"You might have been a headache, but you never were a bore. . ." You can't find the extra lyrics they sing here anywhere else. "Little dreams that never did come true. . . " Her face is so heartbreaking! We can guess what those "sweet little secrets" were.
Thanks for this. The breakup song. In those days everything was recorded in a studio and the actors had to lip sync their performance, unlike modern ones who suck at this. The reason? The old stars rehearsed it many times and got it right. One camera multiple takes. If it looks easy, it wasn't.
@@DotGuitarist Yes,you are right,but not in this instance. Director Mitch Leison decided the performance would be enhanced if recorded "live",and brought the Paramount Studio Orchestra to the set for the occasion! That's why it worked so well.
One of the great scenes in cinema history. No wonder Bob made this his theme song. And Shirley was a major talent too bad Hollywood didn't recognize this.
So many years ago, and this song still pulls All your Heart Stings. Two people obviously broken hearted, and still putting their best face forward. How many of us have had those loves and lost and meet them again, and yet still both wished things turned out better, and still knowing it never could be ? Bitter Sweet, but still wouldn't trade a moment ... Thanks for the memories ! :-)
The Big Broadcast of 1938 was a delightful piece of fluff and this song made watching the movie well worth the while. A moving performance for memories of time lost, time past.
This is a GREAT song - so bittersweet but also moving. So good to see it in context in the movie and with the correct title, too. Thank you VERY much for sharing this clip with us!!!!!
Both Bob and Shirley break out into spontaneous, unscripted laughter at the nylon-stockings-had to shave line at @3:04. She had a lovely laugh. Notice that Shirley takes a quick peek at the cameraman? director? She sees nothing telling her to 'cut' so the 2 of them carry on. It's a wonderful moment within a wonderful scene.
Thanks for this. A treasure for sure. Gosh we miss people of this quality and class today. This song and clip-believe it or not- brings a tear to me, thinking of my own memories. Thanks. Hooray for us. -Bill
When Director Mitch Leisen first heard the song, he teared up. The song won the Best Song Oscar for 1938. After the 1942 mid-air collision that killed all members of a USO troupe including composer Ralph Rainger, Bob Hope said he would always use this song as his theme song. Ralph Rainger was not only a great composer but a fantastic pianist. scott9445, thank you for posting this.
I miss when he use to do those Bob Hope specials!He use to ding this at the end of everyone! Thanks for the memories Bob ,they don't make them like you anymore!
@yugo...As Betty Hutton once said, it was an age of great writers, Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Parker ("I wished on a moon"), Adolph Green and Betty Comden, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, The Gershwins, Johnny Mercer...the list is long. But all great writers. A wonderful period now, thank God, preserved by RUclips.
Thanks for the memories Sir. Mr, Bob Hope. You selfless you entertained troups of U.S. and Allied soldiers to help all of them to remember to laugh for a little while before returning to the nightmare of war.
what a wonderfully fun classic scene, song and performers. Ross had such a fine, distinctive voice, i don't know WHY she didn't make more recordings...
These lyrics, and this performance, has a heartbreaking honesty, and goes where few others have gone. So many of us have been here. For me, it was an afternoon tea at Fortnums almost a lifetime ago- stiff upper lip, eyes not quite meeting, and so many things left half said and unresolved.
William, are you just stupid or pulling my leg. These men and women serve all of us. The protect our country and help to keep us free compared to China or Korea, or Russia. They risk their lives to keep us safe!!
I'm dedicating this to the Continental restaurant formally known as the Waffle House in Indianapolis. Came by this morning and found this sign in the door Thanks for the memories. Couldn't help but cry had so many memories there. You will be missed.
Countless lighthearted variations of this Oscar award winning song would become Bob Hope's signature at so many future performances, but here in its original version it is a tale of two former lovers reminiscing about all the joy they shared and lamenting that it had to come to an end. Again, a sentiment that most people can relate to. I tell you what, I think every time I listen to it since the first time many years ago it brings a tear to my eye, but that's the power of a good song.
I’d never seen the movie, but just from having heard the recording a number of times on the radio, I knew that this is one of the saddest and most beautiful songs ever written. Thanks so much for posting this. Nicholas Stix
For this who have forget that the world travel they describe was then very, very rare. My mom had a steam trunk they used on a voyage they never talked about.
I became a fan of Bob Hope when I was 5 or 6. 35 now, as a child you don't realise your heroes are in fact very old or gone. Hope remains one of my favourite comedians, Road to Morocco remains a riot.
