BOB HOPE & BING CROSBY REUNION at Eisenhower Medical Center benefit performance 1970 w JOHNNY CARSON

Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, introduced by Johnny Carson, perform a medley of each other’s hits and duet on “Put it There, Pal” from “Road to Utopia”.
Some comments below refer to my original description, in which I stated I had no idea what this was clip was from, only that it was a hospital benefit, probably from mid to late circa 1970 (based on Carson's joke about David Eisenhower and the naval reserve). Thanks to viewer Jack Daugherty for enlightening me (I wasn't far off!):
"This was a portion of a "Bob Hope Show" broadcast on February 16, 1970 on NBC. It was a fundraiser held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC, to raise funds for the construction of the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage CA. Other performers included Ray Bolger (singing "Once in Love with Mamie" for Mamie Eisenhower, who was in attendance), Raquel Welch, Johnny Cash and the West Point Choir. More than 2 million dollars was raised during the evening and the main hospital opened in November, 1971. Bob and Delores Hope donated the original 80 acres that the hospital was built on and were fundraisers for the hospital for over 30 years."
By the way, Carson mentions that the price to dine that night was $1,000 a plate. In May 2023 dollars, that's $7,818.63.

[@DirtyBob200X]

Children, these are what you call entertainers.

[@rudyebert4339]

Two of the absolute best in Show Biz

[@michaelgoodman2672]

These were fine entertainers of our time! Miss them today! There won't be any of them again. R.I.P. Bing Crosby & Bob Hope!

[@debbieforhim7800]

I miss so much the sweet innocence. I was 7 years old when this was recorded. I would LOVE to have performers like this again but it is truly a bygone era!!!

[@rustyshadow7]

There ARE performers like this today, they're just not popular with today's culture, for example, Tim Hawkins.

[@debbieforhim7800]

@@rustyshadow7 Yes! We LOVE him! We've seen him live several times.

[@waynecassels3607]

The great ones are all gone now.

[@CliffMcAulay]

This is how its done! Superb timing and true talent..Thank you for uploading this beauty.

[@paulrivalto1974]

Impeccable timing! Ad lib genius, then fun, fun, fun for the audience and themselves as well. This performance took me back to all of those Road pictures that became comedy classics! Thank you gentlemen!

[@BabyFaceBren]

I suspect most of the ad-libs were actually well-rehearsed, but the fact they don't appear to be is genius in itself

[@Heres_Johnny.]

@@BabyFaceBrenMaybe not. Hope and Crosby were notorious for going off script in the Road movies.

[@BabyFaceBren]

@@Heres_Johnny. When that happened, their “ad-libs” were usually written. Hope and Crosby both had their own writers, employed for their respective radio shows. When Bob and Bing received their script for each Road movie, they would each hand the script over to their writers, to come up with “ad-libs” to use to throw off the other and add a touch of “spontanaeity” but they would’ve each rehearsed their lines till they had them down pat. That’s not to say they NEVER ad-libbed (in “Road to Morocco”, a camel spits in Hope’s eye and Bing says ‘good girl’, that was an ad-lib) but they weren’t writers (even Hope’s many books were ghost-written) just great actors who could make written “ad-libs” appear thought-up on the spot.

[@keiarahjohnston9887]

I love love loved television back in those days !! Humor was NOT taken serious and people didn't get offended !!!!! Bob Hope and Bing Cosby were great ....miss them ! Great to see Johnny Carson also. God bless America.

[@BabyFaceBren]

Agreed, God bless America! (with love from an Aussie)

[@princeharming8963]

I think I like this period in entertainment history much better than today,, when just a few people were famous for 'something'. Rather than now, when EVERYONE is famous for nothing.

[@MGJD-Tough]

Well said Prince!

[@DrMAHMMuseumAtHomeinMusic]

👍🌸🌼🌷🌺🌻

[@mrblindfreddy9999]

hear hear

[@davidmorris6443]

.....if you only knew if you WERE in this business

[@spikespa5208]

People today who are only famous for being famous.

[@davindaire]

Thank you SO MUCH for this upload, it really lifted my spirits! Hope and Crosby--the golden days, that's for sure.

