BOB HOPE AT THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE IN 1984...

Okay, so they're not the greatest quality pics in the world, but all

I had was a HANIMEX 110mm camera when I snapped these photos

on the night of October 13th 1984, while attending The EDINBURGH

PLAYHOUSE to catch superstar comedy legend BOB HOPE.  I'd briefly

met Mr. Hope and got his autograph before the show (and sent a few items

backstage afterwards for him to sign), but after the rest of the audience had

departed, I was still gathering my stuff together and Bob wandered onstage

with his jacket over his shoulder to chat to the stage hands, saw me in the

fourth row, and gave me a wave through the gap in the curtains.  I met

him again ten years later when he played The GLASGOW ROYAL

CONCERT HALL and had my photo taken with him.

Incidentally, Bob was 81 years of age back then, but looked

at leastt 20 years younger.  The woman sharing the stage with him in

the second-last photo is one of the singers from the support act on the

night, STUTZ BEAR CATS, who performed a short comic routine

with him during the show.  (Just her, not the rest of the group.)

Don't know her name, alas, but she was a total babe.

A great show and a great night - one that I'll always remember.

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