Children, these are what you call entertainers.

@r3tr0actiongamer24

3 ай бұрын

they were corny, even Carson didn't care for Hope because he brought nothing as a guest.

These Gentlemen knew the meaning of entertainment . I believe they would be ashamed and saddened at the filth that is called entertainment today.

@stevegust2100

2 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. Colbert and Kimmel are disgraces

@sot730

Жыл бұрын

Real class.

@danielguy1963

Жыл бұрын

We are lucky we saw the last of the best of it.

@kaghtsr1

Жыл бұрын

💯

@ChasOnErie

Жыл бұрын

ALL CIVILITY HAS BEEN LOST .. IT WILL BE SOME LONG LONG TIME BEFORE WE SEE REAL ENTERTAINMENT !!!

I'm 62 years old, and these two are the Greatest pair of Entertainers in and before my lifetime. I am so proud that my parents used to watch them and shared their unique blend of comedy with me in my youth. CLEAN FAMILY COMEDY, the likes that we, unfortunately, will never see again. Gather the family, sit back and enjoy the best of the BEST. 💝 They were indeed, a special gift.

@BabyFaceBren

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm just slightly younger and also have my parents to thank for a love of film, due to their recommendations, musicals and comedies from my mother and great drama from dad. Thanks to their huge box of 78 rpm discs I also received an excellent musical education, just as eclectic (from "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" to "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You, When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?"!). Put on a Road movie marathon and thank them again!

@ukjay5585

Жыл бұрын

Frank & Dean were cool, but THESE two...

@janyth1329

11 ай бұрын

@@BabyFaceBren I'm younger than that, and I have my dear grandmother to thank, who has been gone for 12 years now, for my introduction and love of the classics. I much prefer them to most of the wokeness that is considered entertainment nowadays.

When Hollywood had true entertainers. What a team.

Carson - a class act introducing a class act.

The road pictures were some of the best movies ever made.

David and Julie Eisenhower are still married (1968); that warms my old lady heart 👵

I think I like this period in entertainment history much better than today,, when just a few people were famous for 'something'. Rather than now, when EVERYONE is famous for nothing.

@MGJD-Tough

3 жыл бұрын

Well said Prince!

@DrMAHMMuseumAtHomeinMusic

3 жыл бұрын

👍🌸🌼🌷🌺🌻

@mrblindfreddy9999

3 жыл бұрын

hear hear

@davidmorris6443

3 жыл бұрын

.....if you only knew if you WERE in this business

I miss those days. So much respect for one another. And people dress with clothes that fit..

There will never be two gentlemen of this caliber ever!! Really miss them, and they're talent. ❤

This is what talent looks like.

This is what talent looks like 👍

Giants! Absolute Giants! It just doesn't get any better.

Two of Hollywood's greats with so much history between the two of them. So much class and their timing is spot on. Watch and learn.

The great ones are all gone now.

Two of the best entertainers of all time......

Two of the absolute best in Show Biz

Two of the greatest entertainers to ever grace the screen, wouldn't it have been nice to have had Dorothy join them on stage, that would have been epic.

Absolute class. God bless Bing and Bob.

Just unbelievable talent and it must have been amazing privilege to be in the audience.

Today's millennials are missing these classic actors; hopefully KZread will keep them alive.

A generation before me, but such talent and class. Something you certainly don't see today. Sad!

Bing looks and sounds great here. Hard to believe he would pass just seven years later.

Two legends

Lovely that they could look fondly back at their past yet pay homage to the present with contemporary references to John Lennon, Goldie Hawn/Laugh In and Tiny Tim. Class act.

They were planning on making the Road To The Fountain Of Youth when Bing died in Spain. This is the closest we'll ever get to knowing how that might have looked.

This was when America was great! Times have certainly changed.

@praetorianpatriot3267

3 жыл бұрын

America is Still Great.... We Patriots are in unison and We Will Prevail...

