Line #9 Creator/BobHope


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3	->''(Rocky's opponent, wrestling champion [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Thunderlips]], enters the arena.)''\
4	'''Mickey:''' Let's call it off.\
5	'''Rocky:''' Aw c'mon, it's for charity.\
6	'''Mickey:''' You're wearing your anatomy out for charity! Nobody else does this much for charity!\
7	'''Rocky:''' Bob Hope would.\
8	'''Mickey:''' ...That's true.
9	-->-- ''Film/RockyIII''
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11	Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever KBE]] (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in {{vaudeville}}, films, television and radio. He also hosted the UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardsCeremonies 18 times, and toured for the USO to entertain U.S. military troops in multiple wars, from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII to UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar; in 1996 he was named the "first and only honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces" by Congress.
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13	Hope's best-known films include the ''Film/RoadTo'' series, in which he co-starred with Music/BingCrosby and Dorothy Lamour; the spy comedy ''Film/MyFavoriteWife'', with Creator/MadeleineCarroll; the FilmNoir parody ''Film/MyFavoriteBrunette'', also with Lamour; and the {{Western}} comedy ''Film/{{The Paleface\|1948}}'', with Creator/JaneRussell. For many years his stand-up material was written by his good friend Creator/BobMonkhouse, a stand-up comedian in his own right.
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15	He was also a minority owner of Major League Baseball's Cleveland Guardians (known in his day as the Indians) for much of his life.[[note]]The new team name has a roundabout connection to him. The "Guardians" name comes from the ''Guardians of Traffic'', sculptures on the pylons of the Hope Memorial Bridge that crosses the Cuyahoga River near the Guardians' ballpark. Depending on the source, the bridge was named for Hope's father (a stonemason), either by himself or as representative of all the stonemasons who worked on the bridge; Hope himself; or the Hope family.[[/note]]
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17	Hope was married twice. The first marriage, to his vaudeville partner Grace Troxell, lasted less than two years; the second, to singer Dolores Reade, lasted for nearly seventy years until his death from pneumonia at age 100. They had four adopted children.
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20	!!Filmography on TV Tropes:
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23	[[folder:Film]]
24	* ''Theatre/TheCatAndTheCanary'' (1939)
25	* ''Film/TheGhostBreakers'' (1940)
26	* The ''Film/RoadTo'' series, seven films in all (1940-1962)
27	** ''Film/RoadToZanzibar'' (1941)
28	** ''Film/RoadToMorocco'' (1942)
29	* ''Film/MyFavoriteBlonde'' (1942)
30	* ''Film/ThePrincessAndThePirate'' (1944)
31	* ''Film/MyFavoriteBrunette'' (1947)
32	* ''Film/{{The Paleface\|1948}}'' (1948)
33	* ''Film/TheGreatestShowOnEarth'' (1952)
34	* ''Film/HereComeTheGirls'' (1953)
35	* ''Film/ScaredStiff'' (1953)
36	* ''Film/CallMeBwana'' (1963)
37	* ''Film/TheOscar'' (1966)
38	* ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' (1979)
39	* ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'' (1985)
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42	[[folder:Television]]
43	* ''Series/ILoveLucy'' (1 episode, 1956)
44	* ''Series/TheJoeyBishopShow'' (1 episode, 1962)
45	* ''Series/TheLucyShow'' (1 episode, 1964)
46	* ''Series/TheJackBennyProgram'' (1 episode, 1964)
47	* ''Series/GetSmart'' (1 episode, 1968)
48	* ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' (3 episodes, 1968–69)
49	* ''Series/{{Julia}}'' (1 episode, 1971)
50	* ''Series/TheOddCouple1970'' (1 episode, 1974)
51	* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' (1 episode, 1978)
52	* ''Series/HighwayToHeaven'' (1 episode, 1988)
53	* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' (1 episode, 1989)
54	* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' (1 episode, 1991)
55	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (1 episode, 1992) (voice)
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59	!!Tropes associated with Bob Hope include:
60	* CasanovaWannabe: A frequent part of his comic persona. He even plays a literal example in ''Casanova's Big Night''.
61	* ChristmasSongs: He introduced the holiday standard "Silver Bells" in a duet with Marilyn Maxwell in the 1951 film ''Film/TheLemonDropKid''.
62	* CueCard: Hope was notorious for using cue cards in his bits. It was parodied in shows such as ''Series/{{Animaniacs}}''.
63	* DeadpanSnarker
64	* GlamorousWartimeSinger: Hope himself couldn't honestly be counted as one, but he certainly associated with them.
65	* IconicItem: Hope was an avid golfer, and during stand-up performances or USO appearances he would often carry and gesticulate with a golf club.
66	* LargeHam
67	* LovableCoward: His persona in many of his films, like ''Film/{{The Paleface\|1948}}'' and ''Film/ThePrincessAndThePirate''.
68	* RapidFireComedy
69	* ReferencedBy: Early in [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror the U.S. involvement in]] UsefulNotes/{{Afghanistan}}, ''Website/TheOnion'' ran an article which claimed his caregivers were keeping the news away from him:
70	-->''[[http://www.theonion.com/articles/bob-hope-not-told-about-war,211/ "Bob is a true patriot, and whenever he hears about a new war, he wants to get out there and entertain the troops"]]''
71	* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Twice a victim, once in 1998 and again in 2003, just months before his actual death. Both were cases of pre-written obituaries accidentally being published.
72	* RunningGag: He hosted several UsefulNotes/AcademyAward ceremonies, but was never even so much as ''nominated'' for one competitively (although he did receive five Honorary Awards throughout his lifetime). This became fodder for his routines about his movie career and Hollywood politics after Music/BingCrosby won for ''Film/GoingMyWay''. (See "Self Deprecation" below.)
73	** The cover of the book ''Inside Oscar'' by Damien Bona and Mason Wiley has a gag photo of Creator/MarlonBrando trying to wrest his Oscar for ''Film/OnTheWaterfront'' away from Hope.
74	* SelfDeprecation:
75	** "Welcome once again to the Academy Awards... or as we call it in my family, Passover..."
76	** On his 100th birthday: "I'm so old, they've canceled my blood type."
77	* TakeThat: Though he was a staunch Republican, Hope usually made sure his writers would aim these equally at both U.S. political parties, so this exchange from 1940's ''Film/TheGhostBreakers'':
78	-->'''Richard Carlson (as Geoff Montgomery):''' "It's worse than horrible because a zombie has no will of his own. You see them sometimes walking around blindly with dead eyes, following orders, not knowing what they do, not caring."
79	-->'''Bob Hope (as Larry Lawrence):''' "You mean like Democrats?"
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81	:: ...Is a follow-up to this exchange from the previous year's ''Theatre/TheCatAndTheCanary''[=:=]
82	-->'''Nydia Westman (as Cicily):''' "Do you believe in reincarnation? You know, that dead people come back?"
83	-->'''Bob Hope (as Wally Campbell):''' "You mean like the Republicans?"
84	* ThemeTune: "Thanks for the Memory", which he first introduced (in a duet with Shirley Ross) in the film ''The Big Broadcast of 1938''.
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