The Bob Hope Show - Time Life Announces Bob's 'Specials: Thanks For The Memories'

[JoeySanJoaquin]

Not a big Bob Hope fan but always enjoyed seeing the dynamic duo perform together!

So in that vein, here's the announcement that a new package of Hope's specials is coming out soon and will include appearances by The Lady, including:

"THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES: THE BOB HOPE SPECIALS features 13 digitally restored and unedited specials from Bob's career, including (in chronological order):

• The Bob Hope Chevy Show - Original Air Date: October 21, 1956
• A Bob Hope Comedy Special - Original Air Date: September 27, 1963
• A Bob Hope Comedy Special - Original Air Date: December 15, 1965
• Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special - Original Air Date: October 19, 1966
• Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Comedy Special - Original Air Date: February 15, 1967
• The Bob Hope Christmas Special - Original Air Date: January 18, 1968
• Highlights of a Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television - Original Air Date: October 24, 1975
• Joys (A Comedy Whodunit) - Original Air Date: March 5, 1976
• Bob Hope's World of Comedy - Original Air Date: October 29, 1976
• Texaco Presents The Bob Hope All-Star Christmas Comedy Special - Original Air Date: December 19, 1977
• The Hilarious Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars - Original Air Date: September 28, 1984
• Bob Hope: The First 90 Years - Original Air Date: May 14, 1993
• Bob Hope...Laughing with the Presidents - Original Air Date: November 23, 1996

Highlights from those programs include:

• Bob's first studio comedy special "in living color" with guests Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, and Janet Leigh
• The Bob Hope Chevy Show with the entire cast of "I Love Lucy" - Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley, plus James Cagney and Diana Dors
• A hilarious spoof of Star Wars and other sketches with Tony Bennett, Perry Como, James Garner, Mark Hamill, Dean Martin, Olivia Newton-John, Barbra Streisand, Tuesday Weld, The Muppets, and others
• The murder-mystery parody Joys (A Comedy Whodunit) with nearly fifty guest stars including Charo, Milton Berle, Dean Martin, Don Rickles, George Gobel, Alan King, Don Knotts, Groucho Marx, Vincent Price and Freddie Prinze
• The best of the bloopers from 30 years of Bob's shows with George Burns, Sammy Davis Jr., Angie Dickinson, Phyllis Diller, Burt Reynolds, Don Rickles, Brooke Shields, Elizabeth Taylor, Mr. T, John Wayne, and many more
• Bob's 1967 USO tour to 22 bases around Vietnam, Thailand and the South Pacific in 15 days with special guest Raquel Welch
• Highlights from over 25 years of specials in Bob Hope's World of Comedy and the celebration Highlights of a Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
• A look at Bob's personal relationships with American presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy, and Harry S. Truman
• Bob Hope's 90th birthday celebration featuring tributes by Johnny Carson, George Burns and many more!

BONUS FEATURE:

• Shanks for the Memory - The world of golf according to Bob Hope, which includes historic clips of Bob with Bing Crosby, presidents and pros on courses around the world, and special appearances by President Gerald Ford, pro golfers Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, and Jack Nicklaus.

 

Here's the link:

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bob-Hope-The-Specials-Thanks-For-The-Memories/22618

[HarryCarter]

Groovy! Nice to read that they will be complete and unedited. Lucy is also in the World of Comedy and Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars specials, Desi appears in Joys, and Lucie does a tribute in the 90th Birthday Special.

[Luvsbway]

Oh I remember Lucie on that 90th Birthday tribute.

[Will]

I have seen Lucie's tribute great part and of course the spoof of I Love Lucy was hilarious.  What did Lucy do in the other two specials?   Were clips of her in the Quarter Century special?  I got a copy of Bob Hope's Love Affair With Lucy which had some great sketches like the Christmas one and her musical numbers but some of the comedy sketches I found cliche.  Lucy had moments but they weren't written to suit me.

[HarryCarter]

I have seen Lucie's tribute great part and of course the spoof of I Love Lucy was hilarious. What did Lucy do in the other two specials? Were clips of her in the Quarter Century special? I got a copy of Bob Hope's Love Affair With Lucy which had some great sketches like the Christmas one and her musical numbers but some of the comedy sketches I found cliche. Lucy had moments but they weren't written to suit me.

In both specials with Lucy were essentially clip shows. In The World of Comedy, Lucy and Bob did some relaxed banter. It's a pretty short segment. In Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars, Lucy enthusiastically recounts her audition for Scarlett O'Hara.