1938THANKS FOR THE MEMORY Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Bing Crosby Since I live in this area I loaded up neighbor kids in one of my long and roomy classic cars a 1956 Imperial Hardtop Southampton.We hit every star home here in this great city of stars...Bing Crosby lived next door to BOB HOPE and after that was Walt Disney's house, turning the corner was Henry Winkler, Joann Worley, Denver Pyle, Gene Hackman, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Jennifer Beals, Miley Cyrus, Hillary Duff, Jonas Brothers, Ashley Tisdale, Demi Lovato, Zac Efron, Jennifer Love Hewitt...many more stars of Tv and film and soap opera's live on these streets as there's no hustle and bustle like Beverly Hills and is very quiet and laid back...Frank Sinatra and Aviator Amelia Earhart lived in Toluca Lake on the same street...Bing Crosby his neighbor hung out together...Ronald Reagan's wedding reception was at William Holden's house...Surrounded by studios, Universal, Warner Brothers, NBC, and Disney Studio Headquarters you can star gaze at every restaurant...cocktail lounge, or grocery store where you see so many big stars on tv daily or in films... This house reduced to 23million from 27.5million with 15,000sf, 8 bedrooms and 8 baths and 6 acres of lush grounds a rare find here...Walled and gated, the property includes a two-bedroom guesthouse and staff quarters. The living room features walls of glass framing a landscape of gardens, a putting green and a pool. Picture 1 is an aerial view of Bob's house in Toluca Lake California...On the grounds of the home that Bob Hope and his wife, Dolores, built in 1939, you'll find a formal rose garden and other planting areas, a single-hole golf course, an outdoor pool and a glass-enclosed indoor pool, 4,000-square-foot staff quarters, a two-bedroom pool house and of course the main house with elevator, 15,000 square feet... 2. Main Gate Entrance where I parked and walked up the driveway 3. Entrance door where Bob gave out Memorabilia not CANDY to each child including me each Halloween... I saved everything unopened with his Caricature on it and written was 'Thanks For The Memory' his theme song since 1938...and it was signed also...I treasure them as Bob was the finest Humanitarian I have ever known receiving over 1500 awards and Entertainer of the Century... I had friends who worked for him for decades on his shows and USO tours to WAR ZONES at Christmas time...he entertained the troops with bombs going off risking his life and his crew... 4. Double-height Foyer with stairs arching over the entry doors... the view is over-looking the motor court front entrance... 5. Ornamented entry doors entering expansive living room 6. Living room 7. View of the lush backyard 8. Stone fireplace and bar area 9. Chess area 10. Curved wall of glass overlooks garden area 11. Dining room 12. Library with fireplace 13. Kitchen 14. Breakfast nook with garden view 15. Master bedroom wing with 4 bedroom suites 16. Master bedroom 17. Her dressing room and includes his and hers bathrooms 18. Study Room Office 19. Office with balcony overlooking backyard 20. Guest Suite,sitting area with fireplace 21. Sitting area and balcony with back view 22. Portrait Memories in show biz 23. View from upstairs balcony overlooking golf coarse and sand trap 25. Catwalk overlooking gardens and backyard 26. Balcony overlooking backyard and pool area...post and beam patio sitting area 27. Outside Patio and expansive grounds 28. Patio with curved glass windows 29. Dusk view backyard 30. Golf coarse 31. Sand Trap 32. Outdoor Pool 33. Outdoor and indoor pool 34. Indoor pool and jacuzzi 35. Back yard, golf coarse and flower gardens 36. Formal Signature Rose garden 37. Formal Signature Rose garden 38. The HOPE Gardens Thanks for the memory Of rainy afternoons, swingy Harlem tunes And motor trips and burning lips and burning toast and prunes How lovely it was! Thanks for the memory Of candlelight and wine, castles on the Rhine The Parthenon and moments on the Hudson River Line How lovely it was! Many's the time that we feasted And many's the time that we fasted Oh, well, it was swell while it lasted We did have fun and no harm done And thanks for the memory Of sunburns at the shore, nights in Singapore You might have been a headache but you never were a bore So thank you so much. Thanks for the memory Of sentimental verse, nothing in my purse And chuckles when the preacher said "For better or for worse" How lovely it was Thanks for the memory Of lingerie with lace, Pilsner by the case And how I jumped the day you trumped my one-and-only ace How lovely it was! We said goodbye with a highball Then I got as "high" as a steeple But we were intelligent people No tears, no fuss, Hooray! For us So, thanks for the memory And strictly entre-nous, darling how are you? And how are all the little dreams that never did come true? Aw'fully glad I met you, cheerio, and toodle-oo And thank you so much.

• published: 16 Jan 2015
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