[@BabyFaceBren]

Yes, they were wonderful together and you’re welcome!

[@rostallar4243]

This was the era of great entertainers & performers, the greatest talent in those days, a pleasure to watch even these days.

[@markmaki4460]

I was 5 years old when this was taped - would that i had been born 20 years before. All entertainment is so much fertilizer now compared to the gems of past generations.

[@mickyw1455]

I was 7 at the time this was broadcast and I agree with your sentiment.

[@BabyFaceBren]

Thanks to modern technology, you can enjoy the entertainers of long ago. I suggest you check out the seven "road" movies they made together. "Road to Singapore", "Road to Zanzibar", "Road to Morocco", "Road to Utopia", "Road to Rio", "Road to Bali" and "Road to Hong Kong". The first was a basic "buddy comedy"/"love triangle" which several stars turned down before someone at Paramount hit on the brilliant idea of teaming Crosby and Hope, both under contract and acquaintances (they were never great friends, didn't socialise) who had enjoyed working together in a few stage appearances. The film was a big hit and started the series, which lasted 22 years. If you watch the films in the order they were made, you can see the formula develop, the running gags (especially "patty cake") and the proliferation of "in-jokes". These guys were meta before that was even a thing, making jokes about each others' films, for instance. "Morocco" and "Utopia" are very surreal (talking camels, talking fish) and those two are my favourites. "Hong Kong" wasn't made by Paramount (Hope and Crosby produced) and is the weakest of the series, but worth watching. At the time of Crosby's death in 1977, they were planning another "Road" film, "Road to the Fountain of Youth". I used to think maybe it's good that it wasn't made, as it may have spoiled the legacy, but seeing them here, maybe I'm wrong.

[@patriciabenton8322]

I miss these guys 😢. It's so hard to describe these two beautiful people. I just remembered that I being 68 had watched all there on the road movies. Remembered Bob Hope doing the USO tours. Bing Crosby show and Bob Hope show. All of their movies .

[@TheAlain005]

It's certainly before october 14 1977.(laughs)BING and BOB had great chemistry since their radio days and the ROAD movies.

[@vinceman]

classic! thanks for the share. Saw Bing in concert once. One of the highlights of my concert-going life!

[@BabyFaceBren]

No worries, glad you enjoyed it. That's a great memory to have.

[@mitzymoo3151]

How I would have loved to see this man in concert. You are so lucky....

[@ellymaschinowrinn8609]

❤❤❤ 👏👏👏👏 I miss their style of comedy! Thank you for sharing this wonderful clip!

[@BabyFaceBren]

You’re welcome!

[@viking670]

A piece of American culture of days gone by...and you'll never see it again. Talent and class of that caliber can no longer be produced in our newfound 21st century politically correct decadent anti American world that we live in. Build that 3rd temple and put an end to all of this soon, hopefully 2021 will be the beginning of the end..can't wait.

[@mitzymoo3151]

@@gerrynightingale9045 Delores Hope was an extremely intelligent and beautiful lady who, from what I have read knew about bobs lady friends and still stayed in the marriage. Her choice and nobody else's concern. Bing's daughter in interviews commented on how Gary spoke to her after his books release and explained to her what had been written wasn't really the way it happened and later apologised to the family. He was also reinterviewed later on and was asked about some of the things in his book and his answers were interesting. Bing's other three sons gave defensive quotes about their father but definitely acknowledged he had faults. I don't think Gary meant to do any harm to his father's reputation but was going through a difficult time. In the end Bing had seven beautiful talented children who he did love.

