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Season 22 (NBC) (1971-72)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger [#22.04 & #22.07 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

22.01 [151] The Bob Hope Special: A Celebration of Bob's 22 years on NBC. [22nd Season premiere]
13Sep1971 NBC Mon (52 min)
starring in "Planet of the Shapes"
Bob Hope (as Shag Borden)
Nanette Fabray (as the Judge)
Jill St. John (as the Bailiff)
Barbara McNair (Attorney)
Jacqueline Susann (Attorney)
Phyllis Diller (as a Zoo Tour Guide)
Janos Prohaska (as the Gorilla)
Other Guests:
Martha Raye, Linda Cristal, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Rose Marie, Angie Dickinson, Sue Lyon,
Sally Struthers, Imogene Coca, Edie Adams, Jo Anne Worley, Phyllis Newman, Edy Williams.
Highlights:
"Planet of the Shapes", as astronaut Shag Borden (Bob Hope) discovers a planet inhabited
by women and 18 ladies from Dr. Joyce Brothers to Sally Struthers give the astronaut a hard
time in this broad space comedy.
*Note: Bob Hope makes his entrance on a "moon rover" made in the NBC prop shop.
It delighted him so, he wants to use it in his Golf Classic next year.

22.02 [152] The Bob Hope Special: Satire Tonight
07Nov1971 NBC Sun (52 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
John Wayne
Jack Benny
Debbie Reynolds
The Osmond Brothers.
Bob and his guests perform in sketches in this "Satire Tonight" Special.
Highlights:
Bob, as a liberal youngster has John Wayne playing his Sheriff Dad in an "All in the Family" takeoff.
In another skit Bob becomes a college freshman with an eye on coed Debbie Reynolds and college senior Jack Benny.
Still other segments find Bob playing the U.S. envoy to China in a sketch called "Our Man in Pepking" with the Osmond Brothers.
A spoof on the movie "Carnal Knowledge".
Debbie Reynolds sings and dances to "Forget Your Troubles".
The Osmond Brothers sing "Down By the Lazy River" and "I Want a Girl, Just Like the Girl, That Married Dear Old Dad" with Bob.

22.03 [153] The Bob Hope Special
09Dec1971 NBC Thu (52 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Lee Marvin
Robert Goulet
Barbara Eden
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Special appearance by the AP All America Football Team with footballers Ed Marinaro and Greg Pruitt
with Les Brown and his Band of Renown.
Highlights:
Bob and Robert play Chinese delegates discovering New York's Central Park.
Lee Marvin as Dr. Marcus Sincere conning oil baron J. Paul Rich (Hope) in a broad takeoff of TV's "Marcus Welby MD".
Barbara Eden as a convent school graduate outsmarting nightclub boss Hope and pals Goulet and Marvin.
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles sing "Satisfaction" and "Tears of a Clown".
Robert Goulet sings "When I Look In Your Eyes".

22.04 [154] The Bob Hope Christmas Special: Around the Globe with the U.S.O.
From Vietnam, Thailand, Spain, Cuba, Hawaii, Wake Island, Okinawa and Guantanamo.
17Jan1972 NBC Mon (87 min)

Directed by Mort Lachman
Written by Mort Lachman, Lester White, Mel Tolkin, Charles Lee, Gig Henry,
Ed Weinberger and Ray Parker.
Choreography by Jack Baker
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Jim Nabors
Jill St. John
Don Ho (Hawaiian singer)
Charley Pride (Country singer)
Vida Blue (baseball pitcher)
Alan Shepard (astronaut)
Jan Daley (singer)
Sunday's Child (pop group)
Suzanne Charny (dancer-actress)
Carmen Sevilla (Spanish singer-actress)
Brucene Smith, Miss World - USA
The Blue Streaks (roller skaters)
and the Hollywood Deb Stars with a cameo appearance by Jayne Kennedy
with Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
Highlights:
Don Ho sings "With a Feeling I'm Gonna Love You".
Jan Daley sings "Love Story".
Charley Pride and Bob Hope sing "You Gotta Have Heart".
Jim Nabors sings "The Impossible Dream".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIbHKUDJnu8

22.05 [155] The Bob Hope Special: Fifth Vaudeville Special
27Feb1972 NBC Sun (52 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Milton Berle
Juliet Prowse
Sammy Davis Jr.
Petula Clark
with Les Brown and his Band of Renown.
Highlights:
Bob plays a comic who gets murdered by loudmouth Milton Berle.
Petula and Bob play light-hearted hobos.
Bob plays Professor Gladhand a lousy finger-shadow artist whose act is saved by shapely Juliet.
Petula sings a medley of "Penny Lane", "Eleanor Rigby" and "All You Need is Love".
Sammy Davis Jr. sings "Vehicle".
Juliet performs to a George M. Cohan medley.
Bob & Sammy duet on "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" and "Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella".

22.06 [156] The Bob Hope Special
13Mar1972 NBC Mon (52 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Connie Stevens
Eva Gabor
Elke Sommer
Dyan Cannon
with Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
Highlights:
A spoof of Academy Award winning movies.
In "The Polish Connection" Bob plays Popeye Pawlek, a hard-as-nails cop who brings his paranoia home from work.
"Krutch" is the story of a 92-year-old who discovers the meaning of life when he moves into a swinging singles complex.
"Summer of '52" a heart-tugging tale of first love as found by botany student Bob who delivers flowers to a lonely older woman. She's 22.
Elke sings "Love What They've Done to My Song, Ma".
Connie Stevens sings "If".

22.07 [157] The Bob Hope Special: A salute to 1972 Oscar nominated movies
10Apr1972 NBC Mon (52 min)

Produced by Mort Lachman / Directed by Dick McDonough
Written by Mort Lachman, Ed Weinberger, Lester White, Mel Tolkin, Charles Lee,
Gig Henry, and Ray Parker.
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Shirley Jones
Ray Milland
Ingrid Bergman
Barbara McNair
with Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
Also featured on tonight's show. Bryan Clark and Eddie Marr
Highlights:
Bob as Richard Magnificient and Ingrid Bergman as Liz Luscious in a sketch on Oscar night.
"Romeo and Juliet" sketch with Bob and Shirley.
Shirley Jones sings "Jesus Christ Superstar".
Barbara McNair sings "Everything is Beautiful" and "It Only Takes a Moment".
Academy Award winner has a "Lost Weekend" but not the way you think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33DIsNuaKBM

22.08 [158] The Bob Hope Special [Bob's last Special of the season]
27Apr1972 NBC Thu (52 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Dorothy Lamour
Sugar Ray Robinson
Carol Lawrence
Vic Damone
Glen Campbell
Highlights:
Vic Damone playing the son of "The Godpapa" (Bob) in a spoof of "The Godfather".
Bob Hope and Glen Campbell in "The Beverly Hills Fuzz", a spoof of "Adam-12."

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