01735nam a2200229u  4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069040000800087100001400095245011600109260003100225300004500256500001300301520102600314650001401340650004401354650004301398650004001441700002401481MeVbMML20250701155444.0ta040225|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u  a0-399-13518-9  cAJM1 aHope, Bob10aDon't shoot, it's only me :bBob Hope's comedy history of the United States /cBob Hope with Melville Shavelson0 aNew York, NYbPutnamc1990  a315 p.bblack and white portraitsc23 cm  aD., 2/04  aDon't Shoot, It's Only Me is Bob's story of being there with the jokes at every vital point during the last half-century of America's history.  The world is his vaudeville circuit and no one has been safe from his barbs, from presidents to dictators.  He has counted among his friends almost everyone worth knowing, from Rita Hayworth to Brooke Shields, from Franklin Roosevelt to George Bush.  He risked his career during the McCarthy era with lines like: "Joe McCarthy just got the names of two million more Communists.  Someone gave him a copy of the Moscow telephone directory".
It's all here, the fun, the laughs, the heartache, the danger, reflected in the longest continuous career at the top of show business since Methuselah was doing two a day: "I've known most of the great personalities of our time, met thousands of men and women in uniform and had as guests on my shows some of the most beautiful women in the world.  If I had my life to live over again, I wouldn't have the strength.  But I'd like to try." 4aHope, Bob 4aUnited States--Armed Forces--Recreation 4aEntertainers--United States--Biography 4aComedians--United States--Biography  aShavelson, Melville