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Bob Hope and the fountain of youth.
We were off on the road to see the fountain of youth in the flesh--Bob Hope. Maynard Good Stoddard and I wanted to discover this octogenarian's secret for staying young and exuberantly healthy. But it was not to be easy; give Bob Hope an audience of two and he'll never be serious.
After having him in our living rooms for so many years, being in his room seemed as natural as an afternoon chat with a neighbor over the backyard hedge. Without make-up or cue cards Bob Hope looks and talks like--well, Bob Hope. No two adjectives could better describe him. That impish twinkle in his eyes is not generated by footlights alone, nor, as we would learn, does he owe his keen wit to a battery of writers. While we were trying to pick him apart, he was more interested in regaling us with one-liners. But somehow in between we would learn that among his several secrets for good health and going gungho at age 80 are a high-fiber breakfast, a daily multivitamin, daily exercise, having the good sense to stop smoking 40 years ago and making every day a blast with the laughter of his work. Ser Vaas: How do you look so great at your age? How do you stay so healthy? We want the secret. Bob Hope tells all. We heard a rumor that you have a massage every day. Is that true? ...See the full content of this document
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