{"id":5103,"date":"2021-12-10T22:09:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T22:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2025-12-19T06:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:37:00","slug":"bob-hope-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/bob-hope-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":") Tribute &#8211; Bob Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>SONGS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Thanks for the Memory<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Two Sleepy People<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Buttons and Bows<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Chicago Style<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Merry Go Runaround<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Moonlight Becomes You<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Hoot Mon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Home Cookin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Road to Morocco<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">The Lady&#8217;s in Love with You<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Silver Bells<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">A Four Legged Friend<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Put it there Pal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Teamwork<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Penthouse Serenade<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Apalachicola, Florida<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Lucky Us<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Aint we got Fun<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Have I told you lately that I love you<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Aint a Hankerin&#8217;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Sonny Boy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Sweet Violets<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">To see you is to Love You<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Captain Custard<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Home on the Range<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Its de Loveley<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Hope in Russia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">The Boys with the Proboscis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Batuque nio Morro<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">The Battle of the Century Comedy Sketch<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Ya Got Class<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">It&#8217;s Always You.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON TURNING 70 &#8211; &#8220;I still chase women, but only downhill.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON TURNING 80 &#8211; &#8220;That&#8217;s the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON TURNING 90 &#8211; &#8220;You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON TURNING 100 &#8211; &#8221; I don&#8217;t feel old. In fact, I don&#8217;t feel anything until noon. Then it&#8217;s time for my nap.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON GIVING UP HIS BOXING CAREER EARLY &#8211; &#8220;I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON GOLF &#8211; &#8220;Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON PRESIDENTS &#8211; &#8220;I have performed for 12 presidents but entertained only six.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON WHY HE CHOOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER &#8211; &#8220;When I was born, the doctor said to my mother, congratulations, you have an eight-pound ham.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL &#8211; &#8220;I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON HIS FAMILY&#8217;S EARLY POVERTY &#8211; &#8220;Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON HIS SIX BROTHERS &#8211; &#8220;That&#8217;s how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON HIS EARLY FAILURES &#8211; &#8220;I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn&#8217;t for the stuff the audience threw at me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>ON GOING TO HEAVEN &#8211; &#8220;I have done benefits for ALL religions. I would hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SONGS: Thanks for the Memory Two Sleepy People Buttons and Bows Chicago Style Merry Go Runaround Moonlight Becomes You Hoot Mon Home Cookin Road to Morocco The Lady&#8217;s in Love with You Silver Bells A Four Legged Friend Put it there Pal Teamwork Penthouse Serenade Apalachicola, Florida Lucky Us Aint &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/bob-hope-tribute\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">) Tribute &#8211; Bob Hope<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,193,115,94,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-perflive","category-bob-hope","category-live-tenor","category-patriotic-songs","category-special"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27376,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103\/revisions\/27376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}