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NBC
28.01 [185] Bob Hope on the Road With Bing - A Tribute To Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby (born 03-May-1903 / died 14-Oct-1977 Age74)
28Oct1977 NBC Fri (2 hrs)
Hope Enterprises, Inc. / Executive producer, Bob Hope / Producer-director, Howard W. Koch
Writers, Charles Lee, Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills. / Editors, Hal Collins, Chip Brooks
Music director, Les Brown
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Bing Crosby
Lucille Ball
Summary:
Bing Crosby and Lucille Ball help Bob Hope recall his career in show business.
Bob hosts this poignant tribute to the late Bing Crosby. Utilizing film and videotape excerpts
Bob traces the extraordinary friendship between the two men from their first meeting in Vaudeville--to radio--into the movies
and the revered Road pictures--then on to television and, of course, the golf course.
Also appearing:
Gracie Allen, Frankie Avalon, Pearl Bailey, Humphrey Bogart, George Burns, James Cagney, Joan Collins, Jerry Colonna,
Gary Cooper, Arlene Dahl, Phyllis Diller, Jimmy Durante, Anita Ekberg, Fernandel, Joan Fontaine, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jackie Gleason,
Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable, Betty Hutton, Hedy Lamarr, Jerry Lewis, Gina Lollobrigida, Dean Martin, Tony Martin, Marilyn Maxwell,
Dina Merrill, Vera Miles, David Niven, Martha Raye, Roy Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Eva Marie Saint, Jill St. John, Peter Sellers,
Elke Sommer, Tuesday Weld, Jonathan Winters.
’There I was,’ says Bob Hope of his 1937 screen test, ’in glorious black and white up there on the movie screen, I was awful.’
But he couldn’t have been that bad, because it was the beginning of a 40-year career. Bing Crosby and Lucille Ball help Bob recall his career in this program,
which features clips from many of Hope’s 54 movies.
At press time, producer Howard Koch expected to include excerpts from the seven Road pictures Hope made with Bing and Dorothy Lamour
(Singapore, 1940; Zanzibar, ’41; Morocco, ’42; Utopia, ’46; Rio, ’46; Bali, ’52; and Hong Kong, ’62).
Hope’s love scenes with Lucy (The facts of life, ’60), Rhonda Fleming (Alias Jesse James, ’49), and Jane Russell (The paleface, ’48),
and, from Hope’s feature-film debut, The big broadcast of 1938, the scene in which he introduced Thanks for the memory.
*Note: (November 21, 1977) Bob Hope is a guest on "America Salutes the Queen".
*Note: (November 22, 1977) Bob Hope is a guest on "The Muppet Show".
*Note: (November 23, 1977) Bob Hope is a guest on "The George Burns One-Man Show" special.
*Note: (December 1, 1977) Bob Hope is a guest on "An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor".
28.02 [186] Texaco presents The Bob Hope Christmas Special
19Dec1977 NBC Mon (60 mins)
Producer Sheldon Keller / Director Dick McDonough
Writer Charles Lee, Gig Henry, Howard Albrecht, Robert L. Mills
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Olivia Newton-John
Perry Como
Mark Hamill
Jim Henson's Muppets
the AP All America Football Team
Look for future NFL stars Earl Campbell, Ozzie Newsome, Doug Williams, and Dennis Thurman.
Highlights:
Olivia Newton-John sings "I Honestly Love You".
Perry Como sings "You Light Up My Life".
Bob Hope and Olivia duet on "Silver Bells".
A sendup of the science-fiction epic "Star Wars" has a Christmas theme - the hijacking of Santa Claus.
Olivia Newton-John is the galactic Princess, Perry Como is the most daring and relaxed astronaut in the "Solar System"
and Bob is Barf Vader, the baddest cat in the universe. Mark Hamill of course is the HERO.
In another sketch Bob and Mark are two kids locked in a toy store overnight.
Bob and the Muppets have a comic conversation about Christmas.
*Note: Also known as "Texaco Presents The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special".
28.03 [187] Bob Hope's All-Star Tribute to the Palace Theater
08Jan1978 NBC Sun (90 mins.)
Producer Sheldon Keller / Director Dick McDonough
Writer Charles Lee, Gig Henry, Howard Albrecht, Robert L. Mills
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
George Burns
Donny and Marie Osmond
Sammy Davis Jr.
Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme
Carol Lawrence
Johnny Carson makes a cameo appearance.
Bob Hope pays tribute to the Palace Theater, a well-loved vaudeville venue on Times Square in New York.
