It went with the times. (Reply #5) - Democratic Underground

Fri Nov 17, 2017, 12:04 AM

dhol82 (9,179 posts)

Ratings slipped lower and lower as the years went on.

Although, the GI’s seemed to get a kick out the show whenever I saw bits of it.

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19 replies	Author	Time	Post
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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