Rare Bob Hope blooper unearthed after visit to Holy Land
February 18th, 2010 by Scott Marks
DATELINE BURBANK: Being this close to the epicenter of Hope necessitated a pilgrimage to The Toluca Lake Earth Station to see if dear Dolores needed anything at the Von’s. The gate was closed and the shades drawn. It would have been easier to catch a glimpse up one of her fabulous floor-length gowns. The only sign of movement was flapping on the end of a flagpole. Today Mrs. Hope lives alone in Bob’s never-finished, already decaying Toluca Lake pleasure palace, aloof, seldom visited, never photographed.
It’s been an overwhelming week. Normally a positive inaugural visit to “Shutter Island” would have been enough. I spiked the punch by exposing myself to the greatest narcotic known to man. As if ordained, the second I arrived back at my Burbank suite the computer was on my lap and this blooper from the 1970 Miss World Pageant on my screen.
Bob knew of my presence on consecrated ground and planned this assault on my thought patterns.
His will be done!
Were I to live three lifetimes I could never expose myself to every on camera morsel the man force fed us. Not until “this” night was I aware of the existence of this Hope-filled tirade. Mixing his signature “satirical” schick with indignant outrage, Bob lets those feminist dames know exactly where he stands, right here.
Allow Wikipedia to set the scene: “During the evening there were protests by Women’s Liberation activists. They held up placards, shouted, blew whistles, and threw smoke bombs, stink bombs, ink bombs and leaflets onto the stage. The comedian, Bob Hope, was also heckled and scarcely raised a laugh.”
Scarcely raised a laugh? I’m still shaking. This is one of the most hilariously uncomfortable Bob Hope bloopers on record! It must be studied in every classroom in America. They should have run this on a double feature with Obama’s controversial (?) address to the nation’s school children.
Bob “Cattle Market” Hope kicks off his set with a few well placed zingers to let these broads know who is boss. Bob would have made a great pitchman for PETA. He doesn’t give a rat’s ass about protecting animals. As President Nixon foretold in his infamous ”Checkers speech,” Republican cloth coats are so much cheaper!
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EC interviews Scott Cooper for CNN
January 7th, 2010 by Scott Marks
Originally I was supposed to conduct a print interview with writer/director Scott Cooper at the Cinema Society of San Diego’s screening of “Crazy Heart.” No big deal.
Thirty minutes prior to our talk, Allied Integrated Marketing’s perspicacious and indispensable Joanna Freed asked if I wouldn’t mind a slight change in plans. “We need you to interview him for CNN,” Joanna told me. “Do you think you can do that?”
Is Martin Scorsese God?
The original goal was simply to gather soundbites: keep the camera on Scott C.’s lively banter and purge Scott M.’s questions. Within a flash, it was bumped up to a full three-minute on camera interview.
The two Scotts had a chance to sit and talk movies before the Flip Video rolled. He knows what’s what. It is always refreshing to meet someone genuinely thrilled to be riding an unexpected wave of success. Scott has been acting for the past 10 years (”Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me ,” “Gods and Generals”) and “Crazy Heart” is his first time in the director’s chair. Wouldn’t it be sweet if his maiden effort lived on as the film that finally earned Jeff Bridges a well deserved Oscar? I’ll post the complete interview soon.
So here is my three minutes of fame. There is a good chance that this will air on CNN tomorrow and maybe even “Showbiz Tonight.” One favor: next time, how’s about some some advance warning? I would have gone to the beauty parlor and put on a pressed shirt instead of the my regulation duds from the Asner Collection.
Thanks again to Joanna Freed and Steve Delizo from Allied Integrated Marketing for thrusting me in the spotlight.
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