People, Mar. 17, 1980

The casting call for Bob Hope's NBC-TV special next week was for girls who considered themselves elevens—compared with Bo Derek's ten, of course. Three hundred stunners showed up for six wiggle-on parts in the show, a lighthearted Charlie's Angels take-off about undercover girls in the garment trade. Hope's daughter Linda, the special's producer, made the initial selections; her father, in sport togs and golf cap, did the final choosing. "I went through 150 girls and three pacemakers," chortled Bob, 76. Observed Linda: "For once in his life, he didn't mind being late for...

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