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Season 40 (NBC) (1989-90)
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)

No Bob Hope Specials aired in the 1984-85 season
No Bob Hope Specials aired in the 1985-86 season
No Bob Hope Specials aired in the 1986-87 season
No Bob Hope Specials aired in the 1987-88 season
No Bob Hope Specials aired in the 1988-89 season

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NBC

40.01 [260] Bob Hope's Love Affair with Lucy
23Sep1989 NBC Sat (90 mins)
Produced by Elliott Kozak / Directed by Ellen Brown
Written by Robert L. Mills, Martha Bolton, Jeffrey Barron
Writing supervised by Gene Perret
Art Director, Bob Keene
Announcer John Harlan
Host Bob Hope
Guests:
George Burns
Kirk Cameron
Danny Thomas
and Betty White.
with Les Brown and His Band of Renown.
Summary:
Bob Hope marked Lucy's passing with this poignant tribute to his favorite leading lady Lucille Ball.
(Lucille Ball: born 06-Aug-1911, died 26-Apr-1989, age 77)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZQFjpD4GoI

40.02 [261] Bob Hope's Christmas Special from Waikoloa, Hawaii
16Dec1989 NBC Sat (60 mins)
Producer Elliott Kozak / Directed by Sid Smith
Writer Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs, Jeffrey Barron, Robert L. Mills, Gene Perret
Announcer John Harlan
Guests:
The Judds
Barbara Eden
Yasmine Delewari the Rose Queen
the AP All America Football Team from Hawaii at Christmastime.
Andre Ware
Highlights:
The Judds sing "Winter Wonderland" and "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem".
Barbara Eden and Bob Hope duet with "Silver Bells".
Comedy spoof of the movie "Steel Magnolias" called Steel Petunias
with Bob dressing in drag as the Dolly Parton character Miss Trudy.
A segment called "Christmas Memories" featuring film clips of friends who have shared Christmas over the years.
Including a segment with the late John Wayne from the 1976 Christmas Special.

40.03 [262] Bob Hope Lampoon's Show Business
17Feb1990 NBC Sat (60 mins)


Producer Elliot Kozak / Director Tim Kiley
Writer Seaman Jacobs, Gene Perret, Robert L. Mills, Martha Bolton, Jeffrey Barron, Fred S. Fox
Guests:
John Forsythe ("Dynasty")
Morgan Fairchild ("Dynasty")
Michael Crawford
(British star of "Phantom of the Opera" singing "The Music of the Night")
Norm Crosby
Florence Henderson
Peter Leeds
Dale Kristien
Cameron Mackintosh (British Producer of "Phantom of the Opera")
Highlights:
A sketch called "Batman Meets Superman" with Michael Crawford playing Batman,
John Forsythe playing Superman and Bob Hope playing the Joker with Morgan Fairchild playing Lois Lane.
A look at how the signing of the Constitution might have gone if Nielsen ratings existed at that time.

40.04 [263] Ole! It's Bob Hope's Spring Fling of Comedy And Music From Mexico
09Apr1990 NBC Mon
Producer Elliot Kozak / Director Tim Kiley
Writer Seaman Jacobs, Gene Perret, Robert L. Mills, Martha Bolton, Jeffrey Barron, Fred S. Fox
Guests:
Clint Black
Kirk Cameron
Phyllis Diller
Ann Jillian
and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit models.
From Acapulco, Mexico.

40.05 [264] Bob Hope's USO Road To The Berlin Wall And Moscow
19May1990 NBC Sat (90 mins)
Writer Seaman Jacobs
Guests:
Brooke Shields
LaToya Jackson
Rosemary Clooney
Yakov Smirnoff
Dolores Hope
and Miss Universe Mona Grudt as he marks the thaw in the Cold War with visits to Mildenhall, England;
the Berlin Wall and Frankfurt, Germany; and Moscow in the USSR not too long before there ceased to be a USSR.

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