Hope's career in broadcasting spanned sixty-four years, and part of this was his long association with NBC. He first appeared on television in 1932, back when the tube was in the experimental stages, but it wasn't on the Peacock network--he appeared on a test transmission for CBS. By the time Hope made his radio debut in 1937, NBC was mainly just a radio network. Hope's first regular series for NBC Radio was the "Woodbury Soap Hour". One year later, he had the first show to bear his name, and then sponsored by Pepsodent toothpaste. Modern viewers remember Hope best for the many specials he did for the NBC television network in the decades that followed, some of which were sponsored by Texaco. Hope's Christmas specials were always fan favorites. A signature portion of his yuletide specials was his performance of "Silver Bells" (from his 1951 film The Lemon Drop Kid), usually done as a duet with a featured female guest star (through the years done with such stars as Olivia Newton-John and Brooke Shields). His final television special was in 1996, with guest Tony Danza helping Hope to salute the Presidents of the United States.

Volume 1 Episode List

38-09-27 Constance Bennett 38-10-04 Olivia DeHavaland 38-11-01 Martha Raye 38-11-08 Guest Chico Marx 38-12-20 Dagwood & Blondie 39-03-07 Guest Judy Garland 39-04-11 Guest Betty Grable 39-12-10 Taking Peter To Toyland (rehersal) 39-12-12 Taking Peter To Toyland 41-01-28 Guest Basil Rathbone 41-03-11 Guest Dizzy Dean 41-04-01 Guest Kate Smith 41-04-15 Guest Hedda Hopper 41-06-03 Guest Huphrey Bogart 41-06-10 (038) From Cleveland 41-12-17 Christmas Show 42-01-20 Guest Edward Everett Horton 42-03-xx Guest Jerry Colonna 42-05-05 Great Lakes Naval Training Center 42-10-13 Hollywood Canteen with Betty Davis 2 42-12-29 Long Beach Ferry Command 43-01-05 Rita Hayworth 43-02-09 Camp Santa Anita Training Center 43-05-25 (036) From Stockton Air Field 43-05-25 From Stockton Air Field ---- 43-05-25 From Stockton Air Field 43-09-28 Orson Welles 43-09-28 Terminal Island with Orson Welles 43-11-09 Los Vagas with Jane Wyman 43-12-25 The Christmas Package 43-12-28 San Deago with Cary Grant 44-01-04 Guest Gary Cooper 44-01-04 Guest Gary Cooper2 44-02-08 Guest Ginger Rogers 44-02-22 Guest Jerry Colona 44-02-29 Guests Lum & Abner 44-05-09 Jacksonville Training Camp 44-05-25 From Stockton Air Base 44-06-06 D Day show 44-08-12 Broadcast from South Pacific 44-09-19 Camp Borden, Canada 44-10-18 From Camp Wheeler, Georgia 44-12-xx Third Christmas

44-xx-xx Coast Guard Long Beach 45-01-02 (AFRS 088) Guest Andrew Sisters 45-01-07 Guest Tyrone Power 45-01-30 guest Edward G Robinson 45-02-06 Naval Air Technical Center Memphis, TN 45-02-27 Guest Frank Sinatra 45-03-20 Shirley Temple 45-04-10 Frankie Lane & Headie Lamar 45-05-01 guest Tyrone Power 45-05-15 Birmingham Hospital, San Fernando 45-05-22 Sampson Naval Training Center 45-05-29 Bing Crosby Sings Happy Birthday 45-06-05 (AFRS 110) Bob Dreams He's Been Court-Martialled 45-06-25 Bob gets Ready to Go to Europe 45-09-11 Guest Robert Montgomery 45-10-16 Shore Leave Skit 45-10-23 Phoney Job Broker 45-11-20 Guest-Joe E Brown 45-11-27 College Skit 45-12-04 Guest Herbert Marshall 45-12-11 Phoenix, Ariz, Herbert Marshall 45-12-18 Guest Wayne Morris 45-xx-xx The Story of the Atomic Bomb 46-01-29 Guest Frank Sinatra 46-03-12 (AFRS 137) Guest Sonny Tufts 46-03-19 Guest Gov Frank J Lowshee 46-04-02 Guest Sidney Greenstreet 46-04-09 Pasadena Playhouse(no end) 46-04-09 Pasadena Playhouse 46-09-24 Lucille Ball-Disi Arnaz 46-10-01 Guest Bing Crosby 46-10-29 Boston with Fred Allen 46-12-24 Christmas Eve with Bing Crosby 46-xx-xx Guest Bing Crosby 46-xx-xx soap for CARE 47-02-11 Robert Montgomery 47-04-01 Guest Eddie Canter 47-04-08 Guest Al Jolson 47-04-15 Guest Van Johnson 47-05-13 Guest Peter Lorre 47-11-18 Fibber and Molly, Amos and Andy 48-02-17 Guest Fred Astair

