Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal

When you're the host of the Academy Awards, and you grew up watching Bob Hope and Johnny Carson, and now it's your turn, and you get a chance to run with the baton on the relay for a while, I really embraced it and just really loved being there.

Bob Odenkirk
Bob Odenkirk

All those Bob Hope specials made me cringe when I was a kid.

Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken

They have a kind of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby thing going on.

Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett

The very phrase 'Oscar night' used to accelerate my pulse. For one thing - dating myself - it meant Bob Hope. He always had good, strong jokes, that faultless delivery, and always a new joke about his own films' failure - once again - to be honored.

Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke

Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him.

Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton

I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100.

Don Rickles
Don Rickles

Bob Hope was totally regimented. I go in and say a line like, 'Hi Bob' and I'd have to do it five times, and then Bob would take me to the writers to say the line different ways. He wouldn't let me ad-lib.

Drake Bell
Drake Bell

Dealing with sketch comedy and buddy teams like Abbott and Costello, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby - I just loved buddy comedies.

Eddie the Eagle
Eddie the Eagle

In my case, there are only two kinds of hope - Bob Hope and no hope.

Erik Griffin
Erik Griffin

My inspiration to do comedy came from many places. Saturday mornings, I would watch Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis movies. I later got into watching stand-ups like Eddie Murphy, who was my main inspiration.