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Season 29 (NBC) (1978-79)
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)
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UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)

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NBC

29.01 [191] Bob Hope's Salute to the 75th Anniversary of the World Series
15Oct1978 (2 hrs) (18Oct78)
Producer Don Ohlmeyer
Written by Marty Farrell
Director Sid Smith
Choreographer Jack Baker
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Danny Kaye, Steve Martin, Charo, Glen Campbell,
Cheryl Tiegs, The Muppets, Billy Martin, Howard Cosell,
Joe DiMaggio, Tommy Davis, Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.
Summary:
Bob's special paying homage to the wonderful sport of baseball on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the World Series.
A comic salute to the seventy-fifth major league World Series.
Highlights:
Glen Campbell sings "Southern Nights".
Danny Kaye's variation on "Trouble" from The Music Man combined with "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".

*Note: (September 13th, 1978) Bob Hope is a guest on "NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney".
*Note: (September 22, 1978) Bob Hope is a guest on "The Donny and Marie Osmond Show".
*Note: (September 29th, 1978) Bob Hope appears in the ABC Special, "General Electric's All-Star Anniversary".
Hosted by John Wayne" starring Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, James Stewart (as Mark Twain), Elizabeth Taylor, Red Skelton, Henry Fonda,
Alex Haley, Albert Brooks, Pat Hingle (as Thomas Edison), Cheryl Ladd, Michael Landon, Jon 'Bowzer' Baumann, John Ritter,
Suzanne Sommers, Nelson Riddle, Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, Charley Pride, Leslie Uggams,
Jimmie Walker, James Whitmore (as Will Rogers), Henry Winkler.
*Note: (October 6, 1978) Bob Hope appeared on "The Mike Douglas Show".

29.02 [192] Bob Hope Salutes the Ohio Jubilee (From Columbus, Ohio).
03Dec1978 (60 mins)
Producer Bob Banner / Director Bill Hobin
Writers Charles Lee, Gig Henry, Robert Mille and Norman Sullivan.
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Lucille Ball
Donny and Marie Osmond
Ginger Rogers
Vic Damone
Larry Merritt
President Gerald R. Ford & First Lady Betty Ford.
Cameo by Danny Thomas.
Summary:
Bob's has an hour of entertainment from the state where Bob grew up and began his vaudeville career.
A tribute to the Ohio Theatre on its 50th anniversary.
Highlights:
Donny and Marie perform "On the Shelf".

29.03 [193] Bob Hope's All-Star Christmas Show
22Dec1978
Producer & Director Bill Hobin
Writer Red Skelton
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Red Skelton
Andy Gibb
Dionne Warwick
Dolores Hope
the Rose Queen and her Court
and the AP All America Football Team.
Featured: J. Edward McKinley.
Highlights:
Dionne Warwick sings "What the World Needs Now".
Andy Gibb sings "Shadow Dancing".
Freddie the Freeloader (Red) gets a visit in his shack from his fellow hobo Robert (Bob).
Dionne and Bob do a disco version of "Jingle Bells".
Dolores and Bob duet with "Silver Bells".

*Note: (January 5, 1979) "Tribute to Vaudeville and the Palace Theatre" with guests Bob Hope, George Burns, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme and Carol Lawrence.
*Note: (January 13, 1979) "Bob Hope Desert Classic Golf Tournament".
*Note: (January 15, 1979) Bob Hope guests on "The Mike Douglas Show".
*Note: (January 23, 1979) Bob Hope guests on "George Burns' 100th Birthday Party".
Other guests include Milton Berle, Johnny Carson, Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn and others.

29.04 [194] The Bob Hope Cavalcade of Comedy (From the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, California).
28Jan1979
Producer Buz Kohan / Director Walter C. Miller
Writers Buz Kohan and Bob Arnott
Choreographer Louis DaPron
Special Musical Material Ray Charles
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Pat Boone
Debby Boone
Debbie Reynolds
Sammy Davis Jr.
Cameo by Kathryn Crosby
Highlights:
A spoof of the movie "Superman".
Bob and Sammy do "Me and My Shadow".
Debby Boone sings "You Light Up My Life".
Sammy Davis Jr. performs "Birth of the Blues".

29.05 [195] Bob Hope Presents the American Youth Awards
02Mar1979
Producer Linda Hope / Director Bill Hobin
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Dinah Shore
George Burns
Glen Campbell
Johnny Carson
Danny Thomas
Ron Howard
Chris Evert
with Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
Summary:
The awards honor athletic skills in eight sports, an outstanding heroic deed, a triumph over a personal handicap,
academic achievement and a contribution to entertainment.

29.06 [196] Bob Hope An Evening at the London Palladium, A Lifetime of Laughter"
14May1979 NBC Mon (52 mins.)
Producer & Director Jon Scoffield
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Richard Burton
Raquel Welch
Susan George
Leslie Uggams
Leif Garrett
Summary:
A salute to the 1920's and 1930's in music and comedy. This was the "Echoes of Vaudeville" broadcast.
Highlights:
Richard and Bob duet with "How to Handle a Woman".
Excerpt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxEjSe6rrUA

29.07 [197] Bob Hope's All-Star Birthday Party: From the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) in New York Harbor.
30May1979 NBC Wed (2hrs)
Producer & Director Bob Wynn
Writer James Lipton
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Robert Klein
Lucie Arnaz
Diahann Carroll
Don Knotts
Charo
The Village People
Henry Kissinger
Sarah Jessica Parker
Dolores Hope
the cast of the Broadway production "Dancin' Company," and a very young Sarah Jessica Parker from Broadway's "Annie"
join Bob for two hours of entertainment.
Highlights:
Aboard the USS Iwo Jima, the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps play "New York, New York".
Bob and the Village People perform "In the Navy".
Diahann Carroll sings "How About You."
Sarah Jessica Parker sings "I Don't Need Anything But You" and "Tomorrow" from the Broadway show 'Annie.'
The Village People perform "Go West".
*Note: USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2), the first ship designed from the keel up as an amphibious assault ship was launched
September 17, 1960 at Bremerton, Washington and commissioned on August 26, 1961.
The ship carried a squadron of 24 Marine helicopters plus a Battalion Landing Team of 1500 Marines.

*Note: Bob Hope appears in "Derby-Fever USA" on June 10th, 1979.
*Note: Bob Hope appears in "Homage for The Duke" a television documentary for John Wayne on June 12, 1979, the day after his death.
*Note: Bob Hope appears in the motion picture "The Muppet Movie" released June 22, 1979.

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