Bob Hope & James Cagney

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JerArdra

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Some of us are old enough to have seen Bob Hope & James Cagney so I thought you might be interested in the great talent these two had as shown in this short video.

http://videos2view.net/Hope-Cagney.htm

JerryF
 
Thanks Jerry. I have just started reading his biography. I did not realize he invented stand up comedy as we know it today. Good book so far however I did not see him live on Vaudeville like you did ;D ;D ;D

http://www.amazon.com/Hope-Entertainer-Century-Richard-Zoglin/dp/1439140278/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1440946757&sr=8-2
 
Seilerbird,

Vaudeville...Wow I guess I'm in pretty good shape for the shape I'm in!

JerryF
 
You don?t normally think of Cagney as a song and dance man, but he sure was talented in that area.

The Seven Little Foys was the second film where he played George M. Cohan, with Yankee Doodle Dandy being better known.
 
HappyWanderer said:
You don?t normally think of Cagney as a song and dance man, but he sure was talented in that area.
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Cagney got his start in vaudeville as a dancer long before he ever acted. Hope was a dance teacher long before he was Bob Hope.
 
I saw Bob Hope in Thailand in 1965. He had fallen off the stage at Korat the afternoon before. He came into the Air Force Clinic the next morning to get x=rays on his ankle. His ankle was not broken but it was swollen to about twice its' normal size. That afternoon he walked on stage with the help of his golf club and most of the people there did not know that he was hurting. I have a lot of respect for Hope.
 
My favorite memories of Korea was Bob's Christmas show in Seoul in 1964
 
    The lady who works the office at Roberts RV in St Petes and her husband were part of a big name vaudeville troupe, and they used to put on about a half dozen shows a year throughout Florida.  I think the big name was Jack Bennie, but my memory isn't what it used to be.
    While RVing in the area, Donna and I were lucky enough to see George Burns do a routine in one of the casinos in Atlantic City.  He was in his 90's but his delivery was impeccable, even down to a soft shoe dance.

Ed
 
I was fortunate enough to be able to see Bob Hope perform in person back in the early 70's.  What struck me then about his act was that he was a lot racier than on TV.  Most of his jokes would have been blocked on TV by the censors back then, but they were really funny.  It would have all been considered pretty mild by today's standards, though.
 
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