Bob Hope's Scandalous Life Was Unsettling
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- People have called Bob Hope the “Entertainer of the 20th Century,” and he was no less than a titan of Old Hollywood. But behind the scenes of Hope’s family-friendly career is a life of rivalry, scandal, and very dirty little secrets.
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Met him when I was in an orphanage. Sammy Davis and Mr Hope were very kind to us and performed a fantastic show I still remember vividly. Sammy was the best dancer I’ve ever seen in my life.
Sinatra opened doors for Sammy. He refused the surgery that saved Jack Klugman's life because it would take his voice box. He could've survived, but not entertain.
@@dthomas9230 He should've refused the cigarettes. Then maybe he could've survived AND entertained.
I'm glad u had a good experience, as they certainly portrayed themselves to be good in the public eye. But Sammy was a known Satanist, so God only knows what kind of sick things they did behind closed doors abusing their power.
lol show business
You were a child, their "kindness" was like gold to you.
All Hope's mistresses met the same disturbing fate. They had to sleep with Bob Hope
***ba-doop-boomp***
😂😂
In the Arthur Marx bio on Hope, it pointed out that Hope was Ok as a lover according to the women who were seduced by him, but acknowledged that his appetite for sex was huge; quantity over quality was what mattered to him, as well as having explosive orgasims during every "session" he had.
In the Arthur Marx bio on Hope, it pointed out that Hope was Ok as a lover according to the women who were seduced by him, but acknowledged that his appetite for sex was huge; quantity over quality was what mattered to him, as well as having explosive orgasims during every "session" he had.
Boy I gotta tell ya. How about that Ann Jillian. Grrrrrrrr!
My dad worked for a few years for Hope, he respected Mrs Hope, but did say Mr Hope always had a girlfriend that visited when Mrs Hope went to Palm Springs!
i hope Dolores had a little something on the side all those years. 👍🏼
Back when I was a kid I looked up to guys like Hope and Jerry Lewis. Now I see them and many other actors as they are jerks.
Jerry Lewis was another womanizing unfunny man.
Yes, you think they are good family men but they are the opposite, liars and adulterous creeps.
i liked bob hope but i never cared for jerry lewis.
I catered Hollywood parties in my early 20's. I catered a huge party at Bob Hope's estate in Toluca Lake for his and Dolores's big 50th Wedding Anniversary. I spoke with their florist in a private butler's pantry during the party and he told me how Hope had cheated on Dolores so many times but she refused to divorce him. Then Hope made a speech about how great his wife was and he had to read it off of cue cards his minions held on the floor in front of him! I thought it was so weird that he couldn't think on his own of anything nice to say about her and neededcue cards in his own home!! The whole thing was bizarre.
it is bizarre....just don't go down the rabbit hole of brice taylor "thanks for the memories", bohemian club, mk ultra programming and hellywood pee dough scum; like bob hope-less.
He was afraid he would go off cue and tell the truth.
My father was a bartender for parties at that house.
Typical hollyweird..Crosby was abusive also...2 Sons committed their demise voluntary....sick industry with way to much power..not a good power..tell -a - vision... channeling,programing...verbage of mind control if ya ask me...
You and Mary should write a book! @@JohnnyLandscape
I have no respect for any man or woman that cheats on their spouse or partner. The one person you are so connected to and and made a vow to love, honor and cherish, but you betray behind their back. Absolute trashy behavior
God certainly doesn't look on it too favorably, either.
He was a high level Freemason - that should answer any questions
I would like the answer, but I don't know the question.
You might want to read the book"Thanks for the Memories" - lots of evil in that man.
He was a P3do too
That explains everything then!
I don't get it. 🥴
40 years ago the sister of a girl I was dating told me that a friend of hers went on one of those USO overseas tours with Bob Hope. She told me that Bob Hope pressured her friend to sleep with him or he threatened to leave her in Vietnam! I never quite believed this back then, but the more I hear about him the more it seems possible.
He would throw huge parties with alcohol and drugs with cameras in all the bedrooms. He was the most powerful man EVER in unHolywood. He was a fiend.
I believe it.
I see him as a discusting man.I never liked him.
I didn't dislike him just never thought he was funny. King of corno.
Absolutely, I have read many articles regarding his EVIL ways!
Marlon Brando walked by Hope at a Oscar Ceremony an told him. Why don't you take some of the Texaco Millions you receive an retire.😂
He also made tons of money from Chrysler Corporation in the mid-to-late 1960's. Being a car nut, I was glued to the TV set watching him sell the cars.
IN JOAN RIVERS' AUTOBIO SHE SAID B.H. WAS THE MEANEST WHITE GUY SHE EVER KNEW/MET. I BELIEVE HER!
Read the book "Thanks for the Memories" - EXTREMELY revealing, he was a totally evil man.
Who wrote the book? HIs wife?
Joan Rivers was GREAT with telling it like it is. She was so open and honest.
Joan Rivers was never afraid to tell the truth about people.
She could be quite nasty, but had a warm heart.
She was so correct about Barry and Mike.
