I'm a retired TV writer now lecturing on my book THE LAUGH MAKERS: A Tribute to Bob Hope's Gag Writers. I began writing for TV in 1975 (I'm also a lawyer) on the staff of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts. I was hired by Bob Hope in 1977 and traveled with him as a staff writer until 1992 when he retired from television.
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↵I married to Shelley P. Mills, my first and only wife (rare in Hollywood!). We cruised with Crystal, Princess and Celebrity lines for 10 years (1997-2007) while I delivered lectures on my book. I substitute co-host a show on KPFK fm90.7 in Los Angeles called "Access Unlimited" geared toward the disabled. (archived at www.kpfk.org) I also record books for the blind at Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic in Hollywood, California.
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↵I host two blogs:
↵Dr. Digit's Hollywood Memory Blog www.bereftontheleft.blogspot.com
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↵Bob Hope On the Road to Beijing www.laughmakers.blogspot. com
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↵My e-mail address is: thelaughmakers@gmail.com
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Hee Haw HEE-HAW was produced in a unique (for its time) way whereby the segments would be taped separately and often in different studios in different parts of the U.S. This was to allow the cast members to carry on their country careers whilst starring on the TV program. The various segments were then edited together in what appeared to the viewer at home a live, all-at-the-same-time show.
This format had an added advantage as well. It made the producers of the show fabulously wealthy since it was much cheaper to produce than a full-scale show and was syndicated to hundreds of individual outlets each paying the producers a fee.
My friend Bob Alberti, also musical director on our Bob Hope specials, worked as Hee-Haw's musical director for years. He would keep me abreast of going-on on the show in the 70s.
Bob Mills
Author of THE LAUGH MAKERS: A Tribute to Bob Hope's Gag Writers. Available on Amazon.com
