The Bob Hope Show

Apr 09, 1950 (en) Comedy, Family, Talk [0] Min
  • First Air Date
    Apr 09, 1950
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    80%
  • Original title
    The Bob Hope Show
  • Release
    Apr 09, 1950
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Overview

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Season 1 ( 1950-04-09)

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Season 2 ( 1951-10-14)

1951 - 1952

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Season 4 ( 1953-10-20)

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Season 5 ( 1954-10-12)

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Season 6 ( 1955-10-04)

1955 - 1956

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Season 7 ( 1956-10-21)

1956 - 1957

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Season 8 ( 1957-10-06)

1957-1958

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Season 9 ( )

1958 - 1959

Season 10 ( 1959-10-08)

1959 - 1960

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Season 11 ( 1960-10-03)

1960 - 1961

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Season 12 ( 1961-12-13)

1961 - 1962

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Season 13 ( 1962-10-24)

1962 - 1963

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Episode 6 - 4th Annual TV Guide Awards

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Season 14 ( 1963-09-27)

1963 - 1964

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Season 15 ( 1964-09-25)

1964 -1965

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The Bob Hope Special: Yuletide Tour of Vietnam

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Season 16 ( 1965-09-29)

1965 - 1966

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Season 17 ( 1966-09-28)

1966 - 1967

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Season 18 ( 1967-09-20)

1967 - 1968

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Season 19 ( 1968-09-25)

1968 - 1969

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Season 20 ( 1969-09-22)

1969 - 1970

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The Bob Hope Special: Around the World with the USO (Part 1)

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The Bob Hope Special: Around the World with the USO (Part 2)

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Season 21 ( 1970-10-05)

1970 - 1971

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Season 22 ( 1971-09-13)

1971 -1972

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A salute to 1972 Oscar nominated movies

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Season 23 ( 1972-10-05)

1972 - 1973

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New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade

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Season 24 ( 1973-09-26)

1973 - 1974

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Season 25 ( 1974-09-25)

1974 -1975

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Sear's presents Bob Hope On-Campus

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Season 26 ( 1975-10-24)

1975 - 1976

A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television: 25th Anniversary Special

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Episode 2

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Joys: A Comedy Whodunit

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Texaco Presents The Bob Hope Olympic Benefit Special

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Bob Hope's Bicentennial Star Spangled Spectacular

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Season 27 ( 1976-10-29)

1976 - 1977

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Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Spectacular from Lake Tahoe

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Bob Hope's All Star Comedy Tribute to Vaudeville

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Season 28 ( 1977-10-28)

1977 - 1978

Bob Hope on the Road With Bing - A Tribute To Bing Crosby

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Bob Hope's All-Star Tribute to the Palace Theater

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The Bob Hope Special From Palm Springs

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All-Star Comedy Special From Australia

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Happy 75th Birthday Bob

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Season 29 ( 1978-10-15)

1978 - 1979

Salute to the 75th Anniversary of the World Series

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Salutes the Ohio Jubilee

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All-Star Christmas Show

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Cavalcade of Comedy

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Bob Hope Presents the American Youth Awards

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An Evening at the London Palladium, A Lifetime of Laughter

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Bob Hope's All-Star Birthday Party

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Season 30 ( 1979-09-16)

1979 - 1980

Bob Hope On The Road To China

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Bob Hope on Campus

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Bob Hope's Merry All Star Christmas Special

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Hope, Women and Song

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Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours Retrospective Part 1

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Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours Retrospective Part 2

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Bob Hope in the Star-Makers

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Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Birthday Party

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Season 31 ( 1980-09-06)

1980 - 1981

All-Star Look at TV's Prime Time Wars

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Hope For President

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All Star Comedy Christmas Special

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The Bob Hope 30th Anniversary Special

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Funny Valentine Special

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Spring Fling

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All-Star Comedy Birthday Party

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Season 32 ( 1981-09-27)

1981 - 1982

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A Celebration With Stars of Comedy and Music

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Stand Up and Cheer For the National Football League's 60th Year

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Christmas Special: A Time of Cheer, A Time for Hope

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Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny

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Laughs with the Movie Awards

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Bob Hope Stars Over Texas Special

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All Hands on Deck for Bob Hope's All Star Birthday Party at Annapolis

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Season 33 ( 1982-10-03)

1982 - 1983

Star-Studded Spoof of the New TV Season "G Rated

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Pink Panther Thanksgiving Gala

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Bob Hope's Christmas Show: A Bagful of Comedy

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All-Star Super Bowl Party

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Bob Hope's Road to Hollywood

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Who Makes the World Laugh? Part 1

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Happy Birthday Bob

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Season 34 ( 1983-09-19)

1983 - 1984

Salute to NASA -- 25 Years of Reaching For the Stars

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Bob Hope Goes to College

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Bob Hope's Merry Christmas Show

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USO Christmas in Beirut

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Bob Hope's Wicki-Wacky Special

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Who Makes the World Laugh? Part 2

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A World's Fair Salute To Bob Hope

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Apr 09, 1950 (en)
Comedy, Family, Talk
[0] Min
  • First Air Date Apr 09, 1950
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 80%
Original Title The Bob Hope Show
en

Overview

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer