Dear Diary,
Garry Moore made a surprise appearance on Everything Goes, his old stomping grounds, this morning. I tuned in at first and heard the name Jim Bacchus, or Backache, or whatever he calls himself, and tuned back out again in a hurry. I can’t stand that guy. Later I wished I hadn’t tuned it off, because in the introduction of the second half I heard the words, “Our special guest Garry Moore.” He talked about buying was bonds.
I read in a magazine today that the sister-in-law who sued Bob recently, broke down and cried in court and said, “I hate to do this. I don’t want to hurt Bob.” The why did she do it? Huh?
Dear Diary,
Sheilah Graham said in her columm today that Bob paid over $4000 thousand dollars to defend successfully the $2300 law suit brought by his sister – in – law. Bob told Sheilah he could have settled with his sister- in-law for $500, but he defended the case on the principle of the thing.
Dear Diary,
I read today that Bob won the lawsuit brought against him by his sister-in–law. But now there’s another lawsuit connected with Bob’s name. It read like this: “Those gags by Comedian Bob Hope’s joke writer, Rene R. Du Plessis, ‘may be funny to radio listeners, but living with him is no laughing matter,’ Mrs. Inez June Du Plessis testified in winning a divorce.
“Charging cruelty, the former model and dancer stated that Du Plessis told her she got on his nerves and he wanted a divorce, while she contended he stayed out late and ‘would often hit me.’ “
And such is the life of a gag writer! What a profession I’ve chosen!
Dear Diary,
Bing Crosby referred to himself tonight as “Bob Hope’s caddy and straight-man.” Incidentally, I got a picture of Bob today in which he was about to hit a golf ball, with Paulette Goddard’s hand as a tee. I’ll bet that’s about as precious and expensive a tee as he ever used.
There was an article in the morning paper called “Our Mr. Hope’s Hands Weren’t Really Sticky.” Of course, it had reference to the suit against Bob filed by his sister-in-law. She claims he owes her $2,300 in back wages and bonuses for her secretarial work in filing his gags, and other things. Bob was too busy playing army camps (free) to appear in court in person so he sent a written brief, and his wife, Dolores, showed up for him.
Dear Diary,
I’ve heard Bob on the air five times this month. Four times he was on his own show, and once I heard him on that transcribed fifteen-minute preview of “Star-Spangled Rhythm.” I also saw him in “Star-Spangled Rhythm” five times this month. (Five seems to be my lucky number:)
I hope to see “They Got Me Covered” soon, maybe not in February, but in March or April at the latest.
Probably the most important things that happened to my numbers one and two boy friends this month were the law suit against Bob and the burning of Bing’s home, respectively. Neither of these occurences were particularly welcome by either party, or am I just being a silly girl? But then why change this late in life?
I doubt very seriously that Bob’s sister-in-law will get anything out of that suit. And this may not be very nice, but I hope she does get something – a splitting headache. Anyway, I’ll find out about that next month. However, Bing’s trouble may be harder to remedy, but for some reason or other, Bing doesn’t strike me as being particularly dismayed. At least he can laugh about it!
Dear Diary,
There’s a new burst of publicity lately about Bob’s sister-in-law suing him because she claims he pays her only $12.50 a week in return for her services as a secretary. She has made several nasty remarks about him, but I’m not deciding ’till I’ve heard both sides present their testimonies.
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