> By the time I was even aware of Bob Hope, he'd been well past his prime,
> and he was pretty much on the same career path as Red Skelton or Milton
> Berle. He seemed to be kept going mainly by sentiment and fond memory, with
> reliable-but-creaky jokes sputtered out by a well-tested machinery. I was
> too young to think of the obvious question at the time: "Why the hell would
> guys in _Vietnam_ find this lame stuff _funny_?"
Isn't that a bit like asking why the guys in Vietnam found Army food so delicious?
Thiago