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100	1		_aHope, Bob _920971
245	1	0	_aDon't shoot, it's only me : _bBob Hope's comedy history of the United States / _cBob Hope with Melville Shavelson
260	0		_aNew York, NY _bPutnam _c1990
300			_a315 p. _bblack and white portraits _c23 cm
500			_aD., 2/04
520			_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."
650		4	_aHope, Bob _920972
650		4	_aUnited States--Armed Forces--Recreation _920973
650		4	_aEntertainers--United States--Biography _920236
650		4	_aComedians--United States--Biography _920974
700			_aShavelson, Melville _920975
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