Farewell

Bob Hope was probably the first comdian I was ever a fan of. He was a particular favourite of my parents, and growing up, we watched everyone of his NBC specials. I haven't paid as much attention to him in recent years as I found other entertainers to check out (current favourite comedian - Eddie Izzard), but Bob has always had a place in my heart because ever memory I have of watching or hearing him is one that is filled with warmth, humour and having a good time with my parents.

My Dad was a huge Bob Hope fan, and has, himself, always been a very, very funny person. I think Hope had a very strong influence on my Dad - who grew up during some of Hope's biggest years. Dad has that same kind of dry wit that Hope had; the kind you don't always see coming, and I don't think it was by accident that he ended up that way. (Up until maybe the last two years, he has always been a very large man. One day at the church, when he and my Mom were at choir practice, the choir director gave them a new song to work on, containing the line "And God rained fatness on the land." During a pause in the rehersal, shortly after having sung that line, my Dad just very quiety comment "I think I must have gotten caught in a cloudburst". The choir ended up laughing so hard every time they came to that line in the song that they ended up being unable to perform it.)

So, Thank you, Bob, for all the good memories you're a part of, and for the humour you brought to my life - both through your own work, and through the influence you had on people like my Dad. You certainly made your time here worthwhile!

Posted by thorswitch at July 29, 2003 03:40 AM | TrackBack