[PRCo] Re: ot Arthur Godfrey

[John Swindler]

Bob Hope was British.  Maybe he had an appreciation of the sacrafices of those in uniform that is beyond the comprehension of most others - Hollywood and elsewhere.
 
John
 
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: ot Arthur Godfrey> Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 20:39:35 -0400> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > On the other hand, Red Skelton pushed the envelope for his time > period, did he not?> > I don't mean the line where his drunk stumbled out of the phone booth > to figure out where he was, then fell back into the booth and said to > his wife, "I'm ... at... the corner of .... walk ... and .... don'walk."> > But there was a rather crude Red Skelton line about the guy who came > home so plastered that he barfed up his guts, and then he remarked, > "But with the grace of God and a long handled spoon, I got everything > back where it belonged." As the drunk Clem Kadiddlehopper or some > other character he invented?> > I think, though, my personal favorite was Bob Hope. I think you had > to admire a man who gave up so many holidays with his wife and > adopted children to entertain the troops. He also had some of the > best writers in the business who could take current events and make > jokes out them. He always left me in stitches. I've always > wondered if his role model wasn't Will Rogers because their humor was > so much alike.> > > On Oct 6, 2007, at 8:21 PM, Ken & Tracie wrote:> > > I remember Red Skeleton challenging Eddie Murphy with this same > > point of view.> >> > I don't recall Mr. Murphy's response.> >> > K.> >> > -----Original Message-----> >> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>> >> Sent: Oct 6, 2007 2:58 PM> >> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> >> Subject: [PRCo] Re: ot Arthur Godfrey> >>> >> Sadly no one today understands that we could have enjoyable shows> >> without filth. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a puritan. I just> >> don't think every other word needs to be garbage. I worked with> >> railroaders in my life. I can swear too if the spirit dictates.> >> But we don;t need to make make every sentence out of curse words.> >> > 
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