BOB HOPE MONTH PART 4

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, May 23, 1998

BOB HOPE SHOW (4-8-47) From the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Bob welcomes guest Al Jolson who recalls Hope’s days as a bell-hop trying to break into show business. Regulars include Jerry Colonna, Vera Vague, announcer Wendell Niles. Pepsodent, NBC. (28:27)

BREAKFAST CLUB (4-28-58) Excerpt as host Don McNeill introduces guest Bob Hope who answers questions from the Breakfast Club audience. ABC. (22:40)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (1-8-45) “I Never Left Home,” a radio dramatization of Bob Hope’s book based on his personal experiences entertaining servicemen overseas during World War II. Host Cecil B. DeMille introduces Bob, Frances Langford, Jerry Colonna and Tony Romano, all from Hope’s tours. Cast also in-cludes Howard McNear, Eddie Marr, Ken Christy. An unusual program for this series which usually offers radio versions of movies. Lux Soap, CBS. (18:03; 16:57; 25:35)

WELCOME BACK BASEBALL (1950) Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in a special program to welcome the new baseball season with lots of typical Hope-Crosby-Lam-our comedy and songs. Ken Carpenter announces. John Scott Trotter and the orchestra. Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates ap-pears. Wheaties, CBS. (27:55)

SUSPENSE (5-5-49) “Death Has a Shadow” starring Bob Hope with William Conrad and Elliott Lewis. After a lawyer’s wife is murdered, he fears the killer is coming after him. AutoLite, CBS. (29:05)