Erwartungsvoll reist Harvard-Absolvent Junior Potter in den Wilden Westen, um das Erbe seines Vaters anzutreten. Doch statt Goldnuggets regnet es Bleikugeln von Gläubigern. Trost findet Potter bei der Sängerin Mike Die aber hat es faustdick hinter den Ohren…

Milford Farnsworth ist ein unbeholfener Versicherungsagent. Unwissentlich verkauft er eine Lebensversicherung von hunderttausend Dollar an den Revolverhelden Jesse James. Als die Versicherungsgesellschaft davon erfährt, schickt sie Farnsworth in den Westen, um das Leben von Jesse James zu schützen und damit auch die Gesellschaft vor dem Ruin zu bewahren.

Der Fotograf Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) träumt davon, Detektiv zu werden. So wie einer seiner Freunde, dessen Detektei direkt neben seinem Fotostudio liegt. Als Ronnie eines Tages allein in der Detektei seines Freundes sitzt, wird er von Carlotta Montay (Dorothy Lamour) für einen Detektiv gehalten und engagiert, ihren entführten Onkel aufzuspüren. Ronnie beginnt sofort mit der Arbeit…

Die sowjetische Pilotin Vinka Kovelenko wird in Berlin von den Amerikanern zur Landung gezwungen. Captain Chuck Lockwood bekommt vom amerikanischen Abwehrdienst den Auftrag, die kommunistische ‘Überläuferin’ eingehend zu verhören. Während des Verhörs, in dem beide versuchen, sich gegenseitig von den Vorzügen ihres Regimes zu überzeugen, entwickeln Vinka und Chuck eine Zuneigung füreinander.

Die Handlung dreht sich um den Komödianten Eddie Foy, die Italienerin Madeleine kennenlernt und mit ihr eine Familie gründet. Nach dem tragischen Tod seiner Frau zieht er mit seinen sieben Kindern als Artistenensemble durch die Lande, und versucht, sich so mit ihnen durchs Leben zu schlagen.

Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer known only as "Joys."

The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.

Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.

The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. Freddie, who's been a "boy scout" too long, has designs on gorgeous Duchess Alexandria. The boys, far better organized than Freddie, are determined to save him from himself. But who will save Freddie from being the killer's next victim?

Bob Hope stars as an inept member of the chorus boy in a turn of the century stage show. After being fired, he finds himself starring acting as a decoy when a killer goes after the real star.

When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicated when Francis rekindles his love for his ex-wife, who happens to be Larkin's secretary and soon-to-be wife.

When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Creating a fake charity for "Apple Annie" Nellie Thursday, the Kid tricks his gang into donning Santa suits and "collecting dough for old dolls" like Nellie who have nowhere to live.

Der Bankangestellte Henry (Bob Hope) findet 10.000 Dollar. Nachdem niemand das Geld für sich beansprucht, kauft der Witwer seiner Verlobten einen teuren Ring. Doch das Glück währt nicht lange: In seiner Bank wurden 50.000 Dollar gestohlen, und der plötzliche Geldsegen bringt Henry in Verdacht. Zusammen mit seinen sieben Kindern begibt er sich auf die Flucht.

Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

Three years after taping his previous show in the Persian Gulf, Bob Hope returns to the front line to put on another USO Christmas extravaganza, this time in Saudi Arabia for US Troops preparing with other nations to expel Iraq's 1990 invasion and attempted annexation of Kuwait.

Bob Hope returns to his stage role in this updated theatrical TV presentation of the musical

A posthumous tribute to comedy legend Lucille Ball by her frequent co-star Bob Hope features clips from many of their sketches and tributes from George Burns, Danny Thomas, Kirk Cameron, and Betty White.

For 11 Presidents, Bob Hope was a golfing buddy, national jester and constant guest at the White House. This special includes personal recollections about Bob from the Clintons, the Bushs, the Fords, and David and Julie Nixon Eisenhower. Guests Tony Danza, Don Johnson, Naomi Judd, Ann-Margret and Tom Selleck also appear on what was to become Bob Hope's final television special.

Hope's annual Christmas show, with songs, skits, and comedy routines.

Bob Hope tours China, takes in the culture and meets up with Big Bird, Crystal Gayle, Peaches and Herb, and others.