01831nam a2200253u 4500 MeVbMML 20250701155444.0 ta 040225|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 0-399-13518-9 AJM Hope, Bob 20971 Don't shoot, it's only me : Bob Hope's comedy history of the United States / Bob Hope with Melville Shavelson New York, NY Putnam 1990 315 p. black and white portraits 23 cm D., 2/04 Don'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." Hope, Bob 20972 United States--Armed Forces--Recreation 20973 Entertainers--United States--Biography 20236 Comedians--United States--Biography 20974 Shavelson, Melville 20975 ddc BOOK 2682 2682 0 0 ABELJ abelj B 2016-10-26 0 B Hope 21572 2016-10-26 15.00 2016-10-26 BOOK