ON TURNING 70
'You 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're 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 NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR
'Welcome to the Academy Awards or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover'.

ON GOLF
'Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees.'

ON PRESIDENTS
'I have performed for 12 presidents and 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've done benefits for ALL religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.'

BOB HOPE....one of the great ones..also Red skelton

I agree, 2 of the greatest.

I love Bob Hope!!!

yes, thanks for the memories

Yea Ditter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

Thanks. He could always make me laugh.

Isn't it amazing that all those old timers were always so funny and not a dirty joke or vulgar language among them. Remember the Sid Ceaser (sp) show, everyone on Carol Burnett's show, Danny Kaye - so many others. Boy, I miss them all.

Isn't it amazing that all those old timers were always so funny and not a dirty joke or vulgar language among them. Remember the Sid Ceaser (sp) show, everyone on Carol Burnett's show, Danny Kaye - so many others. Boy, I miss them all.

I'm with you Carol...miss the truly funny shows

Bill Cosby is another one

Bob Hope was truly a National Treasure!
Just last night we saw a funny movie he was in with Lana Turner. He always made me laugh :D
A fine person that touched soooooo many lives!!
Carol, you couldn't have said it better!! :thumbup:

Hey, check it out --- go to youtube.com and do a search for bob Hope....you'll find a lotta clips of his acts. :mrgreen:

I think that might have been from seeing them on tv. Dad was a soldier during WWII and got to see Bob Hope. Dad said it was such a vulgar show that he walked out. He never liked him after that and never wanted to see any performer in person after that. He said that seeing them in person was different that seeing them on tv with all the censorship. He preferred just watching them on tv. He loved Red Skelton.