Bob Hope on His Most Memorable Holiday Visits With the Troops

Bob Hope on His Most Memorable Holiday Visits With the Troops | Carson Tonight Show

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5 ай бұрын

Original Airdate: December 16th, 1977
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@dondickerson9978 5 ай бұрын

My father's brother (my uncle) was a pilot in the Army Air Force in WW 2, we have a picture of him with Bob Hope. It was taken in front of their C-47.

@donaldsmolder7152 5 ай бұрын

These two were great and loved each other. Damn. Johnny Carson was number one and will always be. Bob Hope was wonderful.

@VideoAmericanStyle 5 ай бұрын

You’re kidding, right? It’s widely known that Carson did not like Hope. Seeing how annoying his act had become by this point, it’s easy to see why.

@dustin3883 5 ай бұрын

You need to brush up on your Johnny Carson history. Johnny detested having Bob on his show.

@mjcruiser4238 5 ай бұрын

I understand that Hope did his specials on NBC - but, with all Carson’s power -he couldn’t refuse to have Hope as a guest!

@user-wm3bf7pi3u Ай бұрын

Johnny wanted it to be spontaneous but Hope insisted it be rehearsed, or at the least scripted. I'm guessing Johnny's line about did you ever work with a pig before was an adlib, it took Bob a second to get the comeback going but it landed well. I went back and paused at 8:14 right after Johnny said it, Johnny's smirk and Hope's daggers says it all.

@terrytrammell7388 5 ай бұрын

Bob Hope was a great entertainer and spent his life entertaining our troops.

@readmelancholystrumpetmaster 4 ай бұрын

And interrupting our host

@meijer78 5 ай бұрын

Johnny's final monologue came at Bob Hope's 90th birthday special on May 14, 1993. Almost a year after retiring from the Tonight Show.

@carolferguson19 5 ай бұрын

Wow we have same birthday❗

@patalexander3702 5 ай бұрын

Johnny Carson and Bob Hope entertained the USA and beyond for decades!

@dw-bn5ex 5 ай бұрын

All around class acts.

@BMWMTEAM1 5 ай бұрын

When Bob Hope airport was changed to Burbank airport it was sad day. These were the greatest moments in history Once your gone couple years after you will be only a memory

@danielguy1963 Ай бұрын

Yes, sad!

@carolferguson19 5 ай бұрын

Bob was one of my godmother's best friends ❗

@farsaijohn9544 5 ай бұрын

He did alot for our troups !!!he was a great one!!! 😊😊😊❤❤❤ His Holliday's spent make our boys& girls fillgood a great American!!!😊😊❤ .jf

@sammcbride2149 5 ай бұрын

Johnny Carson's KZfaq channel does not have one million subscribers. It should be 10 million.

@anyonecanseethis5787 5 ай бұрын

Loved Johnny and Bob. Thank goodness for youtube and tubi and such. I've been able to watch a lot of Bob's movies, always makes me laugh. I really miss Johnny, Leno and Dave, glad I got to experience them all, he he he, wow, that sounds bad, lol!!!

@canyonproductions7683 5 ай бұрын

So cool this was in my Feed on Xmas🎄

@5400bowen 3 ай бұрын

When entertainers had class.

@2-old-Forthischet 5 ай бұрын

I miss the good old days.

@sammcbride2149 5 ай бұрын

Both men had their issues. And both men were brilliant.

@michaelhasenstein721 5 ай бұрын

So do you, so does everyone. Sinners

@sammcbride2149 5 ай бұрын

For the people saying that Johnny Carson hated Bob Hope with a passion - and you could be right - but look at 13:15 when Johnny pats the back of Bob's hand. A man does not pat the back of another man's hand without their being some kind of fondness involved. Just an observation.

@Ben_Hattie 5 ай бұрын

it's a display of dominance by johnny.

@Rusty3659 5 ай бұрын

He didn't start disliking Bob Hope until he began losing both his hearing and eyesight. His health is perfectly fine here and there's no problem between the two of them at all here.

@ValleyoftheRogue 5 ай бұрын

I don't buy it that he hated Bob Hope at all. He might not have liked the alleged scripting of Hope in Hope's later years. I don't think this exchange, in 1977, was scripted at all. It seems pretty natural to me.

@ValleyoftheRogue 5 ай бұрын

@@Rusty3659 They seemed to have good rapport with each other here. I don't think there was any animosity here on Carson's part.

