[laughter] announcer: jack benny, danny thomas, george burns. >> ♪ hats, canes trunks, trains that'ss in vaudeville ♪ announcer: milton berle, barbra streisand, lucille ball. >> if you couldn't do comedy, what would you like to do? >> if i couldn't do comedy -- probably what you do. announcer: bob newhart, phyllis diller, and of course bing crosby. he and bing didn't need to be on the road to have a good time. >> i can't believe this. a devout coward like you. aren't you afraid of rats? >> why should i be? i made six road pictures with one. announcer: america has always loved bob hope and we always will. >> i just want to say we are in beautiful thailand, where in october you get the monsoons and in december you get me. [laughter] >> quite simply, the world has been a happier place and a better place because bob hope is in it. >> i am going to blow your brains out. [laughter] [applause] announcer: introducing "thanks for the memories," a brand-new collection exclusively from time life. >> bob, i have a confession to make. >> speak, my son. >> i like you. i really do. >> i just wish y

i knew jack benny, george burns, and ronald reagan.id not know what this was. >> right over here -- mrs. reagan: this was a favorite picture of mine. clover cleveland. i love that picture. >> i want to ask you about this picture with president truman. mrs. reagan: he was a big fan of truman. >> are people surprised when they find out? mrs. reagan: yes. >> what did he like about him? mrs. reagan: he thought he was strong and direct. he just liked him. >> were you interested in politics? mrs. reagan: i was not. i knew nothing about politics. >> were your mother and father political? mrs. reagan: not really. >> do you remember the first time you got interested? mrs. reagan: after i married ronnie. he was always involved in politics. he would always go out and campaigned for whoever. in those days, he would get in a car and drive to wherever the event was. never occurred to him to ask for gasoline money. >> right behind you, pictures of your husband with a lot of leading ladies. is it hard to watch your spouse in some of these scenes? mrs.

. >> yes, jack benny, johnny carson, bob hope. i can be silly. you know, i just had to be myself on stage. i always did a show where the people could watch it with families. i have been a family, i didn't have the easiest time growing up with my dad. >> where'd you grow up? >> in st. paul, minnesota. >> and one of a 11? >> yes. >> how was that? >> everyone for themselves. it is growing up in three families, there is a 20 year age gap. so the older kids, middle kids and the younger kids. >> you have been doing the comedy thing for a number of years. are you still getting a thrill? >> i do. what i love the most it is immediate. you are playing the millions of people at home and you are not i try to do one thing, it is make people in the audience forget about their troubles for an hour. that is the goal. >> where are you living now? >> in las vegas. >> i saw on the strip a louie guy in a costume. >> the life with louie. >> thanks so much. baskets finale tonight. watch it with him. >> it should be a lot of fun. >> the star of the show at carolines an

jack benny: almost every tv comedian of course uses tv cue cards, but bob is the only one i know whoo nervous, he threw up "not now,and shouted, sweetheart, i have a headache." and his wife said, bob, you are reading my card. [laughter] [applause] announcer: and that's not all, you will also receive this 32 page memory book filled with photos and stories honoring bob's incredible career. >> that is the nicest thing you could have given us. announcer: and we are so convinced you will love thanks -- "thanks for the memories" that we will ship it for free. your satisfaction is guaranteed. if you don't absolutely love this historic collection, we will refund your purchase price, no questions asked. bob: everybody get down off the ceiling. announcer: "thanks for the memories" is an incredible value. 23 classic shows, plus exclusive extras on 11 dvds. that is over 24 hours of music, comedy, and stars. plus, a collectible memory book, all for just five payments of $19.99. and we'll ship it for free. bob: that is just perfect. announcer: this is the most complete collection of bob hope speci

jack benny: what do you do on "the ed sullivan show?" [laughter] ed: i introduce the acts. me ♪ >> ♪ it is wonderful it is marvelous ♪ >> ♪ yeah [applause] ed: when these youngsters grow up and the people at home can say that they saw the two of you together, they heard the two of you together, they going to start it out by saying you are wonderful. >> listen to him sing. ed: i listen and learn. let's have a wonderful hand. announcer: this incredible collection is truly the best of ed sullivan. all the most memorable moments from over 1000 precious american sunday nights. >> let's stop fooling around. here we go. >> i am not ready yet. [laughter] >> you are going to listen to me. because when i sing about those things -- milton berle: i never liked ed sullivan -- i'm kidding. i loved ed sullivan. phyllis diller: he just happened to be the right person with the right kind of interest in entertainment. >> he put on a beautiful show. he had a concept as old as time and he brought it to television. vaudville. announcer: in ed sullivan's time, families gathered to enjoy the show

i knew jack benny, george burns, and ronald reagan. i did not know what this was. >> right over here -- >> this was a favorite picture of mine. clover cleveland. i love that picture. >> i want to ask you about this picture with president truman. >> he was a big fan of truman. >> are people surprised when they find out? >> yes. >> what did he like about him? >> he thought he was strong and direct. he just liked him. >> were you interested in politics? >> i was not. i knew nothing about politics. >> or your mother and father political? >> not really. >> do you remember the first time you got interested? >> after i married ronnie. he was always involved in politics. he would always go out and campaigned for whoever. in those days, he would get in a car and drive to wherever the event was. never occurred to him to ask for gasoline money. >> right behind you, pictures of your husband with a lot of leading ladies. is it hard to watch your spouse in some of these scenes? >> no. yes and no. no. he always talked about the actress who would get