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Bob Hope Stories

By Stephen Schochet

Stories About the Famous Comedian

     Once when he was a little boy in England, Leslie Hope (he later renamed himself Bob after a race car driver he idolized) wanted to pick an apple off a tree. Symbolic of his career, he didn’t want just any apple but the highest one possible. He lost his balance, fell and permanently changed the shape of his nose.

     His big break in Hollywood was getting the part Jack Benny turned…