Bob Hope at 100

NPR

Published May 29, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Bob Hope turns 100 years old today. To commemorate the birthday of this great entertainer, All Things Considered re-broadcasts a speech Hope gave at the National Press Club, first aired on NPR twenty-three years ago when he was 77.

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