Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs! On DVD for the first time, this special 90 minute collection proves that laughter is the universal language with a sidesplitting salute to slapstick, satire, sketch comedy and zingers. Featuring Bob's funniest moments on television, this tribute includes a virtual who's who of legendary entertainers like Bing Crosby, Jackie Gleason, Roy Rogers, Ingrid Bergman, Bob Newhart, Lucille Ball, Ann-Margret, Jack Benny, Angie Dickinson, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, Danny Thomas, Don Rickles, Milton Berle, Redd Foxx, Dorothy Lamour, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Dyan Cannon, Debbie Reynolds, Lassie and more.
Director: Jack Haley Jr.
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Bob Hope as Self - Host |
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Lucille Ball as Self |
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Neil Simon as Self |
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Don Rickles as Self |
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Norman Lear as Self |
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Caroll Spinney as Self - as Big Bird |
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Bud Abbott as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Fred Allen as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Gracie Allen as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Steve Allen as Self (archive footage) |
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Ann-Margret as Self (archive footage) |
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Phil Arnold as Self (archive footage) |
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Cliff Arquette as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Maureen Arthur as Self (archive footage) |
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Mischa Auer as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Robert Benchley as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Tony Bennett as Self (archive footage) |
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Jack Benny as Self (archive footage) |
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Polly Bergen as Self (archive footage) |
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Ingrid Bergman as Self (archive footage) |
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Milton Berle as Self (archive footage) |
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Willie Best as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Fanny Brice as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Joe E. Brown as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Les Brown as Self - Orchestrator |
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Billie Burke as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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George Burns as Self (archive footage) |
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James Cagney as Self (archive footage) |
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Glen Campbell as Self (archive footage) |
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Dyan Cannon as Self (archive footage) |
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Eddie Cantor as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Jack Carson as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Johnny Carson as Self (archive footage) |
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Maurice Chevalier as Self (archive footage) |
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Jerry Colonna as Self (archive footage) |
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Charles J. Correll as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Lou Costello as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Wally Cox as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Joan Crawford as Self (archive footage) |
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Bing Crosby as Self (archive footage) |
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Joan Davis as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Angie Dickinson as Self (archive footage) |
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Troy Donahue as Self (archive footage) |
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Marie Dressler as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Jimmy Durante as Self (archive footage) |
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Barbara Eden as Self (archive footage) |
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Anita Ekberg as Self (archive footage) |
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Leon Errol as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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W.C. Fields as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Larry Fine as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Redd Foxx as Self (archive footage) |
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Milton Frome as Self (archive footage) |
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Eva Gabor as Self (archive footage) |
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Zsa Zsa Gabor as Self (archive footage) |
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Greer Garson as Self (archive footage) |
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Billy Gilbert as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Jackie Gleason as Self (archive footage) |
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Betty Grable as Self (archive footage) |
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Oliver Hardy as Self (archive footage) |
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Rex Harrison as Self (archive footage) |
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Ted Healy as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Hugh Herbert as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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William Holden as Self (archive footage) |
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Judy Holliday as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Hedda Hopper as Self (archive footage) |
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Edward Everett Horton as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Curly Howard as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Moe Howard as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Bob Jellison as Self (archive footage) |
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Buster Keaton as Self (archive footage) |
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Edgar Kennedy as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Ernie Kovacs as Self (archive footage) |
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Bert Lahr as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Dorothy Lamour as Self (archive footage) |
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Stan Laurel as Self (archive footage) |
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Peter Leeds as Self (archive footage) |
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Harold Lloyd as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Gina Lollobrigida as Self (archive footage) |
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Carole Lombard as Self (archive footage) |
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Julie London as Self (archive footage) |
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Fred MacMurray as Self (archive footage) |
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Dean Martin as Self (archive footage) |
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Dick Martin as Self (archive footage) |
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Lee Marvin as Self (archive footage) |
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Chico Marx as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Harpo Marx as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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James Mason as Self (archive footage) |
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Marilyn Maxwell as Self (archive footage) |
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Ed McMahon as Self (archive footage) |
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Donald Meek as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Victor Moore as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Bob Newhart as Self (archive footage) |
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Olivia Newton-John as Self (archive footage) |
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David Niven as Self (archive footage) |
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Jack Norton as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Donald O'Connor as Self (archive footage) |
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Jack Paar as Self (archive footage) |
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Janis Paige as Self (archive footage) |
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Eugene Pallette as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Lilli Palmer as Self (archive footage) |
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Franklin Pangborn as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Joe Penner as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Juliet Prowse as Self (archive footage) |
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Tony Randall as Self (archive footage) |
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Martha Raye as Self (archive footage) |
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Burt Reynolds as Self (archive footage) |
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Debbie Reynolds as Self (archive footage) |
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Ginger Rogers as Self (archive footage) |
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Roy Rogers as Self (archive footage) |
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Will Rogers as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Michael Ross as Self (archive footage) |
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Dan Rowan as Self (archive footage) |
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Charles Ruggles as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Irene Ryan as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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S.Z. Sakall as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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George Sanders as Self (archive footage) |
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Mack Sennett as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Frank Sinatra as Self (archive footage) |
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Robert Strauss as Self (archive footage) |
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Danny Thomas as Self (archive footage) |
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Arthur Treacher as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Pierre Watkin as Self (archive footage) |
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John Wayne as Self (archive footage) |
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Rudd Weatherwax as Self (archive footage) |
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Bert Wheeler as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Robert Woolsey as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
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Ed Wynn as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) |
| Directing | Jack Haley Jr. | Director |
| Writing | Jeffrey Barron | Writer |
| Writing | Katherine Green | Writer |
| Writing | Jack Haley Jr. | Writer |
| Writing | Gig Henry | Writer |
| Writing | Charles Lee | Writer |
| Production | Jack Haley Jr. | Producer |
| Production | Bob Hope | Executive Producer |
| Art | E. Jay Krause | Art Direction |
| Production | Willis Oborn | Unit Manager |
| Sound | John Pawlek | Sound |
| Lighting | Lon Stucky | Lighting Director |
| Sound | Les Brown | Sound Director |
