- Bill
Dennis Perrin wrote:
> I'm trying to get through the DVD box set containing all of Bob Hope's
> Vietnam specials, 1964-72, but man, is it rough sledding. I was a kid
> when these shows originally aired, so I'm really watching them for the
> first time. I'm up to 1967, and Hope's gotten more stridently pro-war
> and very anti-dissent. I'll write about the whole package in due course,
> but I just have to say how wowed I am at these pro-war commercials.
> Subtlety and soft sell were not part of the pitch. And each year, Hope
> gets worse. I hope to see him in the final show, clinging to a
> helicopter, one step ahead of the NVA.
>
> Dennis
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