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Bob Hope - Guests Jack Benny and Doris Day

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Bob Hope complains to Doris Day about injuring 'the knee with the dimple in it,' ruining his ability to wear fashionable pedal pushers.
Bob Hope hosts a 1948 radio comedy special featuring guests Jack Benny and Doris Day, blending political satire about Truman's election victory with Hollywood humor, celebrity banter, and vintage commercial segments. The episode includes Hope's signature news parody, injury comedy with Doris Day, and a disc jockey parody sketch with Jack Benny.

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Election parody, guest banter, and sponsor patter keep this Bob Hope hour brisk.

This Bob Hope hour turns the post-election scramble into a brisk blend of parody, guest banter, and sponsor patter. Doris Day, Jack Benny, Irene Ryan, Bill Farrell, and the Les Brown Band all cycle through, while the show keeps pivoting from mock news to domestic jokes to…

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