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Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents

Nov 23, 1996

0h 48m

★ 7.5

Overview

For 11 Presidents, Bob Hope was a golfing buddy, national jester and constant guest at the White House. This special includes personal recollections about Bob from the Clintons, the Bushs, the Fords, and David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower. Guests Tony Danza, Don Johnson, Naomi Judd, Ann-Margret and Tom Selleck also appear on what was to become Bob Hope's final television special.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Hope Enterprises

Bob Hope: Laughing With the Presidents Trailers

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Cast

Self - Co-Host

Bob Hope

Self - Co-Host

Tony Danza

Self

Ann-Margret

Self (archive footage)

Johnny Carson

Self (archive footage)

John Davidson

Self (archive footage)

Jerry Colonna

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5.5

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5.2

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6.3

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4.2

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7.6

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10.0

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8.0

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Experimental short film about car wreckage and automobile safety.

5.3

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7.2

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3.2

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6.2

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0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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0.0

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6.0

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5.9

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