[@mitzymoo3151]

@@gerrynightingale9045 Fantasies no, but i would gladly share where to find this info, but it is all pretty easy to find anyway. Thanks for the polite and cheerful shoutout. Made my day😊😊

[@mitzymoo3151]

@@gerrynightingale9045 Bing never abandoned his beautiful wife Dixie, she passed from cancer, and she adored him to her dying day. Read her letters to him. Read about why his sons suicided, in their early to mid fifties. They had money problems, relationship problems, etc. The fact that the youngest shot himself shortly after his investment money went bust is well documented. Read about what his other three sons were quoted about saying defending their father after the books release. I'm not saying they weren't spanked because they were, it is just Gary reinterviewed stated he couldn't remember writing some of the things as he had been drunk at the time. As Gary wrote the book and then admitted this and apologised to the family and was working on a tribute album to his father shortly before his passing, you have to wonder about the reasons behind him writing it. A close family member in an interview mentioned that there were two drafts submitted. Mary, his stepsister, clarifies the reasons why the book was spiced up, as she and Gary spoke about it. Have you also read Linnys complete defence of his father's saying he had let his boys down, in a story from years ago and Linnys ex-wife saying Bing had been a very good father to Linny. This is the son that first suicided. Bing and Dixie were both disciplinarians but they loved there boys. And even Gary mentioned Bing never punished them for kicks, rather that he really cared and was probably no more strict than most father's of that time.

[@mitzymoo3151]

@@gerrynightingale9045 I really do feel sorry for a person so filled with negativity. By believing in just one book, parts that have been queried - not all of it but some, you are not bothering to read the counteracting arguments. Others who have had differing opinions argued their points without resorting to crude language and rudeness. These people I applaud as I have learnt new points of view and shared my own. I am not American so the trump point bears no relevance to me, but thanks for trying. Oh and the word highlighting gesture - yawn....... But have a great day I wish you well and thanks for the banter.😊😊😊😊

[@BabyFaceBren]

@@mitzymoo3151 Thanks for that. For viewers confused as to this thread, a troll replied to boomer21's comment, denigrating Crosby and America and just being a troll basically, so I have removed his comments, along with those of other trolls who jumped on the band wagon to insult Boomer and Bing and the USA, blocking them from my channel as well (as I do with any racist or homophobe or other kind of bigot with nothing positive or relevant to contribute).

[@davidtaylor-byrne3880]

'Any man, with all those kids, who can play a priest, deserves something.' Bob Hope to Bing Crosby 😅😅😅

[@siegridthomas9674]

Oh, we ALL who knew them, miss them.....

[@arthurwatt4144]

I grew up watching the road movies. Funny. I was a kid but black and white I still loved they're movies.

[@BabyFaceBren]

I loved them too. When I was a kid, TV didn't broadcast 24 hours a day and one of the stations began Friday and Saturday midnight to dawn movie marathons. 4 movies with a theme, Martin & Lewis, Abbott and Costello, The Thin Man but I loved the Road movies best and had the sound down so low I had to sit almost at the screen to hear. It was hard keeping my laughter down though!

[@StevenTorrey]

That was charming...

[@jamesfrancismchalejr7944]

CLASSIC FOREVER

[@davidlarson9125]

Imagine having to remember all this before you go out on stage....

[@BabyFaceBren]

@@davidlarson9125 by this time, Bob was a slave to cue cards, so I’m sure he’d have been using them here, possibly Bing too.

[@spikespa5208]

Some of this stuff was ad libbed. After so many years, together and separately in vaudeville, radio and film, their jabs and repartee come pretty much naturally.

[@BabyFaceBren]

@@spikespa5208 I doubt any of it was ad-libbed. They were just brilliant at making their scripts seem off the cuff. Of course, I don’t know for sure and neither do you, but it’s a safe bet the “ad libs” were scripted. When they made the road movies, Bing and Bob would give their scripts to their respective radio writers, who would supply “jabs” for them to toss at each other while filming. Not knowing that, you’d swear they were coming up with the insults off the top of their heads.

[@spikespa5208]

okay.

[@ms-xm6uj]

Admiral Eisenhower...brilliant!

[@BOBOLAMA]

Awesome thanks

[@BabyFaceBren]

Welcome 😊

[@marc639]

I was just in rancho mirage. It is not the same as it was in those days, Pity

[@Gethsemanes]

Stabbed by my own theme song. LoL Bob was the original fourth wall breaker

[@BabyFaceBren]

Yes, those Road movies were meta decades before that was a thing.

[@maryschneider2759]

I m laughing so hard

[@ChasOnErie]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jamescampion7880]

During the Put It There song they referenced doing another movie together. There was a push to do another Road picture and a script was even drafted. Unfortunately it did not happen.