@@maryshanley329Joan payed dearly for that quip 😢
In the entertainment industry, it's more surprising to find someone who IS faithful. Being successful requires most performers to be single-minded, egomaniacal narcissists. Those types are not generally trustworthy or faithful.
pretty much what i was thinking while watching this.
Why on earth would a rich famous person have only one lover?! Monogamy is what is abnormal for a young man!!
We are just pushing the preconception that monogamy is the only right choice.
Some men are just dirty dogs. They can't help themselves and just don't care. Every generation has many. Some things never change except now they get Exposed & the whole world knows
@@zeebest1004 while that may be true, why commit to a wife if you can't keep it in your trousers. Stay single if you want to play around.
@@zeebest1004Then why don't the rich use their so called brains (or anyone for that matter) and stay single? If monogamy is so hard for them, no need to get married then and deceive their partners!
When I was a student usher at IU in Bloomington--I was working at Assembly Hall, when Hope performed there in the early 1970's. My co-workers said old Bob couldn't keep his hands off the female ushers.
Hi from Eureka IL!!!
I saw Vincent Price there.
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@@sharksport01I loved Vincent Price movies! And his voice!
@MadgeGreen he was great. Do you know he was also an art dealer? He started a program through Sears where people could get paintings on payments , even some well-known artists.
You would have to be insatiably hungry for fame and money to date that guy. He wasn’t funny, he wasn’t kind, warm or charming and he most certainly was NOT handsome.
He just may have been "well-tooled", if you catch my drift.
Even one affair in a Marriage is abhorrent!
Despicable behaviour from this Man!
'Snide' is the word that comes to mind when I think of him.
If you watch the Bob Hope episode of The Muppet Show, Kermit doesn't cheer after he introduces him. I honestly think Kermit was trying to tell us something with that lack of cheer.
or the mask in "Eyes Wide Shut".
I think this youtuber is Kermit.
That was probably part of the joke, that it was widely known and they were alluding to it. I appreciate the reference and I will have another look at that episode, after I view Raquel Welch and Ann Margaret again.
lol
Being that Ketmit's puppeteer was Jim Henson, that lack of enthusiasm came from Mr Henson. May he rest in peace. I respected him before and more now that I know this.
Back in the 1970's I had a job making deliveries for a Toluca Lake area liquor store. Went to Bob Hope's, Joanne Worley, Johnathan Winters, Annette Funicello's houses among many others. The really interesting thing was some faded stars of old had interesting stories about Bob Hope. It seems he helped quite a few people develop income properties. And those properties were giving these people a good income after they were no longer performing. Bob Hope may have been famous as an entertainer. But he appears to have acquired more wealth by selling and developing real estate for people.
Were they all functioning alcoholics? Sounds like it.
Good to hear something other than the hatchet job this youtube is doing to Hope. He cheated on his wife...like more than half of husbands. Oh my!
LOOK DEEPER.
"More then half of husbands cheat? LOL who hurt you Bryan? @@BryanHalo123
At one time he was the largest private landowner in California.
I was a very young child in the 70`s and my grandmother's sister was a vaudeville dancer who had appeared in 9 movies between 1938-1944. Bit parts with only 1 or 2 lines in 6 of the movies but, 3 of them starred Bob Hope. She unfortunately died of a morphine overdose but not before telling my grandmother all about her affair with Bob Hope!!
wow!
Eyes wide shut, the Bob Hope mask, that was a subliminal message about Hope.
Kubrick's last film! 😮
Kubrick was killed for that movie. An extra 24 minutes he has in it and was told to remove it, he refused a few days later he was dead. MK Ultra has more power than anyone can imagine. I know some will laugh and roll their eyes at that…doesn’t make it untrue. Too many adult survivors have talked extensively about it.
@offtonarnia1737
I'm definitely not going to laugh, simply because I've never even heard off MKUltra! Will you explain, please?
@@user-tf9yy5uq9plook it up on CZcams
@@offtonarnia1737 MKU, now called Operation Monarch.
I'll hold off on my judgement of Bob Hope until I achieve perfection myself. He gave me great joy watching his movies, still does.
A good friend was around 10 when Hope attended an event featuring kids. He walked up to the comedian and very politely said 'It's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Hope. I'm a big fan.'
Immediately Hope reacted by yelling to his associates "Get this kid away from me!"
One of them escorted my friend off and apologized for Hope's behavior. 'Don't take it personally. That's just how he is.'
That’s awful 😣
Wow..I find that when meeting say a celebrity I admired only to find that what I admired was just a facade..
At the risk of sounding negative, I think there are more people than not who have a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde personality. (Or "Street Angel/House Devil" personality.)
@@ginalowe1924So true. I went to a taping of Let's Make a Deal, when it was filming here in Florida. I was so excited to see Monty Hall, as I had been a fan for years. Boy was I shocked! He isn't nice or friendly, rather he is cold and arrogant as hell. We were instructed to not look at him, talk to or approach him, no hugging if you win, and a bunch of other bullshit that just ruined my perception of him forever.
