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milestogo

(22,849 posts) Thu Nov 16, 2017, 10:53 PM Nov 2017

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The Bob Hope USO shows were always a mystery to me... [View all]

Apparently they brought comfort, laughter, and hope to thousands of men in uniform.

But so many of the jokes were demeaning to women that I could hardly stand to hear him.

Context is everything.

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/mbqqeb/isnt-it-funny-that-bing-crosby-and-bob-hope-were-woman-hating-bigots

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The Bob Hope USO shows were always a mystery to me... [View all] milestogo Nov 2017 OP

That was the first thing I thought about when the news hit the fan dhol82 Nov 2017 #1

A lot of the old comedians used women jokes in their routines. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #3

The Zeitgeist, or spirit of the time, has changed. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #2

Hopes appeal was always a mystery to me. BannonsLiver Nov 2017 #4

It went with the times. dhol82 Nov 2017 #5

I'd be interested to hear what the shows are like now, and whether they have changed much. milestogo Nov 2017 #7

Me too dhol82 Nov 2017 #8

nah, he just sucked Adenoid_Hynkel Nov 2017 #14

There was also that annoying thing of Hope randomly crashing talk shows Ken Burch Nov 2017 #15

Milton Berle used to do the crashing the show bit Adenoid_Hynkel Nov 2017 #18

I know what you mean. I never got hope as funny Merlot Nov 2017 #12

Will his movies be banned now? dogman Nov 2017 #6

I was thinking the same thing. kskiska Nov 2017 #9

Yep-there was plenty of T+A on display flotsam Nov 2017 #10

Joey Heatherton, Ann-Margaret, Racquel Welch, etc. VOX Nov 2017 #11

Hope just wasn't funny. Laffy Kat Nov 2017 #13

Hope always acted bdtrppr6 Nov 2017 #16

There was a chilling line about those shows in one of Phil Ochs' songs Ken Burch Nov 2017 #17

They would televise some of his USO shows, our family would watch. Raine Nov 2017 #19

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