Anna L. (annalovesbooks) reviewed on
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ISBN 0515105651 - Bob Hope is always funny, even when he's not being funny. And, oddly, he's always sappy - even when he's being funny. I cannot imagine anyone reading this without laughing outloud with a tear in their eye.
From 1938 to 1990, spanning a career that spanned the globe and a lifetime, Don't Shoot, It's Only Me tells a story that literally touches everyone. From Pearl Harbor to the Korean War, battles that have shaped both this country and the world, and Bob Hope (and, of course, his friends) was there for all of them, bringing a few laughs to the men and women of the Armed Forces far from home.
As an ironic-funny moment, I remember a running joke. Bad news from Hollywood - guess what? Bob Hope died? No, but (insert whatever). Of course, he DID die, after a long life full of laughs for all of us, but it just doesn't feel like it. It seems implausible that the man who made bearable some unbearable moments in our history could possibly ever die, and for 297 pages, Hope lives on.
- AnnaLovesBooks
From 1938 to 1990, spanning a career that spanned the globe and a lifetime, Don't Shoot, It's Only Me tells a story that literally touches everyone. From Pearl Harbor to the Korean War, battles that have shaped both this country and the world, and Bob Hope (and, of course, his friends) was there for all of them, bringing a few laughs to the men and women of the Armed Forces far from home.
As an ironic-funny moment, I remember a running joke. Bad news from Hollywood - guess what? Bob Hope died? No, but (insert whatever). Of course, he DID die, after a long life full of laughs for all of us, but it just doesn't feel like it. It seems implausible that the man who made bearable some unbearable moments in our history could possibly ever die, and for 297 pages, Hope lives on.
- AnnaLovesBooks
