LUCILLE BALL and BOB HOPE having fun in a sketch on his show. Just love the fun they have ....and the moments it gets to them hope you enjoy 💜🤣💜 p.s I don't get notified of comments but will pop back time to time to answer any you make 💜
Rest in peace and birthday wishes to Bob Hope 5 29. We thank Mr Hope for the memories of the years he spent entertaining our military. His support should not be forgotten
Nice comment.....none of us are above reproach... but he gave so much in supporting your troops...and therefore by default everyone in the west on the side of defeating Hitler ... so I salute you Mr Hope.
Haven't seen this in years. Because the subject matter of the skit is timeless, non era-specific, it holds up very well. I think it's similar to a skit Bob did on one of his specials years earlier, in the 50's, only it was based on a Cold War theme, with a Stalin lookalike hiding behind the couch. I forget exactly. The lady would've been one of Bob's favorite femme fatales of that era, i.e., a Rhonda Fleming, or Hedy Lamar, or Jane Russell, or someone along those lines(and nice lines they were). Doesn't matter, it's still a great skit. In watching this, it struck me as to just how appealing Bob was to watch. He had the most delightful countenance for comedy, didn't he? One just revels in his pleasant and/or spot-on expressions for the comical bits of business at hand. He knew the value of not being seen by audiences too often. This is why he chose to do occasional specials only, about one per month on the average & none at all during the summer. His specials were never rerun during summers. Once aired, they never were seen again, except many, many years later in occasional retrospectives comprised of a melange of skit-clips. This was due mainly to the topicality of Bob's monologues which inevitably became dated in nature---though wonderful to see & hear again all these decades later, as he truly captured the very spirit of every passing era in U.S. cultural history. My favorite line of the skit shown here was when Lucy said: "I'm not concealing a gun if that's what's bothering you", to which Bob replied, as he "searched" her: "It bothered me a little at first; toward the end, I didn't care". This was a great line, delivered as only Bob could! God, how I miss him---and how we so need him today!
Variety shows in the 50s and 60s were looser in terms of breaking the fourth wall and breaking character, like Lucy and Bob do here. You also see it in early episodes of the Carol Burnett Show and it's fairly obvious when it happens, it's hard to miss if you watch with attention.
Sorry not totally sure but it was Bob's Show... I think he did showcase shows with special guests .... Im from UK ...so maybe our American friends can help out with the answer ??
you are welcome to your opinion, but I disagree with it. After all no one will even consider either of us for anything years from now, whereas they are almost immortal in at least the thoughts of mankind, so in a small way they will live on, most of us will not.
Being funny is serious business...... And I understand you if you are saying that as people ... in their personal lives... both were serious.... especially Lucy... apart from with a few close friends.... she was all business....... you don't go from chorus girl to studio boss....without being hard ass.
