Linda Hope, Bob's daughter, is responsible for gathering the material to put this book together.  Linda states that when she was going through the files with Bob's jokes, she came across handwritten jokes on the back of envelopes and paper napkins.

The book is divided into sections beginning with jokes about Bob's childhood where he made fun of himself and other happenings in his younger years.  From here the book continues with each decade of years from Bob's twenties through his nineties.  Several jokes are listed in each section.  There is a brief paragraph or two at the beginning of each section explaining what was happening in the world at this time.  From here, we can see how the jokes related to the time period.

It is very interesting to see how history influenced many of Bob's jokes during each time period.  Bob poked fun at many presidents and their wives.  However, he never did it in a nasty way - it was just funny.  From Bob's jokes during each time period, we get an idea of how he felt about politics and many other things that were happening at that time.

Bob Hope will turn 100 year's old on May 29, 2003.  We thank him for the many years of entertainment he has provided to us and especially to our troops.  As his daughter states in the book, "Thank you Dad for all the memories" - we have to say the same - thank you Mr. Hope for all the years of laughter you have given to the world!  This is a great book to read.  We all need to laugh and this book will certainly make you do that. 


NANCY EATON

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