Friday, December 19, 2025

Countdown to Christmas: Bob Hope as Santa Claus (1967)

 Santa Claus busted on a traffic violation? If it's Bob Hope, yep.

The centerpiece of Hope's 1967 Christmas show was Santa (Hope) getting pinched at a traffic stop, though Phil Silvers seems out of place as a motorcycle cop. Also on the bill: Don Adams (Get Smart), Paul Lynde (Bewitched), Ernest Borgnine & Billy Sands (ex-McHale's Navy), Joyce Jameson, Wally Cox (Hollywood Squares), and the International Children's Choir:


Well, you knew Hope had to get "Silver Bells" in..........

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