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Chevy Chase introduces the segment from the NBC TV Special: Bob Hope: The First 90 Years, of Bob Hope's decades of Oscar/Academy Award Highlights, featuring Billy Crystal, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando and many other celebrities.

BOB HOPE (1903 - 2003) was a British-American witty, wisecracking star comedian and huge name in entertainment world for nearly eight-decades.

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Bob Hope was a British-American stand-up comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer, dancer, athlete and author. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, with 54 feature films with Hope as star, including a series of seven "Road" musical comedy movies with Bing Crosby as Hope's top-billed partner.
In addition to hosting the Academy Awards show 19 times, more than any other host, he appeared in many stage productions and television roles and wrote 14 books. The song "Thanks for the Memory" was his signature tune. Hope was born in the Eltham district of southeast London, arrived in the United States with his family at the age of four, and grew up near Cleveland, Ohio.
After a brief career as a boxer in the late 1910s, he began his career in show business in the early 1920s, initially as a comedian and dancer on the vaudeville circuit, before acting on Broadway. Hope began appearing on radio and in films starting in 1934. He was praised for his comedic timing, specializing in one-liners and rapid-fire delivery of jokes that were often self-deprecating. He helped establish modern American stand-up comedy.
Between 1941 and 1991, Hope made 57 tours for the United Service Organizations, entertaining active duty American military personnel around the world. In 1997, the United States Congress passed a bill that made Hope an honorary veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.[3] He also appeared in numerous television specials for NBC during his career and was one of the first users of cue cards.
Hope retired from public life in 1997 and died on July 27, 2003 at the age of 100 in his Toluca Lake home. (wikipedia)

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry. They are regarded as one of the most significant and prestigious awards in the entertainment industry. Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette as a trophy, officially called the "Academy Award of Merit", although more commonly referred to by its nickname, the "Oscar". The statuette depicts a knight rendered in the Art Deco style. (wikipedia)

COMEDY/BOB HOPE PLAYLIST:
   • Bob Hope (Skits, Monologues, Specials)  

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