[@BabyFaceBren]

Yes, it was to be called "The Road to the Fountain of Youth". I remember after Bing died, there was talk of Bob doing it with George Burns, but it didn't happen. Possibly just as well. Bing and Bob looked pretty tired in "Road to Hong Kong" (1962) and it's not a great coda to the series, but probably better than what a 1970's teaming would be. Also, some of those later Bob Hope films are just embarrassing and sadly what many people will only know him for, things like "Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!" and his last "Cancel My Reservation" is (imo) woeful. Bing has a cameo in that.

[@jamescampion7880]

@@BabyFaceBren I agree the later Hope films are awful. But I do think Road To Hong Kong is actually very funny. A small bit by Peter Sellers is worth the price alone.

[@BabyFaceBren]

@@jamescampion7880 It has some good moments. It's in my DVD collection, as the series wouldn't be complete without it. love the opening song "Teamwork" with references to the previous 6 films, a tradition going back to the 2nd, when they repeated the patty-cake routine and by the 3rd ("Morocco"), they were referencing Dorothy Lamour in the title song! They were meta decades before that was even a term. Yes, the Sellers cameo is great, but as some have said, he tends to upstage them, by being funnier and once he's gone you are reminded that they are a bit past it. Still, weaker Bing and Bob is better than the best of many other comics and Hong Kong has got to be better than what I imagine a 70's film would be (though they are great in this short reunion). If it were today, CGI could be used to make them actually appear young after visiting the fountain of youth. That would've been cool. I think it's sad that they didn't use Lamour as the third lead, due to her age. They wouldn't get away with it today. Bob gave in to Bing and the studio, but he insisted on her having a small role. Incidentally, I can't watch Crosby and Joan Collins' love scenes without thinking of her mentioning in her autobiography that he had the worst breath because of the pipe he always smoked and she said kissing him was like kissing a camel.

[@hwoods01]

the dude on the right sings pretty good

[@patriciorojas415]

Wholly shit Bing was plastered! love it. Classic.

[@BabyFaceBren]

I only know that expression being used for someone intoxicated, which Crosby clearly isn't, so you've lost me with this comment. What could you mean?

[@hardlines4]

Stuck up crowd

[@sot730]

Two of Hollywood's greats with so much history between the two of them. So much class and their timing is spot on. Watch and learn.

[@jeffkelly5972]

The road pictures were some of the best movies ever made.

[@steverudder3321]

I'm 62 years old, and these two are the Greatest pair of Entertainers in and before my lifetime. I am so proud that my parents used to watch them and shared their unique blend of comedy with me in my youth. CLEAN FAMILY COMEDY, the likes that we, unfortunately, will never see again. Gather the family, sit back and enjoy the best of the BEST. 💝 They were indeed, a special gift.

[@BabyFaceBren]

Yes, I'm just slightly younger and also have my parents to thank for a love of film, due to their recommendations, musicals and comedies from my mother and great drama from dad. Thanks to their huge box of 78 rpm discs I also received an excellent musical education, just as eclectic (from "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" to "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You, When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life?"!). Put on a Road movie marathon and thank them again!

[@ukjay5585]

Frank & Dean were cool, but THESE two...

[@firstsisterJML1330]

@@BabyFaceBren I'm younger than that, and I have my dear grandmother to thank, who has been gone for 12 years now, for my introduction and love of the classics. I much prefer them to most of the wokeness that is considered entertainment nowadays.

[@cechristine2376]

Carson - a class act introducing a class act.

[@mtweiss01]

When Hollywood had true entertainers. What a team.

[@ployonion]

Just unbelievable talent and it must have been amazing privilege to be in the audience.

[@franceswelch5834]

I miss those days. So much respect for one another. And people dress with clothes that fit..

[@CharlieB196]

These Gentlemen knew the meaning of entertainment . I believe they would be ashamed and saddened at the filth that is called entertainment today.

[@stevegust2100]

I know what you mean. Colbert and Kimmel are disgraces

[@sot730]

Real class.

[@danielguy1963]

We are lucky we saw the last of the best of it.

