Charles
with Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
Also featured: Milton Frome, Bob Jellison, Eddie Marr,
Lee Giroux, Mike Ross, Louise Lawson and Damian London.
Highlights:
Nancy Sinatra sings "God Knows I Love You".
Nancy plays a psychiatrist to cowboy Hope.
Cyd Charisse dances and poses as an overweight woman as part of a gag in a "Waist Watchers"
sketch in which Bob becomes pinned in a telephone booth.
Ray Charles performs "That's You Girl".
Cyd Charisse dances with Don Crichton.
Hope and Jimmy ham it up in a college campus riot sketch, with Bob leading the dissidents
(unusually beautiful girls) and Durante, wearing a tam playing school proxy Sigmund Sayakawa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWUtsQ5jLXI

19.09 [134] The Bob Hope Special [Bob's last special of the season]
17Apr1969 NBC Thursday (52 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Patti Page
Jack Nicklaus
Louis Nye
Tina Louise
Maureen Arthur
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
Special guest star: Jane Wyman
with: Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
Highlights:
Patti Page sings "The Love Song".
Bob attempts to lure away a Nicklaus pupil for lessons with Jack for himself.
Plugging his latest film "How to Commit Marriage" Bob faces Jane Wyman, Maureen Arthur and Tina Louise
in the studio cutting room as the girls angle for more footage.
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 perform "Scarborough Fair" and "Pretty World".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NS0RlGEF6s

*Note: (June 26, 1969) Bob Hope guests on "The Merv Griffin Show".
*Note: Bob Hope appears in the film "How to Commit Marriage" released July 7, 1969.

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