Jerry Lewis was the same. Witnessed him do the same when I saw him coming out of the Rockefeller Studios I NYC when I was a teen. Told the kid to get away from him. The kid looked so sad. I made sure he heard me call him a jerk. He was a total phony.
He reportedly had a special suite at the swanky hotel in our town, that had a special back door to let his mistresses out in case his wife showed up. This was reported in our paper when the hotel was torn down
🔔 A number of years ago an acquaintance (who had waited on Bob Hope in a restaurant) related that he was a miserable S.O.B. to the wait staff, treating them like they were far beneath His Highness.
I was a circus performer in the 70s. I worked with him at the Minnesota State Fair. I swear to God, his TV appearances must have involved heavy audience coaching and laugh tracks because for his entire run at the fair the large grandstand audiences just sat silent. Hardly a single laugh. Half his act was begging for applause, which got the only laughs. Personally, I have never seen the attraction.
Like many, I was swept up in the "legend" of Hope. I thought he was genius because everyone said so. Then you actually watch the guy and realize that he was just hype.
I never thought he was funny.
Millions of people disagree with you guys. But that's OK 👍
I saw him at Wisconsin State Fair in the 70's. He was hilarious. The Road To films are the best Hollywood ever made.
He was from a different time, I liked his movies as a child but would rum from the room if he was doing stand up
There are still a lot of little "Bobs" (and grandson Bobs) running around out there.
A special on Bob Hope that I saw with friends just a few years ago had them asking me in an agitated way to replay an interview scene in the show. I soon got what they meant when I replayed it and saw sitting very near to Bob in some movie theater seats a so-called "adopted" relative of his, named Tony. Turns out that Tony was a younger but almost identical match for Bob. Now since when do adopted kids look practically the same as their adopted dad? Since never, that's when!
Not the only adopted biological child.in Hollywood.
I thought they said he had a lot of facial surgery. So why would an "offspring" look like him?
A very good point.@@annblum3956
I don't believe this
cuz bob was a pee dough and tony was his child mk ultra slave.
Look into what Cathy O’Brien had to say about Bob Hope. He wasn’t just a bad husband, he was an absolute monster.
I remember when she talked about how he sexually abused all of the Jackson 5.
I don't know about how much about the children that I'd believe. Women say all kinds of things.
@@morriahmcdonald4040 believe what you want
Literally the first thing i went to comment. SO HAPPY that your comment is NOT hidden or removed💥
I saw a video about the late Jerry Lewis. Two actresses recalled how he raped them. I read the book THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, don 't O'Brien wrote it.
I read that Bob Hope was doing a concert in the Philippines, when a fan, a local woman, tried to give him a little sculpture she had made for him, he apparently looked down his nose at her and said "what the hell would I want something like that for" and walked away.
Jackass / narcissist!
The guy had no conscience. Or manners from what I have read.
😂😂😂😂😂 now that's funnyyy
Awww. That’s about as mean as anyone could get.
I heard it was a dil do.
Stanley Kubrick paid tribute to Bob Hope in the movie eyes wide shut . There’s a scene a man is wearing a mask that has Bob Hope’s distinct profile.
That's lead to the conspiracy that Kubrick was murdered. He outted Bob's participation in some secret society.
Stanley Kubrick exposed bob hope, not paid tribute.
@@user-lj4xs4gn8u Yep. I hear there were a lot of things that Bob Hope was into that wasn't covered in this video. Stanley putting Bob Hope's kisser on a mask was not random.
And the monolith in 2001 is simply a communication screen.
I didn't ithe film so thanks for sharing that
I met an old show girl, back in the early 1990s, who worked with Bob and she told me stories about the dalliances of "Uncle Bob", on tour.
Hope was more than an entertainer. He handled those starlets who were under mind control. Marilyn Monroe was one of the "presidential models" used by politicians and handled by him. Frank Sinatra was another handler, that is why they were involved with so many young actresses. They used and abused many women.
Brice Taylor, author of thanks for the memories. Was Bob's S3x slave.
With all that time overseas you have to wonder if Hope was involved with some kind of espionage. Even Harry Houdini has been called out as a spy.
and at 3:00 he is on Carson w Ew' Saville - ummm
Finally someone mentioned this.
He was more than a womanizer, he was outright evil.
He had a big ego. Like so many big stars, and they never know when to retire. They also don’t know how to “keep it in their pants”. All part of the ego getting fed.
Another reason people should never, ever look up to a person!
I worked with Bob from 86-91. I think you all saw the movie Eyes Wide Shut. He told me “I couldn’t be handled”. He also made me an offer, nothing to do with show biz but then the show biz entertainment complex is now prefaced with the word ‘military entertainment complex’.
Hope chose me from all the women in Canada to work with.
There were always women with Bob but more CIA men then groupies. You left out all the rabbit holes.
Absolutely true. He was a handler of mind controlled young women who would sleep with important officials to get pictures and secrets on them, to bribe these men. Sound crazy? I have two words for you; Epstein Island.
