Bob Goes To Richard Widmark's House
Bob visits Richard Widmark's home to invite him to appear on the show, gets his handwriting analyzed, and performs sketches with the cast parodying classic films like "The Sheik" with Bob playing Rudolph Valentino. The episode appears complete except for a missing system cue, and the date may actually be February 19, 1954.
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Lester Townes "Bob" Hope was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. He appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, starring in 54, including a series of seven Road to ... musical comedy films with Bing Crosby as his partner. He reached his 100th birthday 59 days before he died in 2003.
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“Bob Goes To Richard Widmark's House.” The Bob Hope Show. Radio broadcast, May 20, 1953.