When Bob sung this we knew the show was almost over he saved the best for last warm feelings we were left with..... THANK you BOB i guess that's why they called you HOPE
Bob Hope was huge...Golden era. There was a caddie call at Torrey Pines...leave it to me, went out for the call and if someone had asked what a caddie was supposed to do beyond carry the clubs...crickets. Hope was really late. Everybody was waiting near the first tee, a huge gang of us plus the players. He showed up and someone commented how, "he finally showed up." The person was a somebody with the event. Bob Hope turned just two steps ahead of me...the look was pure, "I am a star, I am Bob Hope, I double dare you to say that again."...all in one look. He was a true humanitarian too with the military shows abroad. Thanks for the memories. At a fund raiser event years later and after his death, his golf putter went for hundreds of dollars.
"You might have been a headache/But you never were a bore..." A friend just emailed me with that message. They had a great deal of worldly wisdom, those lyricists of the 20's & 30's, and brilliant skills. A song about nostalgia that makes one pine away for the past we've never experienced. Lovely, lovely melody. I especially like when he sings something about that weekend in Niagara when we hardly saw the falls, and she closes her eyes recalling their ecstatic sex, speaking the line "How lovely that was..." and his reply, also spoken, "thank you." The genius who directed the song. And the actors/singers: Shirley Ross is wonderful and, well, there's no use underestimating Bob Hope. It's surely one of the great moments in 20th Century popular culture!
Yes!!!! Yes!!!! I was anout to say that...its so clever without being dirty like today standards... We still totally got what they meant!!! I love it!!!
this message is for GOP7 1 I totally agree with you. I'm 52 yrs old and I grew up during the almost ending of wonderful times , I'm thankful I lived and grew up to remember these great stars and the music that transended up to the early 1980's and to the person rhinnawi95 who also made a comment about being fifteen during the 1940's i agree with you either the 1940's or 1950's would have been fine for me. and then pass on by the end of the 1990's , Not missing anything after that.
Song means something different here than on all those 70's specials, right? It's a heartbreaker and one of the best..."Whatever happened to those pyjamas?" Her look...ACHE!!! Nothing sentimental about that if you've lived it.
Not only is about having a memory, it's about two people who can still be thankful for their memories even though they're no longer together. It's really quite a lovely song / sentiment.
I've been looking for this for the longest time, then I found it. I think I've visited many many times. I listened to this as a child and have never forgotten. Thank you for posting it, and Thanks for the memories.
It wasn't until I saw this movie that I knew all the words to 'Thanks for the Memories'. The end of this scene brought tears to my eyes. Didn't see Bob Hope like that much. It's one of my favorite movie scenes, and numbers.
Delores Hope passed away today September 19, 2011 at the age of 102... Prayers & Good Thoughts for their Family & Friends!!! Thank You to the Hope's for all their Memories!!! Thank You to Bob & Delores what they did for the Country, the Troops, & the Coachella Valley... You will be missed! Rest in Peace & GOD Speed!!!
"We did have fun and no harm was done".... seems this one was lost on the male audience.... and the look in the eye upon Shirley "Surely" tells a different story from the female side..... holy crap what a wonderful moment in American pop culture and most of us that lived and loved our grandparents from this generation really miss the simplicity/love/generosity and earnestness of the feelings from that era feeling morally bankrupt after watching this a third time .... but loving every moment
A classic Ross/Hope moment. There was a Bob Hope compilation CD that came out several years back and included some other great recording with both of them.
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I am 87 now and it still brings a tear every time. Thanks so much, BOB
☺️💯 For sure.
I hope you’re 90 now and this still brings you joy💖
God bless you
Ojalá sean felices 91...
always cry at this
A beautiful well acted (and directed) duet. One of the great set pieces; told a story.
I love this number, it’s not something that’s heard of in films, a bitter sweet yet nostalgic song. No evil, no hatred no desire for retribution.
My grandma is still alive and well and she remembers Bob Hope. I think she's so cool.
Cherish your Grandmother and the Wisdom you Can Learn from Her. ;)
I saw Bob Hope at the state fair, he cheered a lot of people up, here and during the war.
71 years ago. Seeing it for the first time. My heart is warmed.
@ALL LIVES MATTER. Yes, and Black lives too. The police and part of the public don't happen to think they do.
Surely more than that. The Film came out in the late 30s.
@@JRobbySh 83 yrs...long time ago, but just like yesterday....
"You might have been a headache, but you never were a bore. . ."
You can't find the extra lyrics they sing here anywhere else. "Little dreams that never did come true. . . " Her face is so heartbreaking! We can guess what those "sweet little secrets" were.
"Of nights in Singapore,
Sunburns by the shore,
You may have been a headache
But you never were a bore..."
Thanks for this.
The breakup song.
