CTVA US Music Variety - "The Bob Hope Show" (NBC) Season 32 (1981-82)

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Season 32 (NBC) (1981-82)
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

32.01 [213] Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Look at the Fall Season: It's Still Free and Worth It!
27Sep1981 NBC Sun (52mins)
Written by Jeffrey Barron, Fred S. Fox, Gig Henry, Seaman Jacobs, Robert L. Mills
Directed by Kip Walton
Music Les Brown
Guests:
Linda Evans, Cheryl Tiegs, Loni Anderson, Cathy Lee Crosby, Barbara Eden
Stella Stevens, Kelly Lange, Bruce Jenner, Merlin Olsen.

Highlights:
Merlin Olsen performs "Take This Job and Shove It".
Newscaster Kelly Lange interviews Barbara Eden, Linda Evans, Cathy Lee Crosby
and Loni Anderson on strike over women being exploited on TV.

32.02 [214] Bob Hope Presents a Celebration With Stars of Comedy and Music
(From Grand Rapids, Michigan).

22Oct1981 NBC Thurs (2hrs)
Producer William O Harbach / Director Tony Charmoli
Writers Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs
Guests:
Tony Orlando, Pearl Bailey, Debby Boone
Foster Brooks, Glen Campbell, Sammy Davis Jr.
Gordon MacRae, Mark Russell, Danny Thomas
Margaret Truman, Walter Annenberg, George Bush Sr.
Alexander Haig, Henry Kissinger, Thomas "Tip" O'Neill
Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Caspar Weinberger
Pierre Trudeau and President and Mrs. Gerald Ford.
The U.S. Air Force Presidential Drill Team.

Highlights:
Pearl Bailey sings "One Day At a Time".
Tony Orlando performs "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree".
Debby Boone sings "Home" from The Wiz.
Glen Campbell sings "All the Way".
Gordon MacRae performs "New York, New York".
Sammy Davis Jr. does "The Birth of the Blues."
The U.S. Army Chorus performs "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
Also: the dedication of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.

*Note: (November 16, 1981) Bob Hope appears on "George Burns' Early, Early, Christmas Special".
Also appearing are Ann-Margret, Hans Conried, The Playboy Playmates and the Hawkins Family.

32.03 [215] The Bob Hope Special:
Bob Hope's Stand Up and Cheer For the National Football League's 60th Year

22Nov1981 NBC Sun (2hrs)
Producer Jane Upton Bell / Director Richard S. Harwood
Writers Gig Henry, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs, Harvey Berger, Gene Perret, Robert L. Mills
Guests:
Elizabeth Taylor, Olivia Newton-John, Susan Anton
Michael Conrad, Howard Cosell, George Gobel
Don Knotts, Barbara Mandrell, Betty White,Weeb Eubank,
George Blanda, Dick Butkus, Rosey Grier, Bob Lilly, Joe Namath,
O.J. Simpson, Roger Staubach, Garo Yepremian, George Allen and Hank Stram.
Featured, Fritzi Burr, Terry Burns and John Harlan.

Summary:
Bob Hope pays homage to the National Football League on its 60th year of successful operation.
Highlights:
Olivia Newton-John sings "Physical".
Bob and Susan Anton perform "Button Up Your Overcoat".
Dick, Rosey, and Bob Lilly sing a spoof of "Nine to Five".

*Note: (December 18, 1981) Bob Hope is a guest on "NBC Family Christmas".

32.04 [216] Texaco presents Bob Hope's Christmas Special: A Time of Cheer, A Time for Hope"
20Dec1981 NBC Sun (52mins)

Producer Bob Hope / Director Kip Walton
Writers Gig Henry, Seaman Jacobs, Fred S. Fox, Robert L. Mills
Guests:
Loni Anderson
Brooke Shields
Andy Williams
Phyllis Diller
Rose Bowl Queen & her Court
AP All-America College Football Team

Featured are Joan Crosby, Eddie Marr and Danny Rodgers.
Watch for future NFL stars
Anthony Carter, Jim McMahon, Herschel Walker, Marcus Allen, Gary Anderson, and Andre Tippett.
Highlights:
Andy Williams sings "Jingle Bells".
Bob and Andy do "Small Fry".
Loni and Bob sing "Silver Bells".

32.05 [217] Bob Hope's Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
28Feb1982 NBC Sun (2hrs)
Producer Robert D. Hussey / Director Kip Walton
Guests:
Lucille Ball, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Jones, Ginger Rogers,
Debbie Reynolds, Martha Raye, Gina Lollobrigida, Virna Lisi,
Elizabeth Taylor, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Morgan Fairchild, Linda Evans,
Barbara Eden, Shirley Eaton, Diana Dors, Nanette Fabray,
Marie Osmond, Jane Wyman, Janet Leigh, Shelley Winters,
Lana Turner, Charlene Tilton, Linda Gray, Teresa Graves,
Bonnie Franklin, Tuesday Weld, Sally Struthers, Barbra Streisand,
Jill St. John, Stella Stevens, Elke Sommer, Alexis Smith, Dinah Shore,
Brooke Shields, Barbara Rush, Romy Schneider, Lilli Palmer,
Janis Paige, Bernadette Peters, Mary Martin, Florence Henderson, Dorothy Malone,
Carol Lawrence, Phyllis Diller, Dolores Hope and Milton Berle
(in drag of course).
Highlights:
Dolores Hope sings "Just the Way You Are".
Bob takes a look back at the beautiful and funny women he has had the good fortune to work with.
More than 60 of Bob's co-stars are here in television and film excerpts.

32.06 [218] Bob Hope Laughs with the Movie Awards
28Mar1982 NBC Sun (52mins)
Director Sid Smith
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Lee Marvin
George Burns
Ann Jillian
Pat Boone
Featured; Joe Donte, Lance Gordon.
Highlights:
Ann Jillian sings "I'm Coming Home Again".
An Academy Award centered with parodies of movies.

*Note: (April 4th, 1982) Bob Hope appears on "The AFI Salute to Frank Capra".

32.07 [219] Bob Hope Stars Over Texas Special (From the University of Texas in Austin)
03May1982 NBC Mon (52mins)
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Jack Lemmon
Dottie West
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
Morgan Fairchild
and Miss Texas Elizabeth Lu Ann Caughey.


32.08 [220] All Hands on Deck for Bob Hope's All Star Birthday Party at Annapolis
(From the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland)

25May1982 NBC Tues (2 hrs)
Producer and writer James Lipton
Guests:
Charlton Heston, Christie Brinkley, James Coburn,
Alexander Haig, Dolores Hope, Leslie Nielsen,
Bernadette Peters, Brooke Shields, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Robert Goulet, Don King, Roger Staubach, Hinton Battle,
Gregg Burge, Phyllis Hyman, Gerry Cooney, Larry Holmes,
and the stars from Duke Ellington's "Sophisticated Ladies".

Highlights:
Bernadette Peters and six midshipmen perform "We're in the Money".
A taped segment in Palm Springs and Las Vegas, a boxer opposite Larry Holmes
and Gerry Cooney, with Leslie Nielsen and Charlton Heston as his trainers
and Robert Goulet, Sammy Davis Jr. and Don King as themselves in cameos.

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