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IV n C RADIO NETWORK NEWS
May 28, 1963
j* HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOB' j
The Ski-Nose Is No Limit As Fellow Headliners Barb Hope (On the Road to 6l), Bat Deep Affection Shows Through
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"Happy Birthday, Bob Hope," says Milton Berle. "Besides wishing you health and happiness, I hope you live to grow as old as my jokes . "
Milton Berle is just one of the celebrities who will be heard Wednesday night. May 29, saluting Bob Hope on "Happy Birthday,
Bob, " a special 55-winute broadcast on the NBC Radio Network, including WInCBC (9:05-10 p.m. EDT) in observance of Hope’s 60th birthday and 25th year with NBC.
Another well-wisher is Jack Benny who asks, "How old is Hope? Sixty I Anybody who celebrates a birthday after thirty-nine is just plain ridiculous! You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Hope."
Lucille Ball recalls "Bob, you and I almost, kind of, sort of, grew up together in showbusiness . It’s hard to believe you’re celebrating your sixtieth birthday when I’m first to be celebrating my twenty-third. "
The gags, the remembrances, the nostalgia and the sincere good wishes for a "happy birthday. Bob," are stated and elaborated upon by Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante and Doris Day. Frank Sinatra and George Burns, individually, raise their voices in song. Eddie Cantor, Jerry Colonna, Jayne Mansfield and many others in showbusiness toast the man that Cantor says "gives hope to the profession just as long as he is around." (more)
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