Dear Diary,
Bob was at the Air Corps gunnery school at Kingman, Arizona, tonight, on the first stop in his latest tour of camps. He will broadcast from Camp Hood, Texas, next week. Virginia Bruce was Bob’s guest. Being in Arizona, they naturally did a western sketch. Bob and Skinnay sang a duet to the tune of “Jingle Jangle Jingle,” only instead of spurs, it was burrs. It seems that they backed into a cactus plant. Bob also said a lot tonight about Dorothy Lamour’s recent wedding. He said, “I guess Crosby and I will have to get a job now.” He also said that the pin which used to hold up Dottie’s sarong was in the Smithsonian Istitute with this placard, “Never before has so much depended on so little for so long.”
Dear Diary,
Bob Hope and Virginia Bruce were on the Lux Radio Theater tonight in “My Favorite Blonde.” In the picture Bob told Mady that when she was “changing the map, move Alaska over a couple of inches to kinda’ balance things up.” On the radio he said, “You know Texas, the Panhandle Stage? Well, when you’re changing the map, lift up the handle. I want to see what’s cooking.” Another thing he added that wasn’t in the picture occurred when he had pretended to swallow the scorpion pin. The doctor was going to operate but Bob said, “Hey, wait a minute. Don’t fiddle with my middle. I didn’t really swallow it.” The play was just plodding sadly along until about the first of the second act. Bob was supposed to say, “I ate the dogfood myself just for the labels.” He left off “food” by mistake and after that he really struck his stride.
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