To comedians, 'material'--their jokes--has always been precious, worthy of protecting and preserving. On stage, a good vaudeville routine could last years as it was performed on tour across the country. On radio, a year's vaudeville material might be fodder for one week's broadcast. Bob Hope used new material not only for his weekly radio series, but also for the several live charity appearances he made each week.

Looks at America in the period between 1945 and 1950 when the US was in a boom, the Iron Curtain descended and the atomic age began.

The sixth Road picture, this comedy duo play vaudevillians who are run out of town to avoid a double wedding.

Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has gathered Cyrus' 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans' mansion for Cyrus' "reading of the will". To the others disappointment, Joyce is the sole heir, but, due to a streak of insanity running in the family, a second will has been made in case Joyce falls victim to it. This puts Joyce in danger. Suddenly, Miss Lu, Cyrus' maid, appears and warns them that...

Bob Holcomb will do anything to stop his daughter JoJo from tying the knot with her lazy boyfriend, even move her all the way to Sweden. But once they are safely out of the country, JoJo falls for a sly Swedish playboy. Content with a new love of his own and faced with the prospect of more heartbreak for JoJo, Bob makes secret plans for another international trip that should make everyone happy.

While headed to Tangier to purchase a microfilm containing important war secrets, foreign spy Eric Augustine is captured by the authorities. Burlesque comedian Peanuts White, a dead ringer for Augustine, is recruited by the government to take over Augustine's mission. White is briefed, dressed to look exactly like Augustine, and thrust into the world of espionage and international intrigue. In Tangiers problems arise when he meets Lily, Augustine's...

A timid frontier dentist finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity Jane as she fights off outlaws and Indians.

The Jack Benny program (1952): Starring Jack Benny and all his gang with special guests Bing Crosby and George Burns with a cameo by Bob Hope. Jack tells Don Wilson about his Vaudeville days. Bing sings "Gypsy" and takes a wild ride in Jack's hammock. The Jack Benny program (1953): Starring Jack Benny and his gang with special guest Julie London. A young girl who wants Jack's autograph plays the violin better than him and guest Julie London just...

Larry Lawrence (Hope), a Manhattan radio commentator sought in connection with a murder he did not commit, eludes New York police by hiding in a steamer trunk. Soon the trunk and Larry are aboard a ship bound for Cuba, where the trunk's owner, pretty Mary Carter (Goddard), is sailing to take possession of a recent inheritance: a haunted castle.