[@kaghtsr1]

💯

[@ChasOnErie]

ALL CIVILITY HAS BEEN LOST .. IT WILL BE SOME LONG LONG TIME BEFORE WE SEE REAL ENTERTAINMENT !!!

[@cindyyoos2994]

There will never be two gentlemen of this caliber ever!! Really miss them, and they're talent. ❤

[@BA-ng9bx]

Back in the days when, in order to be an entertainer, you had to be able to act, sing ( no one dubbing for you),dance, and tell jokes. If you weren't multi talented, you didn't make it.

[@glenlay]

Brilliant 👏👏👏 great stars who are truly worthy of the star status, sadly we will never see the likes of these gems again but I’m so glad we had Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. God bless them 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@DrMAHMMuseumAtHomeinMusic]

👍🌸🌼🌷🌺🌻💚🧡

[@wendylinton453]

TOTALLY AGREE..

[@pattibrooks1907]

Bob and Bing were so funny and Bing could really sing ! Bob Hope sings great too though ! They did awesome with each other .

[@spikespa5208]

Well, they *did* have a bit of a history.

[@paulrivalto1974]

Entertainment of a caliber not seen in these frivolous days. They were never perfect yet they never failed to bring a smile and a moment of escape to this audience. Talent was their incredible gift yet they shared it like it never belonged to them to begin with. This era of entertainment has left us yet their memories will keep us entertained for life.

[@Heres_Johnny.]

How have I not seen this until tonight? Two of the very greats. Legends forever. And Johnny’s humorous touch.

[@xmm103]

No standing ovation? That crowd didn't deserve to be there!

[@roberttheron4697]

Two of the greatest entertainers to ever grace the screen, wouldn't it have been nice to have had Dorothy join them on stage, that would have been epic.

[@mitzymoo3151]

This is talent and class. Love them both but Bing is my favorite entertainer ever.

[@DrMAHMMuseumAtHomeinMusic]

His voice is so sweet🧁🍦🍦🍦

[@wolfsden3812]

You said it

[@wendylinton453]

No matter how many times I hear White Chriistmas it brings a tear to my eyes ...no one like Bing ..

[@daveallman3981]

A generation before me, but such talent and class. Something you certainly don't see today. Sad!

[@patrickoates2426]

Absolute class. God bless Bing and Bob.

[@BELCAN57]

This is what talent looks like.

[@scottcarroll9201]

Bing looks and sounds great here. Hard to believe he would pass just seven years later.

[@randyrogers8568]

Giants! Absolute Giants! It just doesn't get any better.

[@pjk9056]

Bing was the best but Hope never got his due as a singer. He had a charming voice.

[@frankstrysik1558]

Fantastic! I never knew this existed but I'm thankful someone recorded it. Always loved these two guys and their movies.

[@BabyFaceBren]

I reckon this gets more positive comments than anything else on my channel. I'm glad I recorded it too!

[@billthestinker]

This is what talent looks like 👍

[@shelovezcandy2852]

Their routine is quite cleverly written and they look good in tuxedos. This is like a good conclusion to their Road movies.

[@shadbolt4687]

Yep.....insouciant charisma like theirs comes from relentless practice ,experience and above all sheer talent.

[@StaciArdmore]

What more can you say? What a pair of consummate professionals! I lost it when Hope sang White Christmas and sounded like the turntable had lost its electricity. If you've ever seen their movies, and are aware of the personal and working relationship they shared throughout the years, it makes this whole thing even more entertaining .

[@BabyFaceBren]

I think I must've been 10 when I saw my first Road movie. My first 4 in fact. They were on a midnight to dawn movie marathon on TV. I woke the family laughing so much and this was Australia in the 70's, not USA in the 40's so most of the jokes went over my head, but I got enough to add a love of the surreal to my psyche. I'd like to say Hope and Crosby were the pioneers, but 20 years earlier (now 100 years ago!) Buster walked into a movie screen. The Pythons were lauded for their surreal comedy (and I love them) but they were just being naughtier Bings and Bobs. It's so cool how meta they were, before meta was a thing. I showed Road to Morocco to a friend recently who'd never seen either in a film, let alone together. He was loving it, but when the camels started talking, he looked at me with amazement and said "this is so NOW!"