Volume 2 Episode List

48-04-06 guest Dina Shore 48-04-13 Guest Lana Turner 48-10-19 with Doris Day 48-10-26 Marten & Lewis 48-11-09 Guest Jack Benny 48-11-30 at USC with Doris Day 48-12-07 Beethoven Bing& Doris Day 48-12-21 guest Gregory Peck 48-12-28 Christmas Day Show Berlin Air lift 49-01-28 March of Dimes Special, Philadephia 49-02-08 skit-Stalin Visits America 49-03-29 Martin & Lewis 49-04-05 Jack Kirkwood 49-04-19 Jimmy Durante 49-04-26 Virgina 49-05-03 Guest Lucille Ball 49-10-11 Joe Page, Jackie Robison 49-12-06 Jack Benny& Doris Day 49-12-20 Guest Bing Crosby & Rhonda Fleming 50-02-07 Guest Fred Allen 50-03-14 Guest Fred Allen 50-03-14 Guest Fred Allen01 50-03-21 Bing Crosby 50-06-06 Guest Arthur Godfrey 50-12-25 Bob & Bing Exchange Gifts 50-12-26 Christmas Show Story Of Bingsy And Bobsy 50-xx-xx From Carswell AFB 51-01-09 Guest Marilyn Maxwell 51-01-30 Guest Judy Garland & Jack Kirkwood 51-03-06 Edwards AFB with Chuck Yeager 51-03-25 Bell Sisters, Gracie Allen 51-10-02 Jane Russell & Bing Crosby 51-11-20 Guest George Raft 51-11-27 Jerry Colonna and Virginia Mayo 51-12-25 Christmas Show 51-xx-xx Look Achievement Awards 52-02-12 Las Vegas Story 52-02-19 Guest Tyrone Power 52-03-11 guest Marilyn Maxwell 52-03-25 San Diego with Gracie Allen 52-04-01 Barstow Marine Base 52-04-29 LA with William Holden 52-06-10 Guest Roy Rogers & Dale Evens

52-12-24 Christmas Presents, Frank Sinatra 52-12-xx AFRS Christmas, Margaret Whiting 52-xx-xx Terry Mohr-Bing Crosby 53-01-21 Guest Zsa Zsa Gabor 53-01-21 James Stewart 53-02-04 Guest Jack Webb 53-02-11 Hope and Jane Wyman do a Nightclub Act 53-03-18 Hope's First Oscar Ceremony 53-03-25 Guests Mickey Roony, Jane Morgan 53-06-03 Guest Henry Fonda 53-11-13 Guest Burt Lancaster 53-12-11 Frank Sinatra 53-12-24 Guest Frank Sinatra 53-12-2x Long Beach Vet Hosp-Ester Williams 53-xx-xx Bob Wants to Produce a Movie 53-xx-xx Guest William Bendix 53-xx-xx Road to Bali with Jack Benny 53-xx-xx William Holden (AFRS) 2 53-xx-xx William Holden (AFRS) 54-04-23 Guest Donna Reed 54-05-14 Guest Grace Kelly 54-11-22 Guest Virginia Mayo 54-6 -Dragnet Spoof 54-xx-xx with Johnny Mercer 55-04-14 Guest Debra Pageant 5x-xx-xx Guest Ida Lupino 63-05-29 NBC Birthday Special(end missing) 49-10-06 - rehearsal #1 for 491011 49-10-07 - rehearsal #2 for 491011 Bob Hope Interview 1975 in England Guest Alexas Smith Guest Ann Baxter Guest Robert Ryan Guest Zsa Zsa Gabor March Field,Variety Award Road to Utopia Movie Promo The Big Broadcast of 1938 Promo xx-xx-xx Frances Langford and Jerry Colonna xx-xx-xx Going to Europe to Make a Movie xx-xx-xx Lawsuit for Rent xx-xx-xx Three Make a Road Picture xx-xx-xx with Jack Webb