Bob Hope is Dead...
Even President Bush is pretending to be sad.
Oh I know, that was cheap shot in extremis...but a man who couldn't remember whether or not Saddam "let the U.N. Inspectors" back in can't be expected to recall any of the funny bits from "The Paleface".
I don't know if Bob Hope was a great comedian he sure was a great landowner though.
No joke at one point Bob owned half of the San Fernando Valley (bought as long as $30. per acre in some cases)...and was but common consent the largest private landowner in Southern California.
Sooner or later when the Studios expanded, they had to deal with Bob.
But ah I remember with the simplest nostalgia all those nasty put downs Hope had for Jimmy Carter back in campaign 1980...