His greatest Gag was getting the people of the United States to consider him an American.
He was British. He was born in Britain.

"shows you how stupid Americans are!!!!!"
Funny, Bob Hope was born in England.

When I was growing up (high school in late '60s, college in early '70s), Hope was still active but was considered a pretty unfunny joke to people my age. He was mainly known for crappy movies and TV shows filled with smarmy patriotism (of the "America, love it or leave it" variety; sound familiar?). However, as I got older and became more interested in Golden Age movies, I discovered the comedies that Hope made in the '40s and early '50s. He is not just funny, he was brilliant. BTW, I don't know if any of the naysayers here are Woody Allen fans, but Woody might not have had as much of a career, or at least a very different one, if not for Hope; in his early films, Woody is obviously very influenced by Hope's boastful coward character from the '40s.

I know I sound like an interview some comedians gave on TCM, but Hope, like Jack Benny, had a gift for approximating his timing on a movie set with no audience to laugh.
"It's the system, Lara. People will be different after the Revolution."

Now, now, be nice; especially since today is Veteran's Day here in the United States. Bob went out of his way to entertain troops in three wars.
"A .22 caliber mind in a .45 caliber world"
Guess I'm talking about you, Cult.

Not only are you wrong, but you're not even a particularly good troll.
Oh and by the way, on a completely unrelated note, your review of Inglorious Basterds was equal parts laughable and pathetic.
Stop crying, you snivelling ass! Stop your nonsense. - Daniel Plainview

Bob Hope is very popular all over the world. Many people of all ages and nationalities enjoy his films. He was a great actor and very funny.

His jokes are very old, then again he has been dead a fair while.

I agree, to some point. I do agree 100% with Dick Cavett's opinion. Bob Hope (in the early day's, say, 1938-1952) was extremely funny. Some of his comedies were really funny, and then again, some of them were very difficult to watch.
For example, "My Favorite Brunette" (1947, in my opinion, is one of the greatest comedies ever filmed. He was at the top of his game, great one-liners and a great cast (Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr., Dorothy Lamour, to name a few). Of course, there were the "Road Movies" with Bing Crosby, some were really good, and others were a bit lame.
The thing is with Bob Hope, he was an entertainer of his generation. Back in the 1960's and 70's, I think the younger generation didn't find him funny at all. They had their own comedians, who spoke their own language. Even as a teenager, I would rather listen to Richard Pryor or George Carlin, than a Bob Hope monologue.
As a got older, I began watching the comedies from the 40's and 50's and found some of them quite hilarious. Still, to this day, I love the Marx Brothers and continue to watch their movies. Of course, my faves will always be the Stooges. One thing the above comedy groups had (Marx Brothers/Stooges/even Abbot & Costello) was that they are timeless. After all of these years, some of the films they did were actually very funny. Yet, they knew when their careers were finished and stopped. Age and sickness certainly had a lot to do with it as well. With Bob, he just kept on doing it. He always had an audience, have to give him that much. No matter, he did have some good movies and that is what matters, to movie fans.

just watched Dick Cavett on Bill O'Reilly (I know I know if it's on Fox than its worthless) and Dick Cavett said Bob Hope was a truly great comedian in his day- the problem was he stayed too long

more like 10 but he is correct in a way - Hope's humor is very dated - I was a great fan of his but now I cringe at the hokey humor and vaudeville delivery style - but that is now back then he was an icon

You must be 12.