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Date: January 7, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #541
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Why Don't You Believe Me(Lew Douglas, King Laney, Leroy W. Rodde) - 2:57 |
| unissued |
This was Margaret Whiting's first appearance on the series. Hope "introduces" her to bandleader Les Brown during the broadcast. Jack Benny was guest.
Date: January 28, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #544
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Keep It A Secret(Jessie Mae Robinson) - 1:58 |
| unissued |
Jimmy Stewart was guest.
Date: February 4, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #545
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | The Gypsy In My Soul(Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) - 2:14 |
| unissued |
Jack Webb was guest.
Date: February 11, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #546
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Heart And Soul(Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael) - 2:35 |
| unissued |
Jane Wyman was guest.
Date: March 4, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #549
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Why Don't You Believe Me(Lew Douglas, King Laney, Leroy W. Rodde) - 3:01 |
| unissued |
Jane Russell was guest.
Date: March 18, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #551
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Pretend(Cliff Parman, Lew Douglas, Dan Belloc, Frank Lavere) - 2:11 |
| unissued |
William Bendix was guest.
Date: March 25, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #552
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | (Oh, My Wonderful One) Tell Me You're Mine(Domenico Nino Ravasini, Ronald Fredianelli) - 1:45 |
| unissued |
Mickey Rooney was guest.
Date: April 1, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #553
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | I'm Walking Behind You(Billy Reid) - 2:41 |
| b. | rt | Till I Waltz Again With You(Sidney Prosen) - 1:31 |
| Both titles unissued. |
Anne Baxter was guest.
Date: April 15, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #555
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | I Believe(Ervin Drake, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman, Irvin Graham) - 3:19 |
| unissued |
Ida Lupino was guest.
Date: June 3, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #562
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | I Believe(Ervin Drake, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman, Irvin Graham) - 3:47 |
| unissued |
Henry Fonda was guest.
Date: June 17, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #564
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Something Wonderful Happens(Ann Del Guercio, George Thorn, Albert Gamse) - 2:41 |
| unissued |
Arlene Dahl was guest.
Date: July 1, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #566
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Something Wonderful Happens(Ann Del Guercio, George Thorn, Albert Gamse) - 2:40 |
| b. | rt | Big Mamou(Link Davis) - 1:50 |
| Both titles unissued. |
Jane Wyman was guest.
Date: October 9, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #569
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | P.S. I Love You(Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) - 2:43 |
| unissued |
Guests were Jack Buchanan and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Date: October 16, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #570
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | C.O.D.(Guy Singer) - 2:05 |
| unissued |
Anne Baxter was guest.
Date: November 13, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #574
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | My Love, My Love(Nick Acquaviva, Bob Haymes) - 3:25 |
| unissued |
Burt Lancaster was guest.
Date: November 27, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #576
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | It Had To Be You(Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) - 3:05 |
| unissued |
Zsa Zsa Gábor was guest.
Date: December 25, 1953
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #580
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | It's Christmas Time Again(Sonny Burke, Jack Elliot) - 2:28 |
| unissued |
Esther Williams was guest.
Date: January 22, 1954
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #584
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Rags To Riches(Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 2:31 |
| unissued |
Virginia Mayo was guest.
Date: February 19, 1954
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #588
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?)(Georges Auric, William Engvick) |
| unissued |
Richard Widmark was guest. The date and program number are tentative; this broadcast may be #560 from May 20, 1953. Further details unknown.
Date: April 23, 1954
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #597
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Someone To Watch Over Me(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:19 |
| unissued |
Donna Reed was guest.
Date: April 30, 1954
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #598
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Young At Heart(Johnny Richards, Carolyn Leigh) - 2:40 |
| unissued |
Robert Ryan was guest.
Date: May 14, 1954
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #600
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Make Love To Me(Leon Rappolo, Paul Mares, Benny Pollack, George Brunies, Mel Stitzel, Walter Melrose, Bill Norvas, Allen Copeland) - 3:04 |
| unissued |
Grace Kelly was guest.
Date: May 21, 1954
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #601
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Answer Me, My Love(Gerhard Winkler, Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman) - 2:25 |
| unissued |
Merle Oberon was guest.
Date: November 18, 1954
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #609
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Just One Of Those Things(Cole Porter) - 2:28 |
| b. | rt | Alone Together(Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 2:06 |
| Both titles unissued. |
Jack Kirkwood was guest.
Date: December 9, 1954
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #612
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Teach Me Tonight(Gene DePaul, Sammy Cahn) - 3:03 |
| unissued |
Jane Wyman was guest.
Date: December 23, 1954
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #614
Jack Hope (pdr), Bob Hope (v, mc), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con)
| a. | rt | It's Christmas Time Again(Sonny Burke, Jack Elliot) - 2:32 |
| b. | rt | Silver Bells(Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) - 2:28 |
| Both titles on: |
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Date: January 13, 1955
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #617
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Let Me Go, Lover(Jenny Lou Carson, Kay Twomey, Fred Wise, Benjamin Weisman) - 2:19 |
| b. | rt | All Of You(Cole Porter) - 2:40 |
| Both titles unissued. |
William Holden was guest.
Date: February 17, 1955
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #622
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Whatever Lola Wants(Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 2:55 |
| b. | rt | That's All I Want From You(Fritz Rotter) - 2:01 |
| Both titles unissued. |
Date: March 3, 1955
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #624
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Melody Of Love(H. Engelmann, Tom Glazer) - 2:41 |
| unissued |
David Niven was guest.
Date: March 31, 1955
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #628
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Tweedlee Dee(Winfield Scott) - 2:21 |
| unissued |
Claire Trevor was guest. This episode was rebroadcast September 13, 1955.
Date: April 7, 1955
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #629
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Stowaway(Jerry Livingston, Carolyn Leigh) - 2:40 |
| unissued |
Maureen O'Hara was guest. This performance of "Stowaway" was later reused/rebroadcast for June Dairy Month. Other guests of the latter broadcast were George Burns, Gracie Allen and Jerry Colonna.
Date: April 14, 1955
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #630
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | How Important Can It Be?(Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss) |
| unissued |
Debra Paget was guest.
Date: April 21, 1955
Location: NBC Studios, Los Angeles
The Bob Hope Show #631
Jack Hope (pdr), Margaret Whiting (v), unknown (acc), Les Brown (con), Bob Hope (mc)
| a. | rt | Whatever Lola Wants(Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 3:01 |
| unissued |
Jim Backus and Jerry Colonna were guests. This was the final episode of the season, and may be the final broadcast of the series.