BOB HOPE MONTH PART 2

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, May 9, 1998

SCREEN GUILD THEATRE (2-23-40) “Altar Bound” starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Betty Grable in a screwball comedy about two pals, down on their luck, who agree to stop a wedding in progress in order to earn $100. Cast includes Howard Duff, Hans Con­ried. Gulf Oil Co., CBS. (31:00)

BOB HOPE SHOW (1-29-46) Old Ski Nose stars with Skinnay Ennis and the orchestra, Frances Langford, Jerry Colonna, Mel Blanc, announcer Wendell Niles, and guest Frank Si natra. Hope’s monolog is laced with lots of Palm Springs jokes and “skinny” Sinatra gags. Sketch: “Life of Frank Sinatra— a Chilling Ghost Story.” AFRS rebroadcast. (30:00) Note: Bob is a guest on Frankie’s show next week on TWTD.

ANDREWS SISTERS SHOW (3-25-451 Patty, Maxine and LaVerne welcome guest Bob Hope to their Eight-To-The-Bar Ranch. Regulars include George “Gabby” Hayes, announcer Marvin Miller, Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage, Vic Schoen and the orchestra. Gabby introduces a sketch about the Gilded Cage Saloon run by the Andrews Sisters and Hope. AFRS rebroadcast. (28:30)

LUX RADIO THEATRE (12-10-51) “The Lemon Drop Kid” starring Bob Hope and Marilyn Max­well in their original screen roles from the 1951 film based on the Damon Runyon story. Bob is a small-time race track tout in debt to the mob for $10,000. Bob and Marilyn sing “Silver Bells.” Cast includes Verna Felton, Jack Krushin, William Conrad, Leif Ericson, Ted DiCorsia, Ed Max. William Keighley is host. Lux Soap, CBS. (17:57; 21:04; 19:27)

MAIL CALL (1944) Unedited version of sketch from transcription disc made prior to broad­cast. Bob Hope, Betty Grable, Humphrey Bogart, and Don Wilson in a sketch based on Hope’s film, “The Princess and the Pirate.” Recorded before a studio audience. (8:37)

MAIL CALL (1944) “Skipper” Jane Nye, a 20th Century Fox starlet, introduces the King Sis­ters, Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Bob Hope, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Maxwell, Ken Murray. Featured sketch is a condensed version of Hope’s film “The Princess and the Pi­rate.” Note: This is the final, edited version used for broadcast. AFRS. (27:28)