I think he was a "handler" of the worst kind!!
at the least maybe he didnt hav to drug them likecosby
The gold mask ??
I have heard he was a handler of mind control victims-this from the book,"Thanks For The Memories." So if you are hinting he worked with the CIA I'm not surprized.
Bob Hopes humour was 1940s and as kids we never could get enough of them.
We re enacted the scenes walking home.
Abbot and Costello were of the same class/era.
I always had the impression Bob Hope was reading cue cards and that paid writers provided his material. I never thought his delivery was funny.
You really nailed it. My same reaction exactly.
SAME!
Thank you for your contribution to mankind.
Jealous much?
@@atatterson6992 Thank you for being a crybaby about something pointless. Stupid much?
My late husband once sat next to Bob Hope in first class on a commercial flight from NYC to LA. After his experience speaking with the terse and unpleasant Hope, who was not a bit funny, but bitter, negative, and unbearable in his attitudes, my husband was so disappointed with his former admiration, he never liked or trusted a celebrity again...and he also was told, by the star, that all his material was written for him...
He hired famed architect John Lautner to build hope house , once entering the garage, there were two doors, one for Bob and one for his wife. They each lead to separate bedrooms, separate walk-in closets, separate offices, separate bathrooms.etc ! Strange marriage indeed
According to the video they were never married. An arrangement? He was ahead of his time.
And now, "marriage" is called into question. Were they ever legally married?
I was told that all of those USO tours we're completely paid for by the federal government.
Bob was the producer and owner of those shows and they're for entitled to all of the royalties... For those shows, so he made all the money.
Well the united states tax payers paid for everything.
Now, of course, our military deserves this. And we don't be grudged them, but the fact is that b
Bob had all the glory and put in none of the money...... And then made all the money... Do you have any idea how much advertising was on all of those shows.... Think about it
The audience numbers to those TV USO shows was off the charts. Because anyone who had someone in the service was tuning in... not to see the show so much.... as to hopefully get a glance of their loved one who was overseas serving.
Brilliant Marketing.
His wife ,then
... is what we used to call a kept woman.
She kept all his secrets.
And was kept living in the style that suited her .
An old acquaintance of mine had heard Bob and his wife were married in our home town - Erie, PA. She searched the records and found his marriage certificate on file. So, indeed, he was legally married.
He'd never get a second look from me.
How he could be called handsome is puzzling to me.
My mom worked for Bob Hope at his Toluca Lake home and said that the security guard would tell my mom, on a daily basis, "Well, there he goes to meet up with one of his women!" If memory serves me right I think he would meet them for dinner at The Lamplighter" in the SanFernando Valley...after that?...who knows where they'd go? She told me she never once saw or met Delores Hope. Mrs. Hope had the Palm Springs home and he had the Toluca Lake one. I had been to the TL house once to pick up my mom and noticed that the furnishings were old and shabby and the area rugs thread bare in places. She told be that besides his womanizing, he was notoriously cheap.. But he was nice to her which is more than I can say of an actress she worked for later on who was a real "Mommie Dearest"...and I'm not talking about Crawford...you guess.😅
My guess: An actress named Davis.
Well Faye Dunaway would be my guess based on your hint.
The daughter of a maid tells America Bob Hope had shoddy furniture. Classic.
@@atatterson6992Isn't it though?! I know it to be true! America sure is a funny place!
Thank you for exposing those rugs, Karen!
In Eye's Wide Shut, Kubrick had guards to the mansion/orgy scene wearing Bob Hope masks. He did it for a reason but died suddenly before he could explain.
Bob Hope was a sex addict like many performers, such as Al Jolson, Michael Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and countless musicians. When you perform you can get very high almost to the point of hysteria. To calm down, performers often go to alcohol and sex. I've met many musician-groupies and actor-groupies. To this day, I don't understand them. Maybe there's a woman somewhere who can explain why so many girls throw themselves at these performers when, ordinarily, they are as modest and prudent as other women.
Al Jolson? I didn't know.
You mean every man that can... right?
You must live under a rock if you don't know why they can get women. I'm sure you're a real kick at parties...
I don’t believe they are sex addicts. It’s because they believe they can do what they like by walking all over everyone, especially their wives. I could never see why people thought he was funny. How he became famous for having humour I’ll never understand.
EASY, females are programmed to want to 'get' and exploit the most wealthy/popular/powerful/desireable guy in the room. WHen a bunch of them compete for that guys attention, they compete with each other for bragging/snagging rights, even if its for just a quicky in the broom closet, but even better if they can rub their competitions noses in it. Its now they compete and value themselves, even if they are exploited while doing so.
I think he went on all those USO tours because he didn't like being at home, and he slways like to have all those starlets along.
Bingo! Plus it was terrific PR. Just look at some of the comments. Sainthood because of it.
Loved applause.
Hopes reaction to Bing Crosby's death was fairly normal. The death of someone who has a strained relationship is often worse than a contented love .
Well I know the death of someone you hate teaches you more about yourself than the death of someone you loved.
