Bob Mills, who wrote scripts for 85 Bob Hope specials in the 1970s and 1980s, talks candidly with Cruise Director David DeHavilland aboard the Crystal Harmony en route from the Panama Canal to Buenos Aires.В 

It's all here -- the backstage stories of traveling with a movie and TV legend to far-off destinations like Bora Bora, Sydney, Perth, London, Stockholm and ports-of-call in between.В 

The specials that capped NBC's variety show lineup season after season -- the opening of Perth's Entertainment Center, Hope's first visit Down Under since World War II -- the launch of the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, and the Ohio Theater in Columbus -- along with traditional Holiday perennials led by an eagerly awaited annual Christmas outing each December rounded off with the sound of Livingston & Evans's "Silver Bells.".В 

Hilarious behind-the-scenes stories of the guest stars who helped make the "Bob Hope Show" an American favorite for four decades -- Milton Berle, Red Skelton, Danny Thomas, Don Rickles, George Burns, Red Buttons, Jackie Gleason, Morey Amsterdam, Martha Raye, and Rosemary Clooney -- a seemingly endless parade of talent and legend.В 

Tales of laugh-filled sketches with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Lucy, Johnny Carson, Mickey Rooney, Glen Campbell, James Coburn, Loni Anderson, Jonathan Winters, Mac Davis, John Forsythe, George Gobel, Angie Dickinson, Lee Marvin, Don Knotts, Tony Randall, Howard Keel, Mary Martin, and Brooke Shields.

The comedy duets with Sammy Davis, Jr., Steve & Eydie, Barbara Mandrell, Melissa Manchester, Olivia Newton-John, Reba MacEntire, Linda Evans, Barbara Eden, Florence Henderson, Charo, Crystal Gayle, and Mickhail Baryshnikov.

You'll enjoy each and every memory of a bygone era in this 55 minute conversation --В  the DVD of which is still played for passengers sailing aboard Crystal's Symphony and Serenity.

To read FREE sample chapters from Bob Mills's book THE LAUGH MAKERS: A Behind-the-Scenes Tribute to Bob Hope's incredible Gag Writers, go to:В  www.laughmakers.blogspot.com

The book, published by Bear Manor Media, is available at:В  www.bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id370.html

SAMPLE CHAPTERS atВ  www.laughmakers.blogspot.com