In those days everything was recorded in a studio and the actors had to lip sync their performance, unlike modern ones who suck at this.
The reason? The old stars rehearsed it many times and got it right. One camera multiple takes. If it looks easy, it wasn't.
@@DotGuitarist Yes,you are right,but not in this instance. Director Mitch Leison decided the performance would be enhanced if recorded "live",and
brought the Paramount Studio Orchestra to the set for the occasion! That's why it worked so well.
This song was sung 11 years before I was born and I"m 66 now.Thanks so much
Ed, who exactly gives a shit?
skippbitman I do
mr house???
skippbitman You suck
That's such a beautiful song and scene. The emotions are so genuine. It brings a tear to your eye.
Such a sweet scene; you really get a feeling of a connection between them. And the song is so full of wistfulness and regret, artfully expressed.
yes patricia it made me tear up thinking of you and all we lost. well pat we'll always have "tenderly" ! thanks for the memories---timmy 1955 cshs
Absolutely Brilliant.
There'll never be another Bob Hope. Thanks for the memories Bob.
Yep never well be .... but sure as hell be glad we have this :)
One of the great scenes in cinema history. No wonder Bob made this his theme song. And Shirley was a major talent too bad Hollywood didn't recognize this.
So many years ago, and this song still pulls All your Heart Stings.
Two people obviously broken hearted, and still putting their best face forward.
How many of us have had those loves and lost and meet them again, and yet still both wished things turned out better, and still knowing it never could be ?
Bitter Sweet, but still wouldn't trade a moment ...
Thanks for the memories ! :-)
I want you all to know that I am part of the new generation, and I will not let this be lost.
The Big Broadcast of 1938 was a delightful piece of fluff and this song made watching the movie well worth the while. A moving performance for memories of time lost, time past.
+Steven Torrey It puts me into mind Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold singing their song in Gigi--"I Remember it Well."
Great movie for 1938 and the cast was so special 💯💯👌
This duet is timeless and universal and brings tears to my eyes.
This is a GREAT song - so bittersweet but also moving. So good to see it in context in the movie and with the correct title, too. Thank you VERY much for sharing this clip with us!!!!!
Thanks for all the MEMORIES.. I don't mind saying the tears flow. God Bless all those old vaudeville actors
I agree with their work they made our lives more plesant giving us lighter moments and entertaining us. Regards.
Bob was America .We all have our day in the 🌞
Both Bob and Shirley break out into spontaneous, unscripted laughter at the nylon-stockings-had to shave line at @3:04. She had
a lovely laugh. Notice that Shirley takes a quick peek at the cameraman? director? She sees nothing telling her to 'cut' so the 2 of
them carry on. It's a wonderful moment within a wonderful scene.
Thanks for this. A treasure for sure. Gosh we miss people of this quality and class today. This song and clip-believe it or not- brings a tear to me, thinking of my own memories.
Thanks. Hooray for us.
-Bill
When Director Mitch Leisen first heard the song, he teared up. The song won the Best Song Oscar for 1938. After the 1942 mid-air collision that killed all members of a USO troupe including composer Ralph Rainger, Bob Hope said he would always use this song as his theme song. Ralph Rainger was not only a great composer but a fantastic pianist. scott9445, thank you for posting this.
I love this! After all these years it still brings a tear to my eye.
I miss when he use to do those Bob Hope specials!He use to ding this at the end of everyone! Thanks for the memories Bob ,they don't make them like you anymore!
Always have loved this song. A strong nudge from somewhere brought me here. Even as a child I loved this song. I was an old soul. Thanks.
The lyrics are incredible. When you hear this song out of context you miss the sorrow that fills them.
@yugo...As Betty Hutton once said, it was an age of great writers, Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Parker ("I wished on a moon"), Adolph Green and Betty Comden, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, The Gershwins, Johnny Mercer...the list is long. But all great writers. A wonderful period now, thank God, preserved by RUclips.
Harold Arlen & EY Harburg
It was Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin. You might be thinking of "Over The Rainbow", that was Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg.
Leo Robin is (was) my brother's wife's uncle!
@@ccaammiinniiito2 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart!
It was 10 years ago today that we lost one of the greatest entertainers of all time, Mr. Bob Hope. Thanks for the memories, Bob!
Great video. No one will ever truly understand this video or the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind unless their hearts have been broken.
Thanks for the memories Sir. Mr, Bob Hope. You selfless you entertained troups of U.S. and Allied soldiers to help all of them to remember to laugh for a little while before returning to the nightmare of war.
Bob, you helped us laugh for 60 years. A life well lived. 'thanks for the memories' P.s. my Dad and I loved your self depreciating humor!!
