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Article: On the "Road" with HOPE & CROSBY.(Bob Hope / Bing Crosby comedies)
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- USA TODAY
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- November 1, 2000
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Through seven audience-pleasing films, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby made parody a staple of movie comedies.
THIS YEAR commemorates the 60th anniversary of the first Bob Hope and Bing Crosby "Road" picture--"Road to Singapore" (1940). During the next 22 years, the six additional installments of the series: "Road to Zanzibar" (1941), "Road to Morocco" (1942), "Road to Utopia" (1945), "Road to Rio" (1947), "Road to Bali" (1952), and "Road to Hong Kong" (1962), made the Road pictures what is regarded as the most acclaimed comedy series in the history of American motion pictures.
Besides being the ultimate spoof of the action adventure genre, the Road pictures ...