How have I not seen this until tonight? Two of the very greats. Legends forever. And Johnny’s humorous touch.

These were fine entertainers of our time! Miss them today! There won't be any of them again. R.I.P. Bing Crosby & Bob Hope!

Entertainment of a caliber not seen in these frivolous days. They were never perfect yet they never failed to bring a smile and a moment of escape to this audience. Talent was their incredible gift yet they shared it like it never belonged to them to begin with. This era of entertainment has left us yet their memories will keep us entertained for life.

Bob and Bing were so funny and Bing could really sing ! Bob Hope sings great too though ! They did awesome with each other .

@spikespa5208

3 жыл бұрын

Well, they *did* have a bit of a history.

This is how its done! Superb timing and true talent..Thank you for uploading this beauty.

When entertainment was by entertainers. Miss them

...My Father, a WW2 Veteran revered Bing Crosby and Bob Hope and my Grandfather, a WW1 Veteran even more so....I remember both of them watching the two as a young boy.

A truly class act!

Yep.....insouciant charisma like theirs comes from relentless practice ,experience and above all sheer talent.

Every now and then lock me in a room with reruns....

Few had the sizzling, jaw dropping brand of magic these two had. Back when talent was actually a prerequisite in the Golden Age of Entertainment. God Bless Them Both...RIP Bing and Bob. You're deeply missed but still bring smiles and laughter to this day and you still shine bright like the stars you truly are from up above 🌟

Grew up watching these two and now 70 years later still watching their movies etc. Timeless.

What an amazing team. I wish I was around at the time.to.experience them in real time. I loved how every outside of the Road To movies they would appear in each other's acts and films. Their relationship on screen and over the radio either together or poking fun at each other in absentia was fantastic

Brilliant 👏👏👏 great stars who are truly worthy of the star status, sadly we will never see the likes of these gems again but I’m so glad we had Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. God bless them 🇺🇸🇬🇧

@DrMAHMMuseumAtHomeinMusic

3 жыл бұрын

👍🌸🌼🌷🌺🌻💚🧡

@wendylinton453

2 жыл бұрын

TOTALLY AGREE..

When celebrities were truly entertainers. No stupid axe to grind, just pure talent.

Heart warming to say the least. Gems in history.

Just pure class, the likes we will never see again x

Their routine is quite cleverly written and they look good in tuxedos. This is like a good conclusion to their Road movies.

The days of class and Honor these men are in heaven and Believe me the Good Lord is himself is dancing and laughing with them

@spikespa5208

3 жыл бұрын

If he can keep up with these two.

What more can you say? What a pair of consummate professionals! I lost it when Hope sang White Christmas and sounded like the turntable had lost its electricity. If you've ever seen their movies, and are aware of the personal and working relationship they shared throughout the years, it makes this whole thing even more entertaining .

@BabyFaceBren

2 жыл бұрын

I think I must've been 10 when I saw my first Road movie. My first 4 in fact. They were on a midnight to dawn movie marathon on TV. I woke the family laughing so much and this was Australia in the 70's, not USA in the 40's so most of the jokes went over my head, but I got enough to add a love of the surreal to my psyche. I'd like to say Hope and Crosby were the pioneers, but 20 years earlier (now 100 years ago!) Buster walked into a movie screen. The Pythons were lauded for their surreal comedy (and I love them) but they were just being naughtier Bings and Bobs. It's so cool how meta they were, before meta was a thing. I showed Road to Morocco to a friend recently who'd never seen either in a film, let alone together. He was loving it, but when the camels started talking, he looked at me with amazement and said "this is so NOW!"

@777tommycrown

2 жыл бұрын

@@BabyFaceBren Thanks Bren, we love Australia too. Bob and Bing, you and I could have easily been born in each others country but something, maybe God has his hand in our lives more than we realize, eh?

This is talent and class. Love them both but Bing is my favorite entertainer ever.

