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Danny Thomas in "Make Room For Gunplay"
by Robert L. Mills
Price: Audio Download
While taping a TV special in Burbank, Bob Hope learns that one of his guests had arrived on the set armed with a loaded pistol. Find out why in this 3-minute audio excerpt read by the author.
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What It's Like Being Interviewed By Larry King
by Robert L. Mills
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When Bob Hope asks the author to provide a publicity interview for an old friend with a late-night radio show, he meets a yet-to-be famous Larry King.
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Johnny Carson: Shyness Personified
by Robert L. Mills
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As unlikely as this may seem, among the hundreds of prominent guest stars who appeared on the eighty-five Bob Hope specials co-written by the author, Johnny Carson was the shyest.
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Photography
by iMinds JNR
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about the development of Photography with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds.
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One Secret Behind the Magic That Was Perry Como
by Robert L. Mills
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"Just read the lines," Bob Hope would tell a guest. "If the boys wrote it funny, you'll get a laugh." You'll hear how Perry Como put this advice to good use on a 1978 Christmas special.
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French New Wave
by iMinds Audio
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about the cinematic genre, New Wave, with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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Stencil Art
by iMinds Audio
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about Stencil Art with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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Mocumentaries
by iMinds Audio
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about the film genre of Mocumentary with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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Krumping
by iMinds Audio
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about the dance style of Krumping with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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Hollywood Blacklist
by iMinds Audio
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about the Hollywood Blacklist with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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Flash Mobs
by iMinds Audio
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about Flash Mobs with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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Fireworks
by iMinds Audio
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn the history of Fireworks with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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Film Noir
by iMinds Audio
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about Film Noir with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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Off We Go Into the Wild Blue --- Without a Parachute
by Robert L. Mills
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In all the thousands of miles the author spent flying around the globe with Bob Hope, there was a problem in flight only once he's aware of. This five-minute excerpt recounts that harrowing experience
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The Night the Secret Service Agents Outnumbered Bob Hope's Audience
by Robert L. Mills
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In 1981, Gerald R. Ford asked his friend Bob Hope to emcee a black-tie gala celebrating the opening of his new presidential library in Grand Rapids, Michigan and attended by scores of world leaders.
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Culture Jamming
by iMinds Audio
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about Culture Jamming with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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Burlesque
by iMinds Audio
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about the development of Burlesque performance with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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Blues
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about Blues Music with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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Anime
by iMinds Audio
Price: Audio Download ($1.00)
Learn about Anime with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series.
iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to broaden your mind.
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"We Have Liz and Dick! Who Needs Cleopatra?"
by Robert L. Mills
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Bob Hope's writers were always on the lookout for the perfect ending to every sketch we wrote, Hope ever certain that there was a funnier one somewhere and if we looked long enough, we'd find it.
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Red China's Ballyhooed "Democracy Wall" Was Somewhat Less Than Democratic
by Robert L. Mills
Price: Audio Download
In 1979, Red China's Democracy Wall was erected, ostensibly, so citizens could voice their complaints. A Bob Hope sketch co-written by the author failed to pass muster with the Ministry of Culture.
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An Unexpected Crop in China's Collective Farmville: Mature Marijuana.
by Robert L. Mills
Price: Audio Download
On the way to the Great Wall of China to tape a segment for Bob Hope's historic 1979 special, his production crew discovers familiar though unexpected plants growing beside the roadway.
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The Night We Thought Bob Hope Suffered a Heart Attack
by Robert L. Mills
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Preparing to go on stage at the Ohio Theater in Columbus where he was taping a TV special, Bob Hope suddenly noticed his heart was beating wildly. In this five minute audio excerpt, you'll learn why.
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When a TV Writer Came That Close to Being Detained in Red China
by Robert L. Mills
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After spending a month with Bob Hope in China in 1979 to tape a TV special, the author was almost detained by Red Chinese officials for "irregularities" in his travel documents.
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America Says Farewell to One of the Greatest Entertainers of the 20th Century
by Robert L. Mills
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Bob Hope died in 2003 at age 100. This excerpt traces the final years of his life when, despite his failing health, honors continued to amass and, indeed, continue in the years since his death.
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