Presenting the Transcription Feature 197: BOB HOPE & INFORMATION PLEASE

We start off tonight with an episode of “The Bob Hope Show.”  It’s December of 1945, and the war is over.  Hope had spent much of it broadcasting from military bases, but now he is back at the NBC studios in Hollywood.  His guest, Jimmy Durante, promises to take Bob to a swanky party, but is Bob ready for Society, and vice-versa?  Then, time for that excellent quiz show, “Information Please.”  It’s an Armed Forces recording, which means the original was transcribed and then all the ads were taken out.  Are you up on literary in-laws, animal gestation periods, and places to climb?

Episodes

The Bob Hope Show
December 4, 1945
“Guest:  Jimmy Durante”
3:48

Information Please
April 24, 1944
“Guests:  Deems Taylor and Irene Dunne”
35:02