[@777tommycrown]

@@BabyFaceBren Thanks Bren, we love Australia too. Bob and Bing, you and I could have easily been born in each others country but something, maybe God has his hand in our lives more than we realize, eh?

[@KChiefs12]

This was when America was great! Times have certainly changed.

[@praetorianpatriot3267]

America is Still Great.... We Patriots are in unison and We Will Prevail...

[@Embermoon91]

Few had the sizzling, jaw dropping brand of magic these two had. Back when talent was actually a prerequisite in the Golden Age of Entertainment. God Bless Them Both...RIP Bing and Bob. You're deeply missed but still bring smiles and laughter to this day and you still shine bright like the stars you truly are from up above 🌟

[@philipclock]

Every now and then lock me in a room with reruns....

[@spdharan]

Heart warming to say the least. Gems in history.

[@fjk77december13]

When entertainment was by entertainers. Miss them

[@energyexecs]

...My Father, a WW2 Veteran revered Bing Crosby and Bob Hope and my Grandfather, a WW1 Veteran even more so....I remember both of them watching the two as a young boy.

[@cpcattin]

I think they were raising money to build the Eisenhower Hospital in Rancho Mirage CA. President Eisenhower died months earlier. Bob was 22 years older than Johnny. Johnny and Bob were friendly however Johnny believed he should be the king of NBC however Bob’s word ruled. Bob could walk on to Johnny’s show to promote whatever he was doing anytime he wished, Johnny had no veto for this one man. Johnny got so upset with this issue at NBC he put his contract renewal in question. NBC gave Johnny a gushing tribute and paid for a tennis court at his Malibu home……including a bench from the Wimbledon court.

[@BabyFaceBren]

Thanks for that.

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

Johnny was not fond of Bob being on his show because Bob was not a good ad-libber (he had cue cards for all his USO shows). One of the great things about Johnny was his ability to be spontaneous (Best examples was the famed episode with Bob, Dean Martin and George Gobel and another when after having egg and whipped cream fights with Dom Deluise and Burt Reynolds, Art Came out in his boxer shorts looking half-ripped). On a lot of Bob's Tonight Show appearances, he was usually the first guest and then rarely stayed for the rest of the show (unless someone like Dean Martin was the next guest)

[@Jenifer_G]

Grew up watching these two and now 70 years later still watching their movies etc. Timeless.

[@rberka555]

Magic. They both had major character flaws, victims of their own success I guess, but they were bigger than life and its an amazing time in the popular culture.

[@BabyFaceBren]

I think everybody has a character flaw of some kind. Even entertainers are human.

[@marysmith2137]

I REALLY ENJOY THIS ANYTHING BING AND BOB DO IS SO ENJOYABLE----NEVER BE ANOTHER

[@BabyFaceBren]

I watch the Road movies often. My favourites are Morocco and Utopia.

[@Mojo_Jojo_001]

What an amazing team. I wish I was around at the time.to.experience them in real time. I loved how every outside of the Road To movies they would appear in each other's acts and films. Their relationship on screen and over the radio either together or poking fun at each other in absentia was fantastic

[@scotttheroux1538]

The days of class and Honor these men are in heaven and Believe me the Good Lord is himself is dancing and laughing with them

[@spikespa5208]

If he can keep up with these two.

[@brianhaining7195]

This is pure showbiz - I love it. Such charisma and easy interaction between them

[@charlescanterbury9762]

I love Julie Eisenhowers Reaction when Johnny says Admiral Eisenhower.

[@wesleyalmonds192]

Love them Bing & Bob is my all time favorite comedy team especially their Road pictures classic watch it every time it comes on❤

[@DrMAHMMuseumAtHomeinMusic]

😍👍💛🧡💚🌺

[@wendylinton453]

Bob was known for his ad lib and throwing Bing off his lines..brilliant duo.

[@davidcullen6797]

Great fun! I love the quips and banter; I grew up watching this sort of stuff in the 50s and 60s and I'm still amazed at how smooth and effortless they make it all seem. Professionals through and through.