They don't make music like this anymore. Thank you both for the memories. I really hope you're both looking down on us right now.
what a wonderfully fun classic scene, song and performers. Ross had such a fine, distinctive voice, i don't know WHY she didn't make more recordings...
Thanks for the memories....I treasure them always.
These lyrics, and this performance, has a heartbreaking honesty, and goes where few others have gone. So many of us have been here. For me, it was an afternoon tea at Fortnums almost a lifetime ago- stiff upper lip, eyes not quite meeting, and so many things left half said and unresolved.
I remember watching bob's shows from Vietnam and hoping to see someone we knew was there. God bless all Vietnam vets and thank you for your service.
Service to whom?
William Waugh
...Congress
William Waugh Duh, to the Vets. Bob Hope was very, very good to them.
And whom, or what, did the vets serve?
William, are you just stupid or pulling my leg. These men and women serve all of us. The protect our country and help to keep us free compared to China or Korea, or Russia. They risk their lives to keep us safe!!
That really was a good man
THANK YOU BOB HOPE
One of my favorites too, but did you ever read Arthur Marx’s biography of him?
Landmark song for the movie and Bob Hope.❤
Great song, sweet scene. Well done.
Still so meaning full today.
I'm dedicating this to the Continental restaurant formally known as the Waffle House in Indianapolis. Came by this morning and found this sign in the door Thanks for the memories. Couldn't help but cry had so many memories there. You will be missed.
I and a lady friend are dusting this one off to present at a Valentine Day music performance... I've love it since ..well for a long long time.
Thanks for the memories Bob! From all of us!!
Countless lighthearted variations of this Oscar award winning song would become Bob Hope's signature at so many future performances, but here in its original version it is a tale of two former lovers reminiscing about all the joy they shared and lamenting that it had to come to an end. Again, a sentiment that most people can relate to. I tell you what, I think every time I listen to it since the first time many years ago it brings a tear to my eye, but that's the power of a good song.
WONDERFUL!!!! nice memories.
Truly wonderful, a classic song with the great Bob Hope.
This song was everything in its time, thanks for the memories.
Bob's very first move gave us his signature song. Thanks for the memories Bob!
I got to see Bob's show in the Namin 69. And I will tell you this, Bob Hope is my hero. Thanks for the Memory Bob/
I’d never seen the movie, but just from having heard the recording a number of times on the radio, I knew that this is one of the saddest and most beautiful songs ever written.
Thanks so much for posting this.
Nicholas Stix
For this who have forget that the world travel they describe was then very, very rare. My mom had a steam trunk they used on a voyage they never talked about.
I became a fan of Bob Hope when I was 5 or 6. 35 now, as a child you don't realise your heroes are in fact very old or gone. Hope remains one of my favourite comedians, Road to Morocco remains a riot.
This song sure does bring ya back to the good ol days, huh.
love this song..
How sad that movies today are so loud and fast paced. Sometimes the lack ❤️.
When Bob sung this we knew the show was almost over he saved the best for last warm feelings we were left with..... THANK you BOB i guess that's why they called you HOPE
It's memories like this that keeps me well and happy.
Bob Hope is truly a person that can never be replaced. And was the last of his kind.
Thank you for uploading this! This was one of my late dad's favs and it will always be very special for sure! God Bless you! Thanks again*
Genuine class. This kind of entertainment will never be seen again. Shows you what no-talents we have today that pass for stars.
Very nice,, thank you !!!
Bob Hope was huge...Golden era. There was a caddie call at Torrey Pines...leave it to me, went out for the call and if someone had asked what a caddie was supposed to do beyond carry the clubs...crickets. Hope was really late. Everybody was waiting near the first tee, a huge gang of us plus the players. He showed up and someone commented how, "he finally showed up." The person was a somebody with the event. Bob Hope turned just two steps ahead of me...the look was pure, "I am a star, I am Bob Hope, I double dare you to say that again."...all in one look. He was a true humanitarian too with the military shows abroad. Thanks for the memories. At a fund raiser event years later and after his death, his golf putter went for hundreds of dollars.
Am reading his biography where they mention this as the "breakthrough" moment for Bob Hope.
Thanks for posting.
A beautiful and sentimental song. Love it and the performance of Bob and Shirley.
Bob Hope was a class act!
Okay. Brought a tear to my eye...
Wonderful song, wonderful singers. Thanks for posting it.
