BN: Bob Hope Dead At 100

64bit · Post by **64bit** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:26 am

http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp?0ct=-34o

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:26 am

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:27 am

What a life!!

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:28 am

Great Man! Sad to see him leave us.

Get ready for all the tv specials. Wasn't his network of choice NBC? Cant remember.....

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:32 am

Originally posted by Illini25
Great Man! Sad to see him leave us.

Get ready for all the tv specials. Wasn't his network of choice NBC? Cant remember.....

Yeah, most of the specials he did later in life were on NBC.

His most valuable contribution in his life was his work with the USO. Thousands upon thousands of military men and women got much needed boosts in moral whenever he played a uso show for them.

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:33 am

Damn.

And the WW2 Generation is dying off too.

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:35 am

Originally posted by brembo
Damn.

And the WW2 Generation is dying off too.

From CNN:
In 1997, Congress named Hope an honorary U.S. veteran, citing his decades of entertaining troops around the world. He is the only person to receive that distinction.

When informed of the honor, Hope was uncharacteristically serious. "I've been given many awards in my lifetime," he said, "but to be numbered among the men and women I admire the most is the greatest honor I have ever received."

minir · Post by **minir** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:48 am

Hi 64bit

What a Wonderful Life he had.

His Contribution to the Armed Forces moral over the decades should not be underestimated imho.

He brought great joy & laughter during very trying times and at considerable risk to Himself & those who joined him on His Tours.

He i think should not be so much Mourned for His passing, but rather Celebrated for His Life and His Gift to us all.

Thanks & Well Done Mr. Hope.

regards

minir

ghost · Post by **ghost** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:23 am

Wow. I always thought he'd be around for some reason.

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:28 am

He had a great life

i can only hope to live that long and still be that healthy

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:29 am

His one-liners were the best...

"I bumped into Gerald Ford the other day. I said, `Pardon me.' He said, `I don't do that anymore."'

64bit · Post by **64bit** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:33 am

Originally posted by minir
He i think should not be so much Mourned for His passing, but rather Celebrated for His Life and His Gift to us all.

Amen minir. Good thought and right on. He was a great one no doubt!

LT-73 · Post by **LT-73** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:35 am

It was about time

. Don't get me wrong, i did'nt want him to die, but he was really ill during the last years and I hated to see him that way.

He was the greatest! R.I.P.

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 12:25 pm

R.I.P. Mr. Hope ...

I certainly wish I would be back in the States before the 21st of August to catch some of the Specials. Wow.

lonewolfz28 · Post by **lonewolfz28** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 1:56 pm

Sorry to see another legend go.

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 2:04 pm

Was listening to ESPN radio today and they mentioned a few bits of information about his last movie he was in 'Spies Like Us'. His cameo was when he went into the tent where Chevy and Dan were pretending to be doctors and all of a sudden Bob Hope appears looking for his golf ball and says "Mind if I play through."

One other thing mentioned when he used to introduce the all american football team each year on his christmas special and he introduced William 'the refrigerator' Perry and said "I thought we were bringing them out one at a time"

Just one of many many many stories you can hear about Mr. Hope.

mwkirchner · Post by **mwkirchner** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 2:05 pm

You will be missed ... THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 4:44 pm

He was admired by his peers, and generations of younger comedians. Woody Allen called Hope “the most influential comedian for me. It’s hard for me to imagine a world without Bob Hope in it,” Allen said Monday. ”

polishmafia4u · Post by **polishmafia4u** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 4:59 pm

hey anyoen believe in pyichics? for her yearly predictions on montel(my mom watches it) sylvia brown said a famous comedian would die this year. i guess it was Bob Hope.

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:02 pm

Originally posted by polishmafia4u
hey anyoen believe in pyichics? for her yearly predictions on montel(my mom watches it) sylvia brown said a famous comedian would die this year. i guess it was Bob Hope.

Hard prediction to make. He was 100 and in failing health...I knew that he'd die this year too, but I'm no psychic

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 7:51 pm

Thanks Bob.

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Mon Jul 28, 2003 9:51 pm

Thank you Mr. Hope.

R.I.P.

nepenthe · Post by **nepenthe** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:00 pm

Take care on the other side, Mr. Hope

kneemeister · Post by **kneemeister** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:54 pm

It's now time for a Command Performance to the angles.

Thanks for the Memories, Mr. Hope.

Christmas just isn't the same without you.

lonewolfz28 · Post by **lonewolfz28** » Tue Jul 29, 2003 2:52 am

The only person to be named an honorary veteran, now that says something about the man.

The guy saw more wars than anyone else alive, and served admirably in all of them from what I hear from the old timers around here. One of my co-workers caught one of his shows in Vietnam. Not near the rear as you might expect, but up closer to the front lines with artillery going off in the background.