BOB HOPE'S ALL-STAR COMEDY BIRTHDAY AT WEST POINT (TV)
Summary
A comedy special recorded at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, hosted by Bob Hope.
Highlights include: a spectacular helicopter display heralding Hope’s arrival; Hope’s opening monologue; Marie Osmond singing a medley including “Mr. Sandman” and “Celebration”; an appearance by George C. Scott; Glen Campbell appearing alongside Hope and singing “Rhinestone Cowboy”; a sketch featuring Osmond and Brooke Shields as new West Point cadets alongside Hope; an appearance by Sugar Ray Leonard; Mary Martin appearing alongside Hope and singing “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”; a performance of “We’re In the Money” by Wanda Richert, Lee Roy Reams, and the cast of the musical “42nd Street”; a sketch about the origins of West Point featuring Mickey Rooney, Robert Urich, Scott, Campbell, Hope, and Shields; Shields appearing alongside Hope; a mock boxing match between Hope and Leonard, featuring appearances Rooney, Osmond, and Scott; Urich appearing alongside Hope; Martin and Hope performing “Honeybun”; Rooney appearing alongside Hope; Dolores Hope singing “Young at Heart”; and speeches from Lieutenant General Andrew J. Goodpaster, Superintendent of West Point and Vice President George H.W. Bush. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: May 25, 1981 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:37:41
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:06989
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV, 1981
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- James Lipton … Executive Producer, Writer
- Mark Gargiulo … Producer
- Jude Brennan … Associate Producer
- Tim Kiley … Director
- Gig Henry … Writer
- Robert L. Mills … Writer
- Fred S. Fox … Writer
- Seaman Jacobs … Writer
- Charles Isaacs … Writer
- Carl Jablonski … Choreographer
- 42nd Street Company … Dance Company
- Bob Hope … Host
- Glen Campbell … Performer
- Dolores Hope … Performer
- Mary Martin … Performer
- Marie Osmond … Performer
- Wanda Richert … Performer
- Lee Roy Reams … Performer
- Sugar Ray Leonard … Guest
- Mickey Rooney … Guest
- George C. Scott … Guest
- Brooke Shields … Guest
- Robert Urich … Guest
- Andrew J. Goodpaster … Guest
- George H.W. Bush … Guest
- Ray Leonard Jr.
- Marcie Murphy
- Tanya Tucker
- Trish Van De Veer