Bob Hope Specials - Thanks For The Memories - Collectors Edition

Bob Hope, the greatest entertainer of the 20th century, was above all a patriotic American dedicated to our troops around the world. His star-studded USO Christmas shows brought a taste of home to servicemen and women scattered thousands of miles from their families. Bob rang in the Christmas season with the biggest stars in Hollywood along with major figures from the worlds of sports and music, and cracked jokes with his celebrity pals and presidents alike. At home or abroad, his specials proved that laughter was the best medicine.

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES 6-DVD set features 13 specials from Bobs career, spanning five decades with dozens of celebrity guests. Highlights include:

Bobs first studio comedy special in living color with guests Jack Benny, Bing Crosby and Janet Leigh

The Bob Hope Chevy Show with the entire cast of I Love LucyDesi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley, plus James Cagney and Diana Dors

A hilarious spoof of Star Wars and other sketches with Tony Bennett, Perry Como, James Garner, Mark Hamill, Dean Martin, Olivia Newton-John, Barbra Streisand, Tuesday Weld, The Muppets and more stars

The murder-mystery parody Joys (A Comedy Whodunit) with nearly fifty guest stars including Charo, Milton Berle, Dean Martin, Don Rickles, George Gobel, Alan King, Don Knotts, Groucho Marx, Vincent Price and Freddie Prinze

The best of the bloopers from 30 years of Bobs shows with George Burns, Sammy Davis Jr., Angie Dickinson, Phyllis Diller, Burt Reynolds, DonRickles, Brooke Shields, Elizabeth Taylor, Mr. T, John Wayne and others.

Bobs 1967 USO tour to 22 bases around Vietnam, Thailand and the South Pacific in 15 days with special guest Raquel Welch

Highlights from over 25 years of specials in Bob Hopes World of Comedy and the celebration Highlights of a Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

A look at Bobs personal relationships with American presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy, and Harry S. Truman

Bob Hopes 90th birthday celebration featuring tributes by Johnny Carson, George Burns and many more!

EXCLUSIVE BONUS: Plus, the DVD set contains the exclusive bonus feature Shanks for the Memory about the world of golf according to Bob Hope, which includes historic clips of Bob with Bing Crosby, presidents and pros on courses around the world, and special appearances by Pres. Gerald Ford, pro golfers Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and more.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 13 september, 2016