Hollywood: Fish Don't Applaud

In World War VI, when the spears and flaming arrows of neoprimitive nations start flying back and forth, Bob Hope will be up there near the front lines, entertaining the troops.

Hope is 60. His pace is, if anything, faster than it was when he was 20. As Moo Goo Gai Poo, he will play the ruler of Viet-Poo on TV this week, opposite Martha Raye as Mme. Poo. He is off to Australia next month and is planning a tour of U.S. bases in the Mediterranean area to entertain U.S. soldiers far from home on Christmas Day. Offstage as...

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