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Merlot

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12. I know what you mean. I never got hope as funny

Reply to BannonsLiver (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 17, 2017, 02:35 AM

Nov 2017

but then again, a lot of the humor of that era isn't really funny. It was mostly white men making fun of everyone else. And the bob hope movies were just awful.

Then came Lenny Bruce. Richard Pryor. George Carlin. They really changed things.

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The Bob Hope USO shows were always a mystery to me... [View all] milestogo Nov 2017 OP

That was the first thing I thought about when the news hit the fan dhol82 Nov 2017 #1

A lot of the old comedians used women jokes in their routines. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #3

The Zeitgeist, or spirit of the time, has changed. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #2

Hopes appeal was always a mystery to me. BannonsLiver Nov 2017 #4

It went with the times. dhol82 Nov 2017 #5

I'd be interested to hear what the shows are like now, and whether they have changed much. milestogo Nov 2017 #7

Me too dhol82 Nov 2017 #8

nah, he just sucked Adenoid_Hynkel Nov 2017 #14

There was also that annoying thing of Hope randomly crashing talk shows Ken Burch Nov 2017 #15

Milton Berle used to do the crashing the show bit Adenoid_Hynkel Nov 2017 #18

I know what you mean. I never got hope as funny Merlot Nov 2017 #12

Will his movies be banned now? dogman Nov 2017 #6

I was thinking the same thing. kskiska Nov 2017 #9

Yep-there was plenty of T+A on display flotsam Nov 2017 #10

Joey Heatherton, Ann-Margaret, Racquel Welch, etc. VOX Nov 2017 #11

Hope just wasn't funny. Laffy Kat Nov 2017 #13

Hope always acted bdtrppr6 Nov 2017 #16

There was a chilling line about those shows in one of Phil Ochs' songs Ken Burch Nov 2017 #17

They would televise some of his USO shows, our family would watch. Raine Nov 2017 #19