Don't Shoot, It's Only Me

by Bob Hope, Hope, Melville Shavelson

Book Overview

For at least two generations--and three wars--Bob Hope has been cheered and loved by America's fighting men and women. Name the battlefield and "old ski nose" was there, snapping one-liners on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399135189
• ISBN13: 9780399135187
• Release Date: May 1990
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Bob Hope It's Only Me Book Review

This book is hilarious. I was laughing out loud from the very first page. I think that even people who don't consider themselves big Hope fans will be able to read this and find it funny, entertaining and insightful to a time gone past. It's a great part of American history; Bob Hope has his place therein. He was the perfect man to pull off all the things he accomplished during his amazing career. Entertaining the troops, putting himself in dangerous situations, making people laugh and forget the real world for a short time through films, radio, stand-up performances, Hope did it all and was the true king of all media. The book is very well-written and easy to follow the stories and jokes. You can just hear Hope's voice as you read his narration of events. I strongly suggest this book.

Don't Shoot, It's Only Me

ISBN 0515105651 - Bob Hope is always funny, even when he's not being funny. And, oddly, he's always sappy - even when he's being funny. I cannot imagine anyone reading this without laughing outloud with a tear in their eye. From 1938 to 1990, spanning a career that spanned the globe and a lifetime, Don't Shoot, It's Only Me tells a story that literally touches everyone. From Pearl Harbor to the Korean War, battles that have shaped both this country and the world, and Bob Hope (and, of course, his friends) was there for all of them, bringing a few laughs to the men and women of the Armed Forces far from home. As an ironic-funny moment, I remember a running joke. Bad news from Hollywood - guess what? Bob Hope died? No, but (insert whatever). Of course, he DID die, after a long life full of laughs for all of us, but it just doesn't feel like it. It seems implausible that the man who made bearable some unbearable moments in our history could possibly ever die, and for 297 pages, Hope lives on.

Joke a minute

This is an interesting combination of autobiography and history lesson. Hope (with co-writer Mel Shavelson, who was one of Hope's joke writers) tell Bob's show-biz career story through the lens of world events. It's not straight storytelling- jokes come at a quick clip, which makes for amusing reading.