@DrMAHMMuseumAtHomeinMusic

3 жыл бұрын

His voice is so sweet🧁🍦🍦🍦

@wolfsden3812

3 жыл бұрын

You said it

@wendylinton453

2 жыл бұрын

No matter how many times I hear White Chriistmas it brings a tear to my eyes ...no one like Bing ..

Bob Hope sings better then I thought.

@davemiller4721

Жыл бұрын

Look it up - did you know he was a star in a Broadway musical in 1935? Hope was a very good singer.

@BabyFaceBren

Жыл бұрын

"Roberta". I think he was in "Red, Hot and Blue" too

I love love loved television back in those days !! Humor was NOT taken serious and people didn't get offended !!!!! Bob Hope and Bing Cosby were great ....miss them ! Great to see Johnny Carson also. God bless America.

@BabyFaceBren

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, God bless America! (with love from an Aussie)

Talent, something that doesn’t exist anymore!

I miss so much the sweet innocence. I was 7 years old when this was recorded. I would LOVE to have performers like this again but it is truly a bygone era!!!

@rustyshadow7

3 жыл бұрын

There ARE performers like this today, they're just not popular with today's culture, for example, Tim Hawkins.

@debbieforhim7800

3 жыл бұрын

@@rustyshadow7 Yes! We LOVE him! We've seen him live several times.

These are two of the the most talented, wittiest, and classiest men to ever walk on any stage. America was greater because of them.

@stanmohr8601

3 жыл бұрын

3, don't forget Johnny Carson.

@watchman1178

3 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is, Bing may have been funnier than Bob.

@mitzymoo3151

3 жыл бұрын

@@watchman1178 Bing was so quick with the ad libs. Radio, movies, tv, during live performances he could and did throw in little remarks that kept his costars on their toes and made performances so much more entertaining. I love this man.....

@oldtoby9377

3 жыл бұрын

@@watchman1178 Bing could certainly sing better than Bob, but I think they were both funny

@SpringfieldGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Not to take away from their immense respective talent, but they owe a great deal to their writers. From what I have read, Hope was known to particularly be tied to the scripts.

Nothing remotely like that era of entertainment will ever come again.

This is pure showbiz - I love it. Such charisma and easy interaction between them

Brother's by different Mothers. They truly loved each other.

Nice to have a good belly laugh with two of the greats!

@spikespa5208

Жыл бұрын

And Johnny.

Flawless, genuine talent and what a double act that graced this world and now entertaining heaven.

Pure talent! It doesn't get much better than this.

@DrMAHMMuseumAtHomeinMusic

3 жыл бұрын

👍😍🌸🌼🌷🌺🌻

@wendylinton453

2 жыл бұрын

Just wish we still had these two..

Love how they sing each other’s songs.

@gregwatson8219

2 жыл бұрын

Hope Crosby Original bad boys!

It's certainly before october 14 1977.(laughs)BING and BOB had great chemistry since their radio days and the ROAD movies.

Some days I’m Bing, some days I’m Bob. Love you guys!❤️🎩

Interesting man off to Carson's right shoulder. So refined that he could hardly smile while most people laughed at any of Johnny's jokes!

Simply brilliant.

Magic. They both had major character flaws, victims of their own success I guess, but they were bigger than life and its an amazing time in the popular culture.

@BabyFaceBren

Жыл бұрын

I think everybody has a character flaw of some kind. Even entertainers are human.

I REALLY ENJOY THIS ANYTHING BING AND BOB DO IS SO ENJOYABLE----NEVER BE ANOTHER

@BabyFaceBren

4 жыл бұрын

I watch the Road movies often. My favourites are Morocco and Utopia.

Thank the Lord for KZread...it's like having a time machine.

I love Julie Eisenhowers Reaction when Johnny says Admiral Eisenhower.

Fantastic! I never knew this existed but I'm thankful someone recorded it. Always loved these two guys and their movies.

@BabyFaceBren

Жыл бұрын

I reckon this gets more positive comments than anything else on my channel. I'm glad I recorded it too!

