Dear Diary,
I can no longer say that Bob Hope was the last man to kiss me, because Pat O’Brien took over that honor today. He made five personal appearances today, and after the first one, I went to the rear exit of the Majestic and waited ’til he came out. I showed him the two pictures of us taken at Del Mar in 1941. It was pretty dark, so he asked, “Who’s this?” I said, “That’s you and I at Del Mar.” In the meantime he was standing at my left, holding my right hand and trying to see the pictures. He looked at them in a good light, and said, “Oh sure, you were on the broadcast that day. He gave me a big hug, said, “I’m glad to see you again, honey,” and kissed me on the left cheek.
Dear Diary,
I saw in the paper today that Bob has succeeded Kay Kyser as president of the campaign of “Records for Our Fighting Men, Inc.,” which it sponsored as a nonprofit organization by recording artists for the purpose of gathering old phonograph records. These old records are sold to recording companies and the money is used to supply camps at home and abroad with new records.
I did something today that I never thought I’d get the nerve to do. I actually wrote Bob a letter. But I’d better not speak too soon, because I haven’t mailed it yet, and when I do, he may not even get it.
Four weeks ago “mē oscula libavit.”
Dear Diary,
There were several pictures of Bob in the evening paper, since “They Got Me Covered” opens at the Majestic tomorrow. For the first time in years I won’t be able to see the first showing, since I’ll be in school when it starts. However, I’ll be able to see the third or fourth, because I’m going down there right after school tomorrow. Incidentally, one of the pictures in the paper is one of the cutest I have from “T. G. M. C.” It shows Bob trying to get out a door, in his pajamas, and there are about twelve men crowding around the door. Bob’s head and shoulders are visible between the legs of one of the men, and Bob’s trying vainly to crawl on through.
Two week ago something swell happened to me. Mē ōscula lībāvit!
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