The Ultimate Bob Hope Collection

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Summary: The Best of Bob
Review: A great retrospective of Bob's five decades on television, starting in 1950 and going through the 90's. This is a terrific 3 DVD set, featuring lots of extras that will bring back many memories. The set also features many great guest stars, and almost serves of a "who's who" of celebrities for several generations. The packaging is very deluxe too - it made a great gift for my Dad.

Rating:
Summary: The Best of Bob
Review: A great retrospective of Bob's five decades on television, starting in 1950 and going through the 90's. This is a terrific 3 DVD set, featuring lots of extras that will bring back many memories. The set also features many great guest stars, and almost serves of a "who's who" of celebrities for several generations. The packaging is very deluxe too - it made a great gift for my Dad.

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Summary: Thanks For the Memories, Bob!
Review: Check out Bob Hope: The Ultimate Collection - you won't be disappointed! This is mostly the TV stuff from his years on NBC. Spreading more than seven hours of entertainment over three discs, the collection obviously isn't designed for one viewing, so it can be daunting to the viewer uncertain where much of the material fits within Hope's legacy. In celebration of Bob's recent 100th birthday, it nonetheless paints a breathtaking picture of a true American original. Included in the incredible amount of material are a compilation of moments from Hope's famous USO tours, vintage short films from the 1930s, an array of photos from Hope's personal collection, a massive amount of bloopers, outtakes and miscues, and a laundry list of celebrity guests. Ultimately, watching this collection provokes two-fold feelings - first, a twinge of sadness, because no one quite like Hope exists today, and then, conversely, a feeling of to-scale warmth and yes, hope. Here's a guy who loved America and making people laugh, always together, always in that order. As Hope himself is quoted on the package cover: "If you haven't any charity in your heart, then you have the worst kind of heart trouble." Beautifully put, Bob. I salute you.

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Summary: Undeserving of its Subject
Review: First off, the "remastering" here is deplorable. Five off the rack Bob Hope retrospectives dating from the '60s through the '90's. No attempt to return to the source material and clean it up. Also, the packaging seems to suggest an elaborate anthology especially prepared for this DVD release (timed to coincide with Hope's 100th birthday). Not the case. A major disappointment truly unworthy of its subject, the great Bob Hope.

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Summary: God speed Bob
Review: Now that we have lost perhaps one of our greatest citizen's ever, can there truly be any collection of Bob Hope moments that is not worthy of having? We love you Bob... and we'll never forget you!

Rating:
Summary: God speed Bob
Review: Now that we have lost perhaps one of our greatest citizen's ever, can there truly be any collection of Bob Hope moments that is not worthy of having? We love you Bob... and we'll never forget you!

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Summary: Bob's Best
Review: This is a great collection of 3 DVDs that covers Bob's television career from 1950 through his final special in 1995. The guest list is a virtual "who's who" of all the big television and movie stars of the period, and given the five decades it covers it really becomes a virtual history of television. Bob is terrific, and the quality of the remastering and packaging is top notch. Made a great gift for my WWII veteran Dad.