Hope was famously disliked in Hollywood. His writers HATED him. He paid them poorly and never gave them credit. The idea that any old-school Hollywood stars were 'faithful' is silly - they were all on the road or on location banging everything in sight. I doubt their wives had any illusions about it. Even George Burns confessed posthumously that he cheated on Gracie. He knew she knew - they never discussed it - he sent her a mink coat, and they never discussed it. According to Burns, it was a one-time slip.
And those writers basically were on call 24 hours a day!
Exactly in those days before birth control and legal abortion many wives
were ok with the fact their husband was getting some other woman pregnant.
There was birth control. It just has to be used.
I think Richard Widmark was the only one that didn't get any outside of his marriage. 😂
Fact is, American morality regarding all classes is a very new phenomenon in the US, only starting after the implementation of the Hays Code in 1934. The wealthy, powerful, and famous ALWAYS got a pass as they were viewed as gods among mere mortals. They were not bound by the rules of the rank and file. Then the depression hit, people blamed the crash on gluttony, avarice, and extreme moral turpitude of the residents of the Garden of Allah which brought about the Hays Code in 1934. After that, they were no longer gods, just rich assholes being rich assholes while the masses suffered and died.
I enjoyed this expose very much. One note: as you used the word several times "dalliance" is pronounced DALLY-ants, not duh-LI-ance. Again, though, I enjoyed this video. Looking forward to seeing more from you!!
I think he’s Canadian. They have different pronunciations.
@scottm2828 Just checked Canadian Google and it says that it rhymes with Rally Pants, and not Duh Lions, even up north.
@@scottm2828 Canadian AI. These are artificial vocals
Christmas Eve 1964 Bob Hope, Les Brown, and some others sat down right next to us at the Caravelle Hotel in Saigon. We wound up fixing Les up with a date. Hope was very congenial and many in the military appreciated his Christmas USO shows. Sorry to hear of his flaws. Guess he had a very patient wife in Dolores. Good info in this video.
Dolores was a Catholic & wouldn’t divorce him. It is rumored that he became a convert to Catholicism before he died. Don’t know if the rumor is true.
Don't believe everything u read here. Ppl like to join in bash jobs on social media anymore.
carson was no saint either
You never knew that he ran around? They all did! Are you people naive!
But Carson was entertaining.
An affair or two can be forgiven. Living a bachelor life & just checking in with the wife once in a while is a COLLABORATION. If Mrs. Hope wasn't just in it for the money & the famous last name, she sure did a good imitation of it.
However, one item of note...Bob Hope could not have run for President of the USA because he was not born on American soil, or of American parents. He was therefore constitutionally ineligible.
@@noahhyde8769Obama did it.
Ridiculous. @@PYC000
@@PYC000 Still believing that lie are ya? smh
An affair or two can be FORGIVEN 😮😮😮😮😮. No. Um no.
Hope and Crosby worked together on Paramount Pictures’ “Road” movies for YEARS! All the films are packed with great gags, and I don’t think anyone could watch any of them without laughing. But to the film industry, they’re NOT known as the “Road to…” Pictures. They are known as simply “The Road Pictures”. And the word “dalliance” is pronounced “DAL-ee-ance”.
it's an AI voice. you're welcome
Most of those movies were made during WWII. Lemme tell you audiences were HUNGRY for any kind of movie NOT a Western or war movie. A lot of jokes revolved around women and the desirability of women.
Yeah I think we've moved on from thinking this guy's dumb movies are funny.
I NEVER watch ANYTHING again when I find out how debauched the entertainers are that are a part of them. Hypocrites and users of women and men and betrayers of their spouses are garbage and I will not allow them to pollute my mind any more after that.
When my husband was in a children's hospital in the fifties. Bob Hope stopped by the hospital and visited with some of the children there. He has a picture with Bob and some other children that were staying there at that time. At least he did charitable work, trying to make up for his faults.
Or photo-op.
It’s all PR . He did it for fame . What about giving money to the children . I give money to dogs that have been abused , I have 6 animals and saved at least 20 . I helped my niece out with money and bought her pizzas out of my heart .
@@kathyr.8135 and yet, you still felt the need to tell?
@@ruthsmith2447 sure . I told her not you . I love pupupupupupupies . What have you done ?
@@ruthsmith2447 I am a tattle tail
I've heard even worse about him. Truly wicked. I won't watch anything with him in it.😡
I don't like for people to venerate those who cheat on their spouses. It shows a definite lack of character - in the person who cheats & those who venerate him.
A relationship has to have trust to survive.
I always thought he was somewhat creepy.
A LOT of men are. We live in a sick world.
Me too.
Definately creepy.
@@mariantreber8055Please with all that, women can be just as creepy. I’ll agree we live in a sick world.
So did i.
Rosemarie Frankland, Welsh actress, model, and beauty queen didn't pass away until 2000, at age 51, and it was said it was due to depression.
Many actresses get depressed as they get older because they aren't offered the roles they once wete offered.
Re Dolores, "when a man marries his mistress, he leaves a vacancy in that position". She knew the score and enjoyed the ride of fame and riches. The concept of monogamy is strange to many people of power and fame. To them it's not living the lie at all. It's "just business", or more bluntly, none of your fking business.