Best 2 guy team in the history of Cinema.

Absolutely priceless!

This was the era of great entertainers & performers, the greatest talent in those days, a pleasure to watch even these days.

Love them Bing & Bob is my all time favorite comedy team especially their Road pictures classic watch it every time it comes on❤

@DrMAHMMuseumAtHomeinMusic

3 жыл бұрын

😍👍💛🧡💚🌺

@wendylinton453

2 жыл бұрын

Bob was known for his ad lib and throwing Bing off his lines..brilliant duo.

💖 They really were as brilliant as I remember them being. Bob Hope singing White Christmas 😂

I miss these guys 😢. It's so hard to describe these two beautiful people. I just remembered that I being 68 had watched all there on the road movies. Remembered Bob Hope doing the USO tours. Bing Crosby show and Bob Hope show. All of their movies .

❤❤❤ 👏👏👏👏 I miss their style of comedy! Thank you for sharing this wonderful clip!

@BabyFaceBren

4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

Loved the way they sang each others songs .

@BabyFaceBren

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was a nice idea.

When Bing n Bob were on the stage everything was good there wonderful Road movies great fun😊😊😊😊😊

I love these two together…… ever since I was very young I used to love their Road Movies….in fact still do….have a couple of DVD’S I put on now and again…..they were the best great team👍❤️

@BabyFaceBren

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I also discovered those films at a young age, on an all-night movie marathon. My favourite is "Road to Morocco", with "Utopia" a close second. I recently showed "Morocco" to a friend who laughed a lot and was surprised how "modern" it is. Bing and Bob were meta long before that was a thing!

' no bing you really deserved an oscar , any man with all those kids that could still play a preist deserves something ' , omgrofl . NOBODYS ever had the smooth flawless delivery touch like hope

Pure class, funny with no vulgarity.

Two great entertainers

The good ole days Thank you

@BabyFaceBren

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

What wonderful , gifted gentlemen................Bob Hope is terrific and Bing Crosby's voice is absolutely beautiful -the fluidity is truly a genetic gift..............;

Just pure class unlikely to see pure entertainment again 😊

I was 5 years old when this was taped - would that i had been born 20 years before. All entertainment is so much fertilizer now compared to the gems of past generations.

@mickyw1455

3 жыл бұрын

I was 7 at the time this was broadcast and I agree with your sentiment.

@BabyFaceBren

Жыл бұрын

Thanks to modern technology, you can enjoy the entertainers of long ago. I suggest you check out the seven "road" movies they made together. "Road to Singapore", "Road to Zanzibar", "Road to Morocco", "Road to Utopia", "Road to Rio", "Road to Bali" and "Road to Hong Kong". The first was a basic "buddy comedy"/"love triangle" which several stars turned down before someone at Paramount hit on the brilliant idea of teaming Crosby and Hope, both under contract and acquaintances (they were never great friends, didn't socialise) who had enjoyed working together in a few stage appearances. The film was a big hit and started the series, which lasted 22 years. If you watch the films in the order they were made, you can see the formula develop, the running gags (especially "patty cake") and the proliferation of "in-jokes". These guys were meta before that was even a thing, making jokes about each others' films, for instance. "Morocco" and "Utopia" are very surreal (talking camels, talking fish) and those two are my favourites. "Hong Kong" wasn't made by Paramount (Hope and Crosby produced) and is the weakest of the series, but worth watching. At the time of Crosby's death in 1977, they were planning another "Road" film, "Road to the Fountain of Youth". I used to think maybe it's good that it wasn't made, as it may have spoiled the legacy, but seeing them here, maybe I'm wrong.

Well said, Prince Harming. These days, nearly everything has been reduced to the lowest common denominator. Stars like Hope and Crosby were fabulous, unique and so entertaining.

This is entertainment that just does not exist today. What a wonderful way to see these two long-time performers again together creating magic on the stage. What a great treat!

@DrMAHMMuseumAtHomeinMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Yes 💚🧡💛🌸🌼🌷🌺🌻

@barrybasher9069

3 жыл бұрын

Rodney and his dad shared the same birthday, November 22. 🎂 📷: Rodney’s father (Philip Cohen) with Charlie Chaplin in San Francisco, 1912.

No standing ovation? That crowd didn't deserve to be there!

Impeccable timing! Ad lib genius, then fun, fun, fun for the audience and themselves as well. This performance took me back to all of those Road pictures that became comedy classics! Thank you gentlemen!

@BabyFaceBren

Жыл бұрын

I suspect most of the ad-libs were actually well-rehearsed, but the fact they don't appear to be is genius in itself

@Heres_Johnny.

7 ай бұрын

@@BabyFaceBrenMaybe not. Hope and Crosby were notorious for going off script in the Road movies.

@BabyFaceBren

7 ай бұрын

@@Heres_Johnny. When that happened, their “ad-libs” were usually written. Hope and Crosby both had their own writers, employed for their respective radio shows. When Bob and Bing received their script for each Road movie, they would each hand the script over to their writers, to come up with “ad-libs” to use to throw off the other and add a touch of “spontanaeity” but they would’ve each rehearsed their lines till they had them down pat. That’s not to say they NEVER ad-libbed (in “Road to Morocco”, a camel spits in Hope’s eye and Bing says ‘good girl’, that was an ad-lib) but they weren’t writers (even Hope’s many books were ghost-written) just great actors who could make written “ad-libs” appear thought-up on the spot.

I have never seen Johnny Carson with dark hair. I love Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. The humor is marvelous.

@RonGerstein

7 ай бұрын

Johnny Carson was prematurely grey and hated it. In 1970, he was 45.

When we were closely aligned, in our spoken English language. I'll give you just one modern day example....eeeand instead of and. Good manners also, with humour. It seemed to disappear in the 1980s, gradually until current day, when I have to put subtitles to understand it. When watching a film. Additionally nowadays (it seems the business world started it) we separate it, into American and British English. Rather confusing. Salutations, from Kensington and Chelsea; in London. Thank you for everything you did for us; in WW2. 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇸

@BabyFaceBren

4 ай бұрын

I’ll just add this, because we were there too 😉🇦🇺

@steffanhoffmann

4 ай бұрын

@@BabyFaceBren Hahaha got me mate. Fair Dinkum. 😂 👍

❤ What a Pair They Were. We All watched those "The Road To....." movies.

@BabyFaceBren

Жыл бұрын

What's your favourite? Mine's Morocco, with Utopia a close second.

Should of been a standing ovation. Stuffed shirts 😂

A true gentleman of tv! Today’s late night talk show hosts could learn a lot!!

Great fun! I love the quips and banter; I grew up watching this sort of stuff in the 50s and 60s and I'm still amazed at how smooth and effortless they make it all seem. Professionals through and through.

@BabyFaceBren

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@davidcullen6797

3 жыл бұрын

@@BabyFaceBren I did! BTW, my maternal grandparents were friends of the Eisenhowers from Army days. Mamie sent Christmas cards to my grandmother until her death, about ten years before my grandmother's.

A piece of American culture of days gone by...and you'll never see it again. Talent and class of that caliber can no longer be produced in our newfound 21st century politically correct decadent anti American world that we live in. Build that 3rd temple and put an end to all of this soon, hopefully 2021 will be the beginning of the end..can't wait.

@mitzymoo3151

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerrynightingale9045 Delores Hope was an extremely intelligent and beautiful lady who, from what I have read knew about bobs lady friends and still stayed in the marriage. Her choice and nobody else's concern. Bing's daughter in interviews commented on how Gary spoke to her after his books release and explained to her what had been written wasn't really the way it happened and later apologised to the family. He was also reinterviewed later on and was asked about some of the things in his book and his answers were interesting. Bing's other three sons gave defensive quotes about their father but definitely acknowledged he had faults. I don't think Gary meant to do any harm to his father's reputation but was going through a difficult time. In the end Bing had seven beautiful talented children who he did love.