@voiceguy3635 5 ай бұрын

Judging from the fact that Johnny did walk-ons on Bob' shows,I don't believe it was as bad as the rumor was.

@Stretch1003 5 ай бұрын

It's hilarious that you think making appearances on someone's shows denotes friendship rather than show business. Johnny hated having Bob on his show because Hope was a practiced entertainer rather than a spontaneous one, and he had a lot of clout with the network that allowed him to come on the show whenever he wanted - because it was good for the ratings. And Johnny made guest appearances on Bob's shows because that was also good for the network and it was expected of him. Business, not actual friendship.

@michaelhasenstein721 5 ай бұрын

@@Stretch1003You're No expert, get the chip off your shoulder. You believe e everthing you hear.

@ValleyoftheRogue 5 ай бұрын

I don't believe any of that garbage claim about Hope and Carson. When people make claims Hope couldn't ad lib, I KNOW they are full of it. Hope had a long reputation for being a top notch ad libber. Red Skelton was that way, so was Groucho Marx. Maybe in his later years, he had to be scripted, but it is clear this exchange was NOT scripted.

@ValleyoftheRogue 5 ай бұрын

@@Stretch1003 You weren't there. You are believing bios that were written long after these two men have died. Unlike you, I am old enough to remember Hope's reputation as a top notch ad-libber years before this exchange. Hope started in burlesque, and you HAD to be sharp to be able to survive that era. They were not "practiced entertainers" with scripts. Good grief, you guys really don't know what you are talking about.

@stevabobic 5 ай бұрын

Dear and respected editors of this video channel, it would be great if you could upload Belinda Carlisle's a full recording of her guest appearance on the show from 1988. where she performed two songs in addition to the interview. One of them is I GET WEAK and the other, if I'm not mistaken, is HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH. I hope you will want to please all of us who love her. Thank you in advance on behalf of myself and Belinda Carlisle fans. 🍺🍺 from Steve.

@ValleyoftheRogue 5 ай бұрын

I seriously doubt Hope was scripted here. Carson seemed to genuinely like Hope's comments. For those who don't know, Hope was a master ad libber in his time. Perhaps in his later years he had to have his jokes scripted, but that wasn't true for most of his long career.

@moisesespiritosanto2195 5 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm from São Paulo! ABRAÇO!

@KratostheThird 5 ай бұрын

Bob Hope I believe still holds the record for one of the longest contracts in show business history. He had over half a century of appearances entertaining the troops, dating back to WW2. When I was younger, Bob Hope was still making public appearances even well into the 1990’s. One of a select few in Hollywood to have lived to age 100. As far as I know, he never really retired. He was a tireless performer who was properly given the nickname ‘Rapid Robert’. As others pointed out, Bob had a bit of an egotistical personality, as many comedians do. Here he interrupts Johnny Carson as he was trying to get some words out.

@hisoverlorduponhigh90 5 ай бұрын

Wow, I was in 11th grade at this time.

@sammcbride2149 5 ай бұрын

My favorite moment is when Bob Hope tells Johnny Carson's world famous Tonight Show Band to "shut the hell up" with a wave of his hand.🤣🤣🤣 (That's at 13:05)

@MTSs2024 5 ай бұрын

Still no full eps or monologues

@gamernorcal 5 ай бұрын

well at least not on this channel. but if you search youtube you'll find a lot of full shows.

@gm2958 5 ай бұрын

Bob’s crossed arms body language was very illuminating of the tension between them. Johnny’s job as the host was to get the guests to talk but this was a Bob performance, not a conversation.

@bbailey7818 5 ай бұрын

The line about falling asleep to Carson's monologues clearly hurt him, you can see it in his face when he turns. Hope wasn't an insult comic. Rickles could have said it, and it would have been funny and clearly in fun. From Hope it was mean spirited.

@leeenfieldsmle 5 ай бұрын

Hope had a deal with NBC that allowed him to walk on to Carson's show at will. Carson despised him. Hope was not the jovial comedian he portrayed. He was a serial philanderer and ruthless self promoter.

@Disciple793 5 ай бұрын

He was known also to be a womanizer. There are reports of Bob having affairs into his 80's.

@michaelhasenstein721 5 ай бұрын

List your evidence, not inuendo, you believe everything you here like a sheep. Baaaahh.

@michaelhasenstein721 5 ай бұрын

@@Disciple793Evidence? Oh. You have none.

@thumperrabbit6848 5 ай бұрын

Johnny Carson literally hated bob hope .. he said Bob hope was his most hated guest of all time, could not stand him.