*Note: (January 24, 1978) Bob Hope appears on "The Kraft 75th Anniversary Special".
Also appearing were Milton Berle, Alan King and Leslie Uggams.
28.04 [188] Texaco presents: The Bob Hope Special From Palm Springs
13Feb1978 NBC Mon (52 mins.)
Producer Bob Hope / Director Dick McDonough
Writer Charles Lee, Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Howard Albrecht
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Andy Williams
Telly Savalas
Raquel Welch
Phyllis Diller
Glen Campbell
Flip Wilson
Roy Clark
Highlights:
Roy Clark performs "Jambalaya (on the Bayou)".
Bob and Raquel do a "Saturday Night Fever" sketch to "Staying Alive".
*Note: (February 13, 1978) Bob Hope is a guest on "The Muppet Show".
*Note: (March 3, 1978) Bob Hope appears on "The 20th Annual TV Week Logie Awards".
*Note: (March 26, 1978) Bob Hope appears on "A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle".
*Note: (April 3, 1978) Bob Hope hosts "The 50th Annual Academy Awards".
28.05 [189] Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Special From Australia
15Apr1978 NBC Sat (90 mins)
Producer Chris Bearde / Director Dick McDonough
Writer Charles Lee, Gig Henry, David Letterman, Robert L. Mills, Chris Bearde
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Florence Henderson
Charo
Barbara Eden
Mary Anne Davidson
The Four Kinsmen
Australian singing sensation Kamahl,
and Miss Australia Gloria Krope.
Highlights:
Barbara Eden sings "It's a Miracle".
Maryanne Davidson sings "Tell Me a Story".
A sketch taking place in an Australian customs office featuring Barbara Eden, Bob Hope, Florence Henderson.
Kamahl sings "What Would I Do Without My Music?"
Florence Henderson singing "What I did For Love" and "The Way We Were",
A film of Hope and Henderson traveling on a boat down the Swan River near Perth.
Charo performing a version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".
The Four Kinsmen perform "What the World Needs Now is Love" and "The Rhythm of Life".
*Note: (May 25, 1978) Bob Hope appears in the documentary special "Bing Crosby: His Life and Legend".
*Note: (May 26, 1978) Bob Hope is a guest on "The Osmond Brothers Special".
28.06 [190] Happy 75th Birthday Bob
29May1978 NBC Mon (2 hrs)
Producer John Hamlin / Directed by Bob Wynn
Written by Bob Arnott & James Lipton
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Dolores Hope, Lucille Ball, George Burns, Elizabeth Taylor, Sammy Davis Jr., Redd Foxx, Tony Orlando
Dorothy Lamour, John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Fred MacMurray, Kathryn Crosby, Red Skelton, Pearl Bailey,
George C. Scott, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog), Frank Oz (Miss Piggy),
Lynn Anderson, David Soul, Fred Travalena, Bert Convy, Elliott Gould, Peter Isacksen, Alan King,
Carol Lawrence, Don Rickles, Charles Nelson Reilly, Shields & Yarnell and KC and the Sunshine Band.
Summary:
Celebration at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Highlights:
Mac Davis sings "Stop and Smell the Roses".
KC and the Sunshine Band perform "It's the Same Old Song".
Donny and Marie Osmond sing a medley of songs "Buttons and Bows", "We're Off On the Road to Morocco" and "The Lady's In Love With You".
Comedy sketch featuring Charles Nelson Reilly and Fred Travalena.
Sammy Davis Jr. sings "Stop the World - I Want to Get Off", "Gonna Build a Mountain", "What Kind of Fool Am I?" and "Once in a Lifetime".
Lucille Ball sings "Hey, Look Me Over".
Clips of Hope alongside his famous female co-stars, including Hedy Lamarr, Vera Miles, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Marilyn Maxwell,
Madeleine Carroll, Eva Marie Saint, Milly Vitale, Jane Wyman, Jane Russell, and Phyllis Diller.
Bert Convy sings "Smoke Gets In Your Eye".
Carol Lawrence singing and performing in a tap dance to "It's De-Lovely".
Lynn Anderson singing "Feelings".
A dance routine from Shields & Yarnell.
David Soul sings "Tomorrow Child".
Clip reels of Hope and Bing Crosby in their various "Road" movies.
Charo sings "America" from "West Side Story".
*Note: (June 4, 1978) Bob Hope is a presenter of "The Irving Berlin Award on the 32nd Annual Tony Awards".
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