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Season 24 (NBC) (1973-74)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger [#24.02 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

24.01 [165] The Bob Hope Special
26Sep1973 NBC Wed
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Ann-Margret
John Denver (Country Singer)
Bobby Riggs (Tennis star)
The Jackson Five.
Highlights:
Bob Hope and Ann-Margret do "The Match of the Century" sketch.
John Denver sings "Open Up Your Heart".
Ann-Margret performs "Harlem".
The Jackson Five perform "Get It Together" and "Dancing Machine".

24.02 [166] RCA presents The Bob Hope Comedy Special
13Nov1973 NBC Tue (78 min)

Produced by Mort Lachman / Directed by Dick McDonough
Written by Charles Lee, Gig Henry, Mort Lachman, Lester White,
Mel Tolkin, Raymond Siller and Steve White
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
The Carpenters
Mike Connors (Mannix)
Joey Heatherton
Don Rickles
Redd Foxx
with Les Brown and His Band of Renown
Featured on tonight's show: Donna Douglas, John Roberts
Highlights:
A spoof of TV private eyes.
Bob does a sketch where he is a hillbilly football draft choice.
The Carpenters perform "We've Only Just Begun" and "Top of the World".
Joey Heatherton sings "It Amazes Me".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQt9AMU6IoE

24.03 [167] The Bob Hope Special: Christmas Special
09Dec1973 NBC Sun
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Lucille Ball
Marie Osmond
Shirley Jones
and the AP All America Football Team for this hour of entertainment.
Look for future NFL stars Lucius Selman, Randy White, Randy Gradishar, Andre Tillman, Lynn Swann,
Roosevelt Leaks, John Cappelletti, and Tony Dorsett.
Highlights:
Bob and Shirley play White House residents celebrating Christmas in the cold.
Bob buys a diamond bracelet for wife Dolores and sends it to Lucille Ball for safekeeping.
Marie sings "Paper Roses".
Marie and Bob duet on "Silver Bells".
Shirley Jones sings "Going Out of My Mind".

24.04 [168] The Bob Hope Special
24Jan1974 NBC Thu (52 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Burt Reynolds
Dionne Warwick
Dyan Cannon
Highlights:
Burt and Bob do a skit with a takeoff of "Papillon".
Dionne Warwick sings "Promises, Promises".
The cast joins Bob in a finale "Elegance" from "Hello, Dolly!"

24.05 [169] The Bob Hope Special (Taped on Notre Dame campus, South Bend, Indiana).
01Mar1974 NBC Fri (52 min)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Debbie Reynolds (actress)
Robert Goulet (singer-actor)
Juliet Prowse (singer-dancer)
Charley Pride (Country singer)
Ara Parseghian (Notre Dame football coach)
Highlights:
Debbie Reynolds sings a medley of songs from the Broadway show "Irene".
Debbie plays a baseball mother seeking the perfect college spot for her boy (Bob Hope).
*Note: Bob Hope received the first International Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews
at the 46th anniversary Citation Dinner of the conference's San Diego County chapter.

*Note: (April 1, 1974) Bob is a guest on "The Tonight Show" guest host Roy Clark.

24.06 [170] The Bob Hope Special [Final Show of Bob's 24th season on television]
19Apr1974 WNBC Fri 52 min.
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Bob Newhart (comedian-actor)
Ann-Margret (singer-actress)
Charlie Rich Country singer
George Foreman (Boxer) .
Highlights:
Bob Newhart is a Burbank kid about to leave his girl Ann-Margret in a 50's bubble wig and enroll in Princeton
while Bob Hope moves in as the new drive-in hotshot in the sketch "Burbank Graffitti".
In another skit Bob Hope is a vaudevillian who needs a new cockatoo for his act and Bob Newhart is the pet shop owner.
Bob and Ann-Margret duet to "The Two of Us".
Charlie sings "Behind Closed Doors".

*Note: (May 28, 1974) Bob Hope hosts "The Bluffers" Comedy special
with Ed Asner, Jack Benny, Ernest Borgnine, Johnny Carson, Angie Dickinson,
Sandy Duncan, Glenn Ford, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Merv Griffin, Pat Harrington Jr.,
Ed McMahon, Carl Reiner, Karen Valentine, Demond Wilson, Arlene Golonka,
Jennifer Darling, Barbara Rhoades, Chuck McCann, Bob Ridgely and Ronny Graham.

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