I am reading a book on the writer and producer of the show above - Jess Oppenheimer Have such respect for writers of comedy shows, pressure all the way A little snippet in the book for you .............. Lester White (writer for Bob Hope), was terminally ill in hospital A very large nurse walked into his room and set about her duties, when done, she says to him Is there anything I can do for you ? He scanned over her and said ................. 'FOR MY SAKE - DON'T SING' !! (this was a laugh out loud quote for me but if you're a bit slow today ....... ) Its not over till the fat lady sings !
Good to hear Chrissy ! I love the fact he could still find humour in that situation too ! Hope 'she' laughed - I would have @Chrissy Cross
I have 4 dogs with 2 of them Ethyl and Lucy Ethyl's brother name is Regular. All with me on that ? It will date you.
On the subject of Bob Hope and his writers, Patsy, did you know that Bob Monkhouse was one of BH's many Joke writers ?
Patsy Prior to the introduction of Unleaded Gasoline fuel we had 3 grades for sale here: Regular, Mid Grade and Ethyl Now unleaded, mid grade unleaded and premium unleaded. That's where I got the names Regular and Ethyl , note spelling of ethyl I wrote as the fuel. Regular is just a regular black non specific breed dog Ethyl is a mini snauzer Both dumped on the road by my house several years back in horrible weather
In this book, the writer has 'double vision' ! Its awful for him and I never knew it existed I've had to skip a lot of pages so don't know if he found a cure for it Amazing how he got by with the condition
Bob Hope was born in England, and spent some time as a professional Boxer, under the name of "Packy East". Hal