My father ( North Africa to VE Day ) pointed out that Hope insisted on a guarantee that he be kept out of combat zones. His favorite was Marlene Dietrich, who put on a show like nothing else in the world and repeatedly performed under fire.
Hope was one of the biggest phonies in Hollywood and a real turd the way he treated people. His snide looks and remarks were evident in his monologues. Always a biting, sarcastic humor.
Years ago I read a biography about Hope and it mentions that Hope could sleep anywhere. After hearing about all of these lovers, I guess the man could actually sleep anywhere.
😂
whitemane, Ah! But WAS he actually SLEEPING?
@@shadowlouise That is exactly my point.🤣🤪
Wow that was some spicy hot tea on Bob. I never knew he had such a checkered past.
He had that alert stare of someone looking to the main chance.. a reactive attitude where he could present his ego in the best light..responding with innuendo and slight asides
I always thought of him as a product of the post war Hollywood star machine.all manufactured sincerity masquerading as showbusiness gloss😢
Well expressed
I saw Bob Hope in a private nightclub
In a booth with a young woman in 1980 San Diego California.
He would have been 77 years old at the time.
Everyone left him alone & minded their own business.
But I thought about his wife & that she probably didn’t have a clue.
I never could understand why people thought Bob Hope was funny.
Yeah, he always seemed phoney to me
his movies which had scripts were sometimes pretty entertaining I thought but his shows? egads, even I had to admit he was super unfunny..........but he was connected and down with the elites from what I read.........also his affairs...........
I’ve never laughed at his jokes. He isn’t even a little funny. Jerry seinfeld is funny.
Thats because he WAS funny,simple as that,despite other aspects of his life😮
I liked his movies (mostly) but they were all scripted and he made funny faces and was silly (I also was a kid) but to watch him on tv - there was nothing funny about any of his dialogue.........he wasn't funny, he had writers...........Bill Burr is funny.......@@dougreed2257
Wow, so many of them fooled us for a long time.
We don't know these people. Off camera they could be anything. Even evil.
Sad to find out people that were well thought up were actually monsters😢
Hopeless was a sex trafficker... it has come out from one of victims who is well known
Who?
Lies
Look at all the real estate he owned.
Bob Hope is like a rabbit hole his secrets run deep. One is the fact that his father was a Stone Mason, WINK! WINK! Mason get it. In the movie Eyes wide shut by Stanley Kubrick, (may he rest in peace) and some say was warned not make this movie and now is dead a short time after the movie's release. In the movie there is scene where Tom Crues sneaks into this strange costume party the man that greats him is wearing a mask that looks just like Bob Hope. Stanley Kubrick did thing for a reason.
the Qanon narratives about Hollywood have its roots in accusations made about Hope and Crosby. It was warped into a partisan narrative for the sake of a sinister political agenda.
Yes, that’s right. The butler had on a Bob Hope mask.
Yeah, I do believe that Bob Hopes "mother was also a widow' If you know what I mean. Wink! Wink!@@buffalopatriot
Bingo
That scene is a standout for a reason. Yes Kubrick was calling out CIA Bob.
If you think that's bad...Brice Taylor's 1999 book Thanks For The Memories ... The Truth Has Set Me Free! The Memoirs of Bob Hope's and Henry Kissinger's Mind-Controlled Slave
Me too !! I have never looked at this world the same again
In the early 1980’s, my mom babysat the child of a doctor and his wife in NoCAL. The mother of the wife would often come by to visit her granddaughter while my mom was there babysitting, and they got to talking. Long story short…the grandmother explained that though her daughter knew she was an adopted child, what she didn’t know is that she was the child of Bob Hope and some starlet. My mom said there could be no denying, since the woman’s daughter bore a striking resemblance to Hope, especially the famous “ski slope” nose. Hope apparently fathered quite a few illegitimate children, which is why I find it ironic that he and his wife adopted their four children.
I was peripherally acquainted with one of Hope’s adopted children, who spoke very highly of Bob and Delores as parents, only complaining that their Christmases were never like the Hollywood ideal presented in all of Bob Hope’s many Christmas shows, simply because Hope was never home for the holidays with the family. So, though he may have been a major womanizer, among other things, Hope must be given credit for his outstanding efforts to entertain servicemen who couldn’t be home with their families. I never cared for him as a cue-card reading stand up, but I still love watching him in movies. Woody Allen, another notorious womanizer, credits Bob Hope’s comedic timing in movies to his own delivery, and if you think about it and watch both of them, you can really see it.
No one is perfect, and perhaps those who give a great deal to others often feel entitled then to take what they want, particularly from people wanting to give to them, which explains why so many women were willing to throw themselves at a man who, imo, was about as far away from a sexy man as one can get!
I too know one of their children who chose to dangle herself when an adult 😊
It's obvious that you took great liberties here, telling me you've concocted a story. It was "ski nose".