@danam0228 5 ай бұрын

Bob was not respectful of Johnny which is a shame, but let's face it they both worked for NBC and were both competitive, wanting to be BMOC

@jm20105 5 ай бұрын

John did a great job for this appearance, hid it well. Wasn't John's disdain for Hope was that Bob stole jokes or had terrible ones? Can't remember exactly.

@thumperrabbit6848 5 ай бұрын

@@jm20105 there is a KZfaq micro documentary like 15 mins segment covering it but I'm to lazy to find it lol

@tomperkins5657 5 ай бұрын

As well as coming on unannounced, bumping other guests.@@jm20105

@gamernorcal 5 ай бұрын

Bob Hope was like the Pope of NBC. Even a big star like Johnny had to kiss Bob's ring.

@JamesBond-uz2dm 5 ай бұрын

These are two men who really disliked each other.

@michaellinner7772 5 ай бұрын

Hope always had an agenda and didn't give a crap what anyone else was doing or wanted. I picture him getting up in the morning and practicing every word that will come out of his mouth that day. He was the exact opposite of improvisational humor.

@jimwilloughby 5 ай бұрын

Hope was one the few people Carson didn't like. Hope would come on The Tonight Show any time he wanted, and every thing he said came off cue cards.

@michaelhasenstein721 5 ай бұрын

You're extremely fragile and weren't there. You're a tabloid broker.

@bbailey7818 5 ай бұрын

Apparently, Hope would do his bit, then leave. He never stayed for an entire show. @@jimwilloughby

@ValleyoftheRogue 5 ай бұрын

You don't know this. In fact, Hope for most of his career was a master ad libber who could more than hold his own against the Master himself, Groucho Marx. I don't know where people get these stories about Carson, but obviously these claims were made long after his death. There was no scripted material here, and Carson seemed to have enjoyed Hope's company.

@directorytaliwag4100 5 ай бұрын

Bob can cross either leg. Not see that before.

@directorytaliwag4100 5 ай бұрын

Amazing how canceled these guys would be today.

@justinwoodward145 2 ай бұрын

What’s the most funny is the dynamic going here. Bob is desperately trying to be fantastic and the harder he tries the worse he does and Johnny tees him up to steer him back and Bob is thankful and resentful and frustrated and tries even harder. Bob knows hes outclassed in this setting and hates it

@anyonecanseethis5787 5 ай бұрын

Can you posting please comment on WHERE you get your information about Carson hating (really hating?) Bob Hope. Some dude selling a book says so? THAT makes it true? After they are both dead? Stop, he is selling a book, I have found no other TRUTH, they hated each other. AND back then it considered comedy to put someone down, it's called a "roast", Dean Martin Roasts, look it up, watch, learn. Loved Howard Cosell and Mohammad Ali, too funny (had to add Cosell to the dictionary, how sad)

@ghanasoul 5 ай бұрын

Carson did NOT like Hope cuz Hope only came on the show to plug stuff he was doing. He never ever came to hang out and chat. The thing is Hope has been associated with NBC since the days of radio. Thats a VERY long time.

@gamernorcal 5 ай бұрын

Yup - Bob Hope was like the Pope of NBC. Even a big star like Johnny had to kiss Bob's ring.

@ghanasoul 5 ай бұрын

@@gamernorcal that’s exactly it. He had NBC in his pocket til he passed away. I’m an ‘80s kid so his TV specials were a staple on NBC back then.

@bbailey7818 5 ай бұрын

Never stayed for an entire show, never sat on the couch.

@user-wm3bf7pi3u Ай бұрын

Chasing OJ around in his Ford????????

@toyman9642 5 ай бұрын

Carson hated Hope and, it seems, rightfully so.

@whoreshoe 5 ай бұрын

i can see why johnny hated bob so much.. cant get a word in edge wise and bob treats him like a redheaded step child!

@Johnnyvaughan2129 5 ай бұрын

You’re 100% correct… I love Johnny… I remember my father who only watched Carson when Frank Sinatra was on also though Bob was fake.

@JohnMichaelGunner 4 ай бұрын

Do what? Have hard facts to back - up your unsubstantiated claims???

@JohnMichaelGunner 4 ай бұрын

@@Johnnyvaughan2129What your Father thought & the actual truth cld be totally opposite.

@danielguy1963 Ай бұрын

What a load of bullshit! Invented by some loser!

@JP-uu8vf 2 күн бұрын

Johnny was jealous of Bob.