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Bob Hope's Script for
His First Radio Series

Bob Hope's First Radio Series Script
Bob Hope's First Radio Series Script
Page 2
Manuscript, January 4, 1935
Motion Picture, Broadcasting and
Recorded Sound Division
Gift of Bob and Dolores Hope, 2000 (195.1)

Bob Hope was a successful vaudeville dancer, comedian, and master of ceremonies in the 1920s. In the early 1930s he appeared in several Broadway musicals and was an occasional guest comedian on radio variety programs. On January 4, 1935, Hope became the Master of Ceremonies of the radio series, Intimate Revue, sponsored by Bromo Seltzer. That series lasted only thirteen weeks with Hope.

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