@@sweettina2 No liberties taken, other than a simple slip of my 74 yr. old brain. All true as to my experience. As to the expression describing a nose like Hope’s, yes, now that you have refreshed my memory, it is, indeed, called a “ski nose”; but think about it, “ski slope” makes more sense because it is a shape being described. What would a “ski nose” look like? Perhaps having two sticks sticking out of it? A nose that “runs” all the time? Now that you’ve brought it to my attention, and since language is a living, fluid thing, I think from here on out, I will always use the expression “ski slope nose” when describing a nose shaped like Hope’s. Thank you for the inspiration. 🎿👃🏻
@@cydkriletich6538 lol. I think your 74 year old brain is working just fine.
@@sweettina2 WRONG! I don't know if she made up this story, but Google can quickly tell you the expression IS "ski slope nose. " But did he always have one? According to the video, injuries to this face required surgery. This is a minor point, I know.
He was wicked read the book, "Thanks for the Memories" author was a MKUltra victim from an infant up and Bob Hope was one of the wretched that abused her.
I've been reading hundreds of comments below. If the two books mentioned, 'Trance-formations' and 'Thanks for the Memories' are not enough; there's more material on the books focusing on Laurel Canyon; we're not talking about a typical range of evil; we're talking about accusations of behavior so vile it defies the imagination. Please do not dismiss the severity of the issues.
YES! "The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon" by Dave McGowen was mind blowing! I read it online. Total paradigm shift in my thinking afterwards!
Johnny Carson hated his guts.
I did not know that.
Carson was more or less equally repugnant.@@mk-cx7ov
Many people have said that. Question is why?
It's always the ones with the goody-two-shoes image you have to watch out for. With actors, usually there's in inverse relationship to the characters they are known for and the reality of their lives.
What the video doesn't relate.
Investments:
1. His brother, Jack Hope, was his business manager. Knowledgeable about tax laws, he had Bob do a number of 1031 exchanges all across the San Fernando Valley, ending up with about 18,000 acres on the Ventura County line.
2. In the 1930s when Bob and Bing made money, Bing spent his money and Bob invested in Texas oil properties.
3. Bob did have a three hole golf course on his property. About 8 full time guards. It was the only spot of county land in the area and that was no mistake - avoiding city property taxes.
Bob was always well known as a great businessman...
@@patgalvez4563 Bob was not a good businessman, his brother Jack was an amazing businessman. Bob just had the sense to listen to his brother.
Such a smart man. An iconic American legend from when Americans were proud and strong. Before all the hate and vitriol seeped out of the "progressive left" intent on tearing it all down.
@@tedwojtasik8781 i see. So apparently you did business with Mr. Hope (Bob) the dumb one? The one who retired and died a multi millionaire (billionaire in todays terms), that Bob Hope? Please tell us about your business dealings with him... thanks
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In Bob's defense, many celebrities don't have the good sense to have their money invested. They just spend left and right.
Why is it that the funniest people are often the most depressed?
I don't knooooooooow! 😭😭😭😭
Bob wasn't funny. All his material was written by an army of writers.
"Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion." Great line from a great movie.
Too bad Hope wasn’t funny. And apparently, too big of a narcissist to be depressed.
They tell sad or unhappy stories about themselves or others and the audience laughs because they are relieved the stories are about someone else, not them.
Never ever thought he was marginally funny...
I think he occasionally delivered a funny quip now and then buy yeah, dude was milquetoast.
The cue cards were pretty funny!
My mom saw him film Buttons and Bows. She said he cursed the whole time in between takes. Back then, i was shocked! Lol
And one of Bob Hope's best friends was none other than Billy Graham ...... this was left out of the video. Bob Hope was well known in the Hollywood area as a sex machine.
Graham was a Freemason.
Thanks for the video -- I enjoyed it enormously!
I couldn't help but love him.
There was a older woman on Twitter around 2018 who tried to tell people she wss sold to Hope when she was 11 yrs old by her father ,when he went on his USO shows he would send her to stay with friends like Frank Sinatra ,never communicated with her but tells me why in the movie Eyes Wide Shut there was someone wearing a Bob Hope mask,he had that one young child ,he didn't need another woman after buying a 11 yr old child
Was her name Cathy O'Brien?
No wasn't her but wish I would have paid more attention to this older woman, I know about Cathy O'Brian and Arizonia Wilder ,I believe since she was a old woman most never checked into it ,but I believe several of these famous actors are involved in this sick stuff ,even alot I'm sure was gay ,part of the Freemasons with most had to dress in drag
book by her: Thanks for the Memories. @@christie4004
I could never understand why he was popular because he wasn't an outstanding comedian, and a dubious private life was not unusual in Hollywood.
Not unusual today either. Hell, compair Hope to Cosby and Hope doesn't seem very bad at all.
@@Mondomeyer Cos was a predator. Not the same thing at all.
Hope had to be the "un-funniest" A list comedian in history. I remember back in the mid sixties (I was like 7 or 8) he'd have these NBC comedy specials on all the time. It was obvious to me even at that age that he was reading cue cards, none of the jokes were remotely funny, and neither was he. It was a complete mystery to me why this guy had a tv show and why he was so revered, he totally sucked!
