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TVC 656.2: Ed welcomes Jim Hardy, longtime archivist for Bob Hope Enterprises, where he handles the licensing of the various film clips, TV clips, radio clips, photographs, and other archival materials the encompass the career of the legendary entertainer. Jim is also the curator of the Official Bob Hope YouTube Channel, a joint venture by The Bob Hope Legacy and the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation that features highlights from Hope's fifty-seven USO tours, monologues, Christmas specials, the PGA tournaments that bore Hope's name, plus Hope performing alongside such stars as Brooke Shields, Jayne Mansfield, Lucille Ball, Norman Lear, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr, Jackie Gleason, Jack Benny, Johnny Carson, Barbara Eden, Florence Henderson, Joan Van Ark, Donna Mills, Big Bird, Lassie, and more. Topics this segment include how hands-on Hope was with both the editing of his shows and the preparation of his monologue; how Hope kept his brain sharp well into his eighties; and Hope kept performing on the road, despite his advanced age.
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TVC 656.2: Ed welcomes Jim Hardy, longtime archivist for Bob Hope Enterprises, where he handles the licensing of the various film clips, TV clips, radio clips, photographs, and other archival materials the encompass the career of the legendary entertainer. Jim is also the curator of the Official Bob Hope YouTube Channel, a joint venture by The Bob Hope Legacy and the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation that features highlights from Hope's fifty-seven USO tours, monologues, Christmas specials, the PGA tournaments that bore Hope's name, plus Hope performing alongside such stars as Brooke Shields, Jayne Mansfield, Lucille Ball, Norman Lear, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr, Jackie Gleason, Jack Benny, Johnny Carson, Barbara Eden, Florence Henderson, Joan Van Ark, Donna Mills, Big Bird, Lassie, and more. Topics this segment include how hands-on Hope was with both the editing of his shows and the preparation of his monologue; how Hope kept his brain sharp well into his eighties; and Hope kept performing on the road, despite his advanced age.
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