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NBC
33.01 [221] Bob Hope's Star-Studded Spoof of the New TV Season
"G Rated -- With Glamour, Glitter & Gags"
03Oct1982 NBC Sun (52mins)
Producer Bob Hope / Director Kip Walton
Writer Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs, Robert Keane
Guests:
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Tom Selleck,
Linda Evans, Brooke Shields, Ricky Schroder,
Milton Berle, Glenn Ford, Tony Geary, Gavin MacLeod
Billy Barty, Julie Anne Haddock and Doris Roberts.
Summary:
Spoofing America's network television lineup for 1982.
33.02 [222] Bob Hope's Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala
21Nov1982 NBC (2 hrs)
Producer William O Harbach / Directed by Tony Charmoli
Writers Gig Henry, Seaman Jacobs, Robert L. Mills, Fred S. Fox
Guests:
Julie Andrews
Willie Nelson
Dudley Moore
Dean Martin
Bernadette Peters
Robert Preston
Robert Wagner
Highlights:
Bernadette Peters sings "Let's Misbehave".
Willie Nelson performs "Always On My Mind".
Dudley Moore plays the theme from the movie 10.
Dean sings "Bumming Around".
Julie Andrews and Robert Preston do "You and Me" from Victor/Victoria.
With alook at the fun Pink Panther movies.
33.03 [223] The Merriest of the Merry: Bob Hope's Christmas Show:
A Bagful of Comedy
20Dec1982 NBC Mon (52mins)
Producer Bob Hope / Director Kip Walton
Writer Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Gene Perret, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs
Guests:
Olivia Newton-John
Loni Anderson
Mac Davis
Phyllis Diller
the Rose Queen & Court
the AP All America Football Team
Watch for future NFLers Anthony Carter, Eric Dickerson, Herschel Walker, John Elway, and Wilbur Marshall.
Highlights:
Mac Davis sings "Lying Here Lying" and "Christmas is for Kids".
Olivia Newton-John sings "Silver Bells" with Bob.
33.04 [224] Bob Hope's All-Star Super Bowl Party (From Pasadena, California).
29Jan1983 NBC Sat (52mins)
Producer Bob Hope / Director Tony Charmoli
Writer Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Gene Perret, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs
Guests:
Merlin Olsen, Ann Jillian, Lola Falana, Audrey Landers,
Don Rickles, Dwight Clark, Randy Gradishar, Dan Hampton,
Ted Hendricks, John Jefferson, Steve Largent, Anthony Munoz,
Ozzie Newsome, Lawrence Taylor, Doug Wilkerson
and Miss America Debra Sue Maffett.
Summary:
A football theme on the eve of the NFL's Superbowl.
Highlights:
Ann Jillian sings "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"
Randy Gradishar, Dan Hampton, Ted Hendricks, Anthony Munoz, Lawrence Taylor and Doug Wilkerson
don wigs and dress like Shirley Temple to sing "Animal Crackers in My Soup" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop".
33.05 [225] Texaco presents Bob Hope's Road to Hollywood
02Mar1983 NBC Wed (2hrs)
Producer Carolyn Raskin / Director Kip Walton
Writer Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs
Introductions by: Lucille Ball, & Bing Crosby
Guests:
Dorothy Lamour, Martha Raye, Rosemary Clooney, Martha Hyer, Virginia Mayo, Janis Paige,
Jane Russell, George Burns, Rhonda Fleming, Dina Merrill and Jill St. John.
Summary:
A nostalgic look back at his "Road To Hollywood."
*Note: (April 11, 1983) Bob Hope is a presenter of the Honorary Award at "The 55th Annual Academy Awards" show.
33.06 [226] Texaco Star Theatre: Who Makes the World Laugh? Part 1
20Apr1983 NBC Wed (60mins)
Producer Marshall Flaum / Director Sid Smith
Writer Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
Jonathan Winters
Erma Bombeck
Art Buchwald
Skip Stephenson
Summary:
You'll see memorable moments with Robert Benchley, Jack Benny, Milton Berle,
George Burns, George Carlin, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, Robert Klein,
Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Bob Newhart,
Richard Pryor, Will Rogers, Mark Russell, Red Skelton, and Mark Twain.
*Note: A sequel to this program will air April 4, 1984.
33.07 [227] Happy Birthday Bob, Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts
23May1983 NBC Mon (3hrs)
Producer James Lipton / Director Don Mischer
Writer Gig Henry, Robert L. Mills, Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs, James Lipton
Choreographer Charles Jablonski
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
President Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Dolores Hope,
Kathryn Crosby, Lucille Ball, Tom Selleck, Christie Brinkley,
George Burns, Lynda Carter. Phyllis Diller, Julio Iglesias,
Ann Jillian, Brooke Shields, Jim Henson & Kermit the Frog
Loretta Lynn, Barbara Mandrell, Dudley Moore, Sheena Easton,
George C. Scott, Howard Cosell, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler,
Cheryl Tiegs, Tommy Tune, Twiggy, Flip Wilson and Governor Ray Shafer.
Summary:
Three hours of top-drawer entertainment from the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on the occasion of Bob's 80th birthday.
The celebration opens with Hope chatting with Pres. Ronald Reagan in the White House's Lincoln Room.
Dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Twyla Tharp, who perform to a medley sung by Frank Sinatra.
*Note: Bob Hope appears in the British documentary "James Bond: The First 21 Years" in June 1983.
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