Monday, April 13, 2009

Hilarious Basil at Bob Hope Show


Basil Rathbone is a guest at the Bob Hope Show in 1941. I think they might have slipped some funny pills into the water or something, because they are totally... well. Crazy, I guess. I laughing that kind of laugh where you almost weep of despair.



Basil appears about 7:30 minutes into the radio clip. I don't know how, but they end up paddling canoe in a swamp. (This Rathbone appearance was a kind of crazy, comical, lovely parody publicity thing for his latest film, The Mad Doctor, from the same year).

"If you have to foam at the mouth, at least foam Pepsodent."


Oh, he's mad!
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4 comments:

  1. ChristopherApril 14, 2009 at 4:13 AM

    "hot under the collier.." :o))

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  2. AnonymousApril 14, 2009 at 6:02 AM

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/28290474@N06/3097244944/sizes/o/

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  3. Lolita of the ClassicsApril 14, 2009 at 12:09 PM

    Christopher:
    Haha, yeah... They're just totally crazy.

    Manuel:
    WONDERFUL photo! Thanks a lot!

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  4. KeithApril 16, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    That is so cool. Thanks for sharing that with us.

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