Comedian Bob Hope's heir at NBC, Johnny Carson, not to mention Carson's legion of successors, proves that Hope's flippant, topical monologue has never left us. There's also Hope's obvious influence on comedians in the 1970s who played versions of themselves as show-business boors, like Albert Brooks and Steve Martin.
Ben Schwartz, Bookforum, Dec/Jan, 2015
Ben Schwartz, Bookforum, Dec/Jan, 2015
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