Exposés like this one burst the bubble of growing up in the sixties. I prefer to know little about the personal lives & POLITICS of people that entertain me. The truth is usually so ugly it prevents me from watching them again.
I try to live my life so that my wife & children will never be shocked or embarrassed about who i̲ was.
By the way, the word is:
“dAl iance” not
Da līance. 😊
We must be of the same age. I feel the same way. It bursts my childhood bubble.
Read "Thanks for the MEMORIES" by Brice Taylor. She was a sex slave who's handler was Henry Kissinger and Hope was her owner. You can find free PDFs of the book online.
I read that book: hideous.
He often came to NZ to go fly fishing. He was always whistling out to girls no matter his age or theirs.
Bing used to joke about Hope being a wolf. He knew.
i met Bob when i was 17 at hogates in Dc he was about 90 he ask me when i walked to his table while he was eating how did you no who i was i tokd him i been watching you since i was a kid he told me you good young man gave me signatufe on napkin it disitergrated i cried
There was always something creepy about this guy.
Even in the 60s and 70s when he was on many TV shows and people were always making a big fuss about him, I couldn't shake the feeling that he was creepy and malevolent. Never found him funny and eventually stopped watching any program he was on.
Now I know why I had that overwhelming sense of aversion to him.
@@Curlyblonde When he was on stage he would often look from the corner of his eyes like he was worried about something.
As an Englishman, I can only apologise for the fact that we allowed him to escape and settle among you. He was quite revolting, desperately unfunny and somewhat pathetic.
That escaping and living among us was hilarious!! Thanks, I needed a good laugh!! 😂 I am rolling with laughter!! But, agree.
Never got the big deal about him
either. I thought he was boring.
@@stoveboltlvr3798 I’ll never understand what women saw in him.
All that while he entertained thousands of our troops at Christmas time.
@@F-14_Jockey Making $$$ ? But yes, I think there was good in him even though he was all about success, women, and $$$.
Fantastic video. Over the years l have heard about Hope's escapades but your video was even more complete and really made some good points.
All of the other stuff aside when Hope was incredibly wealthy and could have just retired he risked his life going into combat zones to entertain the troops which was an extremely brave thing to do.
As far as his wife was concerned she was a realist who enjoyed an unbelievable life. It's not just about the money, it's the contacts and the access she maintained by remaining Mrs. Bob Hope forever, smart lady.
And the press all knew about his womanizing but hardly ever was a word said about it, even in the conservative 1950's.
His wife maybe just put up a happy front.
@@latetotheparty184 Nothing applies to everyone. But in some cases women of a certain age and status do the math and say l can get anything l want at the snap of a finger because of who l am married to. I will pay whatever price needed to maintain this.
By all accounts, his wife wasn’t after “the good life”, but was truly wedded to Bob. They were Catholic, and she remembered the children they had made a life commitment to, and so did he. His public life was fairly transparent as to his real values. That he supposedly was a serial philanderer is still up for a fuller examination. “A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, neither a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.” Matthew 7: 18 NIV
@@hanselpollack4075 No one who speaks of Bob Hope who has any knowledge of him denies that he had numerous affairs. Even his wife admitted that she knew that he had numerous affairs. A woman with a different philosophy would have divorced Hope and moved on. There are so many stories about the different types of arrangements Hope would make to meet women.
But the whole point is that there were a number of other factors some obvious and some private that his wife thought made it best for her personally to stay in the marriage.
I like what Humphrey Bogart said, "All l owe the public is a good performance."
At the end of the day Bob Hope gave the public great performances which is what matters.
_"...he risked his life going into combat zones to entertain the troops which was an extremely brave thing to do."_ Nonsense. At no time was Hope even remotely in any danger during his tours to "war zones." The military brass saw to it that he was safe and secure while in their care.
The party scene in eye's wide shut was a huge clue and many missed it or didn't believe it
"DuhLIEance" 😂 It's actually _dally-ance,_ rhymes with "Sally"+ ance.
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Yes, I agree with your assessment with only small criticism of his narration. "Dalliance" Is pronounced "Dally-ents" not "Duh-lie-ents" Other than that, superb. Job well done...👏
@@richlantz3442 I noticed that, too. These days, we can look on Google and hear the pronunciation.
LOL 100 years old and no Burial plan... Now that's hopeful.
Thanks!
My all time favorite comedian, thanks for the memories!!!Allen Staley
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I read about Johnny Carson he could not stand Bob Hope, I thought it was great they bring that forward because Johnny Carson had him on his show a lot. Johnny Carson was not well liked either. Its so wild how things are. Anything to get publicity.
What a disgusting and devious person. How many died because of his lies and disaappointment of young women and their famlies and other friends who suffered the loss.
Don't forget "despicable" and "depraved". You can get a lot of mileage out of the Letter D.
@@Theodore_Twombly And debauched.
Secret? Back then no one didn’t know about Hope’s escapades.