@mitzymoo3151

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerrynightingale9045 Fantasies no, but i would gladly share where to find this info, but it is all pretty easy to find anyway. Thanks for the polite and cheerful shoutout. Made my day😊😊

@mitzymoo3151

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerrynightingale9045 Bing never abandoned his beautiful wife Dixie, she passed from cancer, and she adored him to her dying day. Read her letters to him. Read about why his sons suicided, in their early to mid fifties. They had money problems, relationship problems, etc. The fact that the youngest shot himself shortly after his investment money went bust is well documented. Read about what his other three sons were quoted about saying defending their father after the books release. I'm not saying they weren't spanked because they were, it is just Gary reinterviewed stated he couldn't remember writing some of the things as he had been drunk at the time. As Gary wrote the book and then admitted this and apologised to the family and was working on a tribute album to his father shortly before his passing, you have to wonder about the reasons behind him writing it. A close family member in an interview mentioned that there were two drafts submitted. Mary, his stepsister, clarifies the reasons why the book was spiced up, as she and Gary spoke about it. Have you also read Linnys complete defence of his father's saying he had let his boys down, in a story from years ago and Linnys ex-wife saying Bing had been a very good father to Linny. This is the son that first suicided. Bing and Dixie were both disciplinarians but they loved there boys. And even Gary mentioned Bing never punished them for kicks, rather that he really cared and was probably no more strict than most father's of that time.

@mitzymoo3151

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerrynightingale9045 I really do feel sorry for a person so filled with negativity. By believing in just one book, parts that have been queried - not all of it but some, you are not bothering to read the counteracting arguments. Others who have had differing opinions argued their points without resorting to crude language and rudeness. These people I applaud as I have learnt new points of view and shared my own. I am not American so the trump point bears no relevance to me, but thanks for trying. Oh and the word highlighting gesture - yawn....... But have a great day I wish you well and thanks for the banter.😊😊😊😊

@BabyFaceBren

3 жыл бұрын

@@mitzymoo3151 Thanks for that. For viewers confused as to this thread, a troll replied to boomer21's comment, denigrating Crosby and America and just being a troll basically, so I have removed his comments, along with those of other trolls who jumped on the band wagon to insult Boomer and Bing and the USA, blocking them from my channel as well (as I do with any racist or homophobe or other kind of bigot with nothing positive or relevant to contribute).

CLASSIC FOREVER

This was a portion of a "Bob Hope Show" broadcast on February 16, 1970 on NBC. It was a fundraiser held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC, to raise funds for the construction of the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage CA. Other performers included Ray Bolger ( singing "Once in Love with Mamie" for Mamie Eisenhower, who was in attendance), Raquel Welch, Johnny Cash, and the West Point Choir. More than 2 million dollars was raised during the evening, and the main hospital opened in November, 1971. Bob and Delores Hope donated the original 80 acres that the hospital was built on, and were fundraisers for the hospital for over 30 years.

@BabyFaceBren

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I just saw this, otherwise I would've answered earlier. Thanks so much for that information.

@dxwheel6491

3 жыл бұрын

Note at the 2:35 mark, Pro Football Commissioner Pete Rozelle was in attendance. His title was changed to NFL Commissioner a few weeks later when the NFL & AFL officially merged.

I grew up watching the road movies. Funny. I was a kid but black and white I still loved they're movies.

@BabyFaceBren

2 жыл бұрын

I loved them too. When I was a kid, TV didn't broadcast 24 hours a day and one of the stations began Friday and Saturday midnight to dawn movie marathons. 4 movies with a theme, Martin & Lewis, Abbott and Costello, The Thin Man but I loved the Road movies best and had the sound down so low I had to sit almost at the screen to hear. It was hard keeping my laughter down though!