Product Description

" Hi, this Bob 'Golden Age of Radio' Hope inviting you to enjoy 20 of my favorite broadcasts, including my first show for Pepsodent from 1938 and my last radio broadcast from 1955. The folks at Radio Spirits have selected classics from my personal collection of original recordings. Join me and my friends Jerry Colonna, Judy Garland, Frances Langford, Desi Arnaz, Doris Day and Les Brown and his Band of Renown and a host of stars for 10 hours of fun filled music packed listening. Enjoy!"

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2021515 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02
• Number of items: 10
• Binding: Audio Cassette

From the Publisher
Contains a detailed 32 page booklet with rare photographs and behind the scenes stories.

Customer Reviews

Hope, Colonna & swinging music lift your spirits
If you laughed with Bob Hope in his "Road" movies (with Bing Crosby & Dorothy Lamour), you will definitely enjoy this 12 CD collection of Bob Hope radio shows. Hope's ensemble cast was one of the best on radio - probably only surpassed by the cast of the Jack Benny Show. With wise cracks delivered by the outrageously funny Jerry Colonna and the smarmy announcer Bill Goodwin, these 24 radio programs lift your spirits. They also send you back in time, thanks to Hope's opening monologues, which were always topical. Swinging musical arrangements and guest singers like Judy Garland also keep these shows jumpin'. While all of these shows are great fun, I find myself listening again and again to the earliest shows - when the back drop of World War II made Hope's quips particularly poignant.