[@BabyFaceBren]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidcullen6797]

@@BabyFaceBren I did! BTW, my maternal grandparents were friends of the Eisenhowers from Army days. Mamie sent Christmas cards to my grandmother until her death, about ten years before my grandmother's.

[@charlessmalley7396]

Brother's by different Mothers. They truly loved each other.

[@walterluberto5323]

Thank You very much for posting. I can remember when this program first aired from the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in NYC. A fund raiser for The Eisenhower Medical Center. Ray Bolger, Raquel Welch and Johnny Cash were also on the program.

[@GlennThor]

Talent, something that doesn’t exist anymore!

[@robertcherry1871]

Should of been a standing ovation. Stuffed shirts 😂

[@PuffKitty]

David and Julie Eisenhower are still married (1968); that warms my old lady heart 👵

[@waynejohanson1083]

Bob Hope sings better then I thought.

[@davemiller4721]

Look it up - did you know he was a star in a Broadway musical in 1935? Hope was a very good singer.

[@BabyFaceBren]

"Roberta". I think he was in "Red, Hot and Blue" too

[@thelastjohnwayne]

These are two of the the most talented, wittiest, and classiest men to ever walk on any stage. America was greater because of them.

[@stanmohr8601]

3, don't forget Johnny Carson.

[@watchman1178]

The funny thing is, Bing may have been funnier than Bob.

[@mitzymoo3151]

@@watchman1178 Bing was so quick with the ad libs. Radio, movies, tv, during live performances he could and did throw in little remarks that kept his costars on their toes and made performances so much more entertaining. I love this man.....

[@oldtoby9377]

@@watchman1178 Bing could certainly sing better than Bob, but I think they were both funny

[@SpringfieldGuy]

Not to take away from their immense respective talent, but they owe a great deal to their writers. From what I have read, Hope was known to particularly be tied to the scripts.

[@michaelmccrory2220]

Flawless, genuine talent and what a double act that graced this world and now entertaining heaven.

[@barrybasher9069]

Two of the absolute best in Show Biz

[@ellenthorne8222]

Loved the way they sang each others songs .

[@BabyFaceBren]

Yeah, it was a nice idea.

[@kevinhowell6458]

Two legends

[@WWAWHTR]

Actual humour.

[@lindathomson3274]

I love these two together…… ever since I was very young I used to love their Road Movies….in fact still do….have a couple of DVD’S I put on now and again…..they were the best great team👍❤️

[@BabyFaceBren]

I agree. I also discovered those films at a young age, on an all-night movie marathon. My favourite is "Road to Morocco", with "Utopia" a close second. I recently showed "Morocco" to a friend who laughed a lot and was surprised how "modern" it is. Bing and Bob were meta long before that was a thing!

[@neilphelan145]

Pure talent! It doesn't get much better than this.

[@DrMAHMMuseumAtHomeinMusic]

👍😍🌸🌼🌷🌺🌻

[@wendylinton453]

Just wish we still had these two..

[@williamanthony9090]

They were planning on making the Road To The Fountain Of Youth when Bing died in Spain. This is the closest we'll ever get to knowing how that might have looked.

[@Bullitt6801]

And now it is cardiB...shoot me

[@stevewatts7126]

Just pure class, the likes we will never see again x

[@goodday-zw2mf]

Today's millennials are missing these classic actors; hopefully KZbin will keep them alive.

[@farmerbill6855]

When celebrities were truly entertainers. No stupid axe to grind, just pure talent.

[@michaelmccrory2220]

Nice to have a good belly laugh with two of the greats!

[@spikespa5208]

And Johnny.

[@funkogoodguy2613]

Love how they sing each other’s songs.

[@gregwatson8219]

Hope Crosby Original bad boys!

[@truecynic1270]

What wonderful , gifted gentlemen................Bob Hope is terrific and Bing Crosby's voice is absolutely beautiful -the fluidity is truly a genetic gift..............;

[@kasajizo3136]

so much camaraderie between these two

[@BabyFaceBren]

Yep, but funnily enough they weren't that close off-screen. Crosby never invited Hope to his house apparently. They did catch up on the golf course though and they had great fun making movies and TV together, but they didn't socialise.