I Hope that you all don't believe that I was advocating Hope's right to having the flag lowered to half mast for his death. I think he got plenty while he was still alive. Let's have the flag lowered for a great writer or musician who didn't make a lot of money but who will live in history. The key word in my piece was "court jester." Hope tweaked Jane Russell more than he did Kings.
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salvador S�nchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:24 PM Subject: Fw: [Futurework] Curious? > > Thank you, Ray. > Of course, Roberto Esperanza = Bob Hope. His kind of humor was one of my > best examples of how culturally determined humor is. I remember, when I was > a kid, my whole family watching a show or a film with Bob Hope in TV and > (seriously) trying to figure out what was funny about what this man was > saying and doing. Through the years, I have seen his work several times but > I could never really connect with him. Perhaps he is more american than > universal, because I can perfectly enjoy and laugh with Woody Allen, or > Laurel & Hardy's films. Anyway, I understand he is a cultural hero, an icon. > Regards. > Salvador > > From: "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 2:56 PM > > > > Thanks for asking Salvador, > > > Roberto Esperanza was that man considered by most to be the greatest and > > most deserving of the title of American "artiste." The court jester Bob > > Hope. We know that because he made so much money at it and "wealth > equals > > value" in America. I loved Bob Hope. Someone said yesterday that he > was > > great because he was a "clean" jester. That person never heard the TV > > program with Jane Russell that he got fined $10,000 for saying that he > would > > like to play "Radio" with her. When she asked how you play "Radio" he > > said that he would like to "play with her dials while his antennae rose." > > Red Skelton got away with such things but the "sagely" Hope with his > Nixon > > nose just got "kicked around" for saying such a thing. But he took it > all > > in the spirit of Hope. > > > REH > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