"You might have been a headache/But you never were a bore..." A friend just emailed me with that message. They had a great deal of worldly wisdom, those lyricists of the 20's & 30's, and brilliant skills. A song about nostalgia that makes one pine away for the past we've never experienced. Lovely, lovely melody. I especially like when he sings something about that weekend in Niagara when we hardly saw the falls, and she closes her eyes recalling their ecstatic sex, speaking the line "How lovely that was..." and his reply, also spoken, "thank you." The genius who directed the song. And the actors/singers: Shirley Ross is wonderful and, well, there's no use underestimating Bob Hope. It's surely one of the great moments in 20th Century popular culture!
Yes!!!! Yes!!!! I was anout to say that...its so clever without being dirty like today standards... We still totally got what they meant!!! I love it!!!
this message is for GOP7 1 I totally agree with you. I'm 52 yrs old and I grew up during the almost ending of wonderful times , I'm thankful I lived and grew up to remember these great stars and the music that transended up to the early 1980's and to the person rhinnawi95 who also made a comment about being fifteen during the 1940's i agree with you either the 1940's or 1950's would have been fine for me. and then pass on by the end of the 1990's , Not missing anything after that.
One of the best old time songs. The lyrics are so catchy cute and funny! Sweet little scene here.
Song means something different here than on all those 70's specials, right? It's a heartbreaker and one of the best..."Whatever happened to those pyjamas?" Her look...ACHE!!! Nothing sentimental about that if you've lived it.
Yup, I feel you brother.
Bob Hope's Christmas Shows in Vietnam "may have been a headache but never were a bore" in pretty much the same way.
That's Bob's signature song. It was often used to introduce him when he appeared on talk shows. Of course, that was before my time
Just perfect. The ups and downs of marriage... and all the memories 😥
A fine old song. What's interesting is, it's about having a memory - something that most people don't have anymore.
Not only is about having a memory, it's about two people who can still be thankful for their memories even though they're no longer together. It's really quite a lovely song / sentiment.
It made me tear up, because my wife has dementia and doesn't remember me after 57 years of marriage.
Thank you for posting and wished I could have been watching this with my dad...😇
And, thank you Scott, for that memory!!!
Bob Hope. Great Guy.
If you only knew...
Honey Chiles ask Cathy OBrian.
Was Bob Hope at Bohemian Grove? That's the million dollar question!
I've been looking for this for the longest time, then I found it. I think I've visited many many times. I listened to this as a child and have never forgotten. Thank you for posting it, and Thanks for the memories.
love this song!
It wasn't until I saw this movie that I knew all the words to 'Thanks for the Memories'. The end of this scene brought tears to my eyes. Didn't see Bob Hope like that much. It's one of my favorite movie scenes, and numbers.
Delores Hope passed away today September 19, 2011 at the age of 102... Prayers & Good Thoughts for their Family & Friends!!! Thank You to the Hope's for all their Memories!!! Thank You to Bob & Delores what they did for the Country, the Troops, & the Coachella Valley... You will be missed! Rest in Peace & GOD Speed!!!
Yes Bob, THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES. ..
Nic to get -memories back- Memories wit tears - are good ones-you are all so welkom... Merry Christmas - 2023..........
Brings tears to my eyes. When simplicity was at it most .
Thank you for the memories...👍
I like this song......
Bob Hope is a National Treasure!
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*''' Thanks For Alll These Classic Evergreen Memories '''. !!!!*
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"We did have fun and no harm was done".... seems this one was lost on the male audience.... and the look in the eye upon Shirley "Surely" tells a different story from the female side..... holy crap what a wonderful moment in American pop culture and most of us that lived and loved our grandparents from this generation really miss the simplicity/love/generosity and earnestness of the feelings from that era feeling morally bankrupt after watching this a third time .... but loving every moment
I don't think it was lost. It was pretty apparent.
@@thomashorton4435 This sikiş on the beth 😉
The best of the best. None like him will pass this way again......
I am not a great fan of Bob Hope, although I acknowledge his greatness, but this is ... great!
One of my favourites, along with Two Sleepy People, same performers I think
Best song ever!!
Thanks for the Memory was the Best Original Song for 1938. Get on your thinking caps and name the winner of the following year.
Good luck.
Sooooo good, thank you.
wow... how lovely that was. Really, live performance on film. I wonder if the orchestra was right off camera of they sang to a recording. marvelous.
I love the way she responds after Bob's line "and I got as high as a steeple". Mmmmm. Too bad it all had to go haywire...
This would be a great song to do on the very last episode of Glee. I simply love it :)
Memories for the present and the future as you cant beat them.
Treasured memories.
Loved Shirley Ross So warm. .Lovely voice expressive face .Sad her career went downhill after this
A classic Ross/Hope moment. There was a Bob Hope compilation CD that came out several years back and included some other great recording with both of them.
Thanks for the Memory
the song resonates with lovers holding bittersweet memories... regardless.