Bob Hope on Aging & Everything Else

“BOB HOPE JOKES

“I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor’s permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for a whole hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.”

On milestones:

ON TURNING 70: “You still chase women, but only downhill.”

ON TURNING 80: “That’s the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.”

ON TURNING 90: “You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”

On TURNING 100: “I don’t feel old. In fact, I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap!”

ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER, BOXING: “I ruined my hands in the ring. The referee kept stepping on them.”

ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR: “Welcome to the Academy Awards or as it’s called at my home, Passover.”

ON GOLF: “Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees.”

ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER: “When I was born, the doctor said to my mother, Congratulations, you have an eight-pound ham.”

ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL: “I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it.”

ON HIS FAMILY’S EARLY POVERTY: “Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother.”

ON HIS SIX BROTHERS: “That’s how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom.”

ON HIS EARLY FAILURES: “I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn’t for the stuff the audience threw at me.”

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Wasting time is an important part of life.

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With Love,

Russ

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18 Responses to Bob Hope on Aging & Everything Else

  1. inmycorner's avatar inmycorner says:

    Good giggles! Thank-you.

  2. Joan's avatar Joan says:

    Awsome! I remember him well! Thanks for the memories- Joan

  3. willowdot21's avatar willowdot21 says:

    Love it love love it!

  4. utesmile's avatar utesmile says:

    Lovely, made me laugh! Thanks

  5. Bob Hope was wonderful, wasn’t he? Thanks for the laughs today. 😀 😀

  6. beth's avatar ksbeth says:

    so funny. and timeless.

  7. He was a funny fella

  8. bulldog's avatar bulldog says:

    Now this post put a smile on my dsace first thing in the morning

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