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Article: On liking your work.(On A Lighter Side With Andy Rooney)
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- FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
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- June 22, 2003
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Over the years, I never cared much for some of the most popular television comedians. Milton Berle never got to me and I couldn't stand Jerry Lewis. Until I saw him in action first hand, I had been lukewarm about Bob Hope.
Enthusiasm isn't listed as a virtue in the Bible but it's one of the most attractive attributes a person can have. An entertainer who loves to entertain has a big head start appealing to an audience, and no one ever loved being on stage more than Bob Hope. Every time he got up in front of a crowd, he had a good time and it was catching; his audience had a good time, too.
I met Bob Hope several times. For five years of my life, I wrote ...