Some memories stay etched in the head forever. The Bob Hope movies are
one classic example. In school, my friend and I would make a bee line for the
cinema hall where the Bob Hope movie was playing. He had to be one of the
greatest humours and entertainer the world has ever seen!
His words and humour lives on.
With all the grim news worldwide, much needed laughs from old friend Bob
Hope...
‘On his deathbed they asked him where he wanted to be buried. Bob Hope
replied: "Surprise me."
ON TURNING 70 - "I still chase women, but only downhill."
ON TURNING 80 - "That's the time of your life when even your
birthday suit needs pressing.”
ON TURNING 90 - "You know you are getting old when the candles cost
more than the cake."
ON TURNING 100 - " I don't feel old. In fact, I don't feel anything
until noon. Then it's time for my nap."
ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER (BOXING) - "I ruined my hands in the ring.
The referee kept stepping on them."
ON GOLF - "Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the
green fees."
ON PRESIDENTS - "I have performed for 12 presidents but entertained
only six."
ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER - "When I was born, the
doctor said to my mother, congratulations, you have an eight pound ham."
ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL - "I feel very humble,
but I think I have the strength of character to fight it."
ON HIS FAMILY'S EARLY POVERTY - "Four of us slept in the one bed.
When it got cold, mother threw on another brother."
ON HIS SIX BROTHERS - "That's how I learned to dance. Waiting for
the bathroom."
ON HIS EARLY FAILURES - "I would not have had anything to eat if it
wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me."
ON GOING TO HEAVEN - "I have done benefits for ALL religions. I
would hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality."