Posts: 2169 From: McKinney TX (USA) Registered: Aug 2005
posted 09-15-2018 09:44 PM
Bob Hope with Neil Armstrong, including footage of the two of them on USO tours:
randy Member
Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
posted 09-15-2018 10:14 PM
I've never seen this before. Neil held his own with Bob. Who knows. Maybe they could've been the next Martin and Lewis or Abbott and Costello. This was cool!
Jurg Bolli Member
Posts: 977 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Nov 2000
posted 09-15-2018 10:49 PM
Very funny.
Chuckster01 Member
Posts: 874 From: Orlando, FL Registered: Jan 2014
posted 09-16-2018 06:16 AM
What a great way to start my Sunday. Thank you for posting.
Kite Member
Posts: 831 From: Northampton UK Registered: Nov 2009
posted 09-16-2018 01:31 PM
That is great. The receptions he got were terrific. Seemed slightly rehearsed but proved Neil Armstrong could adapt to situations that were not particularly in his comfort zone. Always comes through as a thoroughly decent human being.
posted 09-16-2018 01:32 PM
Thanks for posting that and remember watching it way back when. That clip comes from a 90-minute television special honoring NASA's 25 Anniversary. It was titled "Bob Hope's Salute to NASA: 25 Years of Reaching for the Stars" and it aired on September 19, 1983.
A number of other astronauts appeared as well. There was Alan Shepard, Wally Schirra, Walt Cunningham, Donn Eisele, Guy Bluford, Sally Ride and Robert Crippen.
Along with the great Bob Hope there were celebrity appearances by John Denver, Marie Osmond, Perry Como, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
It was billed as a comedy, musical variety show and was broadcast on a Monday night via NBC. It was directed by Stan Harris and produced by Hope Enterprises.
Ken Havekotte Member
Posts: 2915 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
posted 09-16-2018 04:52 PM
Loved it! I had almost forgotten that Neil was at Bob Hope's side during some of his USO tours entertaining our troops.
canyon42 Member
Posts: 238 From: Ohio Registered: Mar 2006
posted 09-16-2018 05:38 PM
Am I the only one who thinks Bob Hope's voice sounds an awful lot like Frank Borman's?
rgarner Member
Posts: 1193 From: Shepperton, United Kingdom Registered: Mar 2012
posted 09-16-2018 05:49 PM
This is my new favourite thing!
Gilbert Member
Posts: 1328 From: Carrollton, GA USA Registered: Jan 2003
posted 09-16-2018 06:44 PM
Thank you for posting that. I remember seeing it all those years ago.
Headshot Member
Posts: 864 From: Vancouver, WA, USA Registered: Feb 2012
posted 09-17-2018 01:35 PM
Thanks for the memories.
posted 09-17-2018 05:56 PM
I watched it on TV and recorded it on Beta. Thanks for posting!
Glint Member
Posts: 1040 From: New Windsor, Maryland USA Registered: Jan 2004
posted 09-17-2018 05:57 PM
"We welcome you with open arms." @ 08:26
Must have been scripted, but was still a well timed great response by Armstrong.
MCroft04 Member
Posts: 1634 From: Smithfield, Me, USA Registered: Mar 2005
posted 09-17-2018 09:20 PM
That is absolutely fantastic. I was privileged to hear Neil give three talks, and they were 100% professional and some of the best talks I have ever had the fortune to hear. The man was a great speaker, and then some! Mark and Rick, you must be so proud!!!
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3120 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 09-22-2018 10:00 AM
I noticed this previously but have only now watched it. What a treat! Happy memories of two great men — and while you would expect Bob Hope to deliver funny lines, it was a great pleasure to see Neil Armstrong handling comedy quite deftly. Wonderful.
dss65 Member
Posts: 1156 From: Sandpoint, ID, USA Registered: Mar 2003
posted 09-22-2018 08:24 PM
Finally got around to watching this myself. In a sense, it is comforting that we can have such warm memories from a time that was as chaotic as the present. Those are two men that I will always miss.
posted 09-15-2018 09:44 PM
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