Bob Hope-Buttons and Bows

[zuditaka]

Bob Hope seems to be doing an early sorta form of RAP music!! Very well, actually!

[RichMatarese]

Singing cowboy Roy Rogers was actually named Leonard Slye, born in Cincinnati. His persona was HEAVILY marketed, and he found that he couldn't go anywhere in cowboy hat and duds without being mobbed by fans.

Getting a bit sick of it, he decided to try taking the train while wearing a regular business suit. To his delight, he "passed."

Then he bumped into a friend from his old Cincinnati neighborhood, who greeted him with:

"Leonard Slye!" Then peered at him. "Where in helll you bin?"

[Scoonertuna]

Bob Hope is awesome!

[wingully]

one great show man BOB HOPE good to watch on those black and white T.V SHOW'S

[TheOversizedPumpkin]

This is good

[AltonJB1984]

nice song great actor

[indydude100]

I always loved this movie. =D

[CyBeRdEmOn1234]

Today we call those women whores

[mnmcv1]

oh my. Bob breaks into overdubbed spanish at 3:20!

the one of Bob in The Paleface is nice, but i prefer the Son of Paleface version- you got Jane and Roy harmonizing- its really good, even with Bob jumping in ("kissed a girl when i was 10, darned if i ain't ready again"). Right after this he DOWNS a massive glass of some drink called "No Use Killing Two Horses", wish it was on here.

PS- i can't get past the damn legs on Jane Russell. She must be the reason they called 'em gams back then.

[dandanthetaximan]

@mnmcv1 The Son Of Paleface version is on here! It's right after the version from The Paleface. You should watch the whole posted video before commenting.

[mnmcv1]

@dandanthetaximan- i DID watch the the whole video, which is why I made the comment about Russell's legs. The moment i mentioned @ 3:20 is IN that version!

To quote my comment, "Right after this he DOWNS a massive glass of some drink called "No Use Killing Two Horses", wish it was on here."

The "wish it was on here" was Bob downing that drink (which immediately follows the song in the movie). It was NOT for the song itself.

You should have re-read my comment before commenting. :)

[DogmanIsReal]

Just watch the movie The Paleface on AMC channel, what a good movie that was I even enjoy this song as well.

[Angelah2528]

Thank you for posting this video. I love this song!

[19ontario]

I love to watch this man as a child. Even still today. True talent.

[deansgirl4evr]

I first heard Alice Faye sing this but Bob sure puts his own twist on it. Thank you. Jane we will miss you.

[Potomacstud]

Goodbye Ms Russell , you will be missed :(

[beki611]

@Potomacstud Indeed she will be greatly missed.

[92balthazar]

Rest in Peace Jane Russell

[Starrman69]

Jane sure had a set of legs!! Harvard is a school???

[popcorn526]

@hedgehoggy1993. Me too, lol. I love Frasier!

[StaticFalconar]

A taco show, something and something and buttons and bows.

[pastaglory]

An old wind up doll from my great grandmother got me here, I have had it forever but never knew the song until today, I and I love it!

[hongpingmike]

mafia 2 brought me here

[Hedgehoggy1983]

@hongpingmike

Frasier season 3 episode 16 at about 20:17 brought me here

[tejastiger61]

Thanks a million ........ for posting .... you have great comic taste.... Well done.....

For taking the time to share .... For your kind deed you will recieve good karma for the entire .....2010 and 2011 college football season......

[BritishAlienCompany]

Loved this song for years and Bob Hope sings it wonderfully! :d xxx

[bulkers4000]

classic

[MsBedwell]

I havent seen this since I was 7 years old. What a treat - brings back such lovely memories. Thank you.

[nancyfloressantos]

A treasure.

[don909able]

i prefer frasiers version

[lintburn]

@don909able lmao dippity dopitty dapitty dooeeeeeeeeeeees!

[Hedgehoggy1983]

@don909able

Hahaha, me too :) "Something and something and buttons and bows" :D

[carolbull57]

ive been yours for years bob you just never knew or ever will know it

[katerush]

my kinda man ... in his own words......im the brute who`s wrecking the jails, chewin the bars,and spittin out nails...... i wear cayote underwear, i use bullets to button my clothes,and tie my shoes with rattlesnake bows...ohh speak german to me you animal!!haha

[ZeldaQueen64]

When I was a kid, I had a music box shaped like a sewing machine which played this song. No lyrics of course. I loved that old music box so much...

[thebrujaisbackagain]

i like this song of course, but my fav song from the paleface is that one "meet ya round the corner". i wish someone would put that up ! please!

[sirfestus]

A million indians, and one coward. "There loaded, wish I was too"

LOL. Great movie.

[bogeybabb]

Love that movie, love Bob Hope.

[Juliaflo]

Arguably, a song deserving of its Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Those of you who would like a musical revue centered around the songs of Livingston and Evans, raise your hand.

[plasmatv]

Dorothy LaMour & Bob Hope.

[TrixtheRaccoon]

I love this song! More music these days should be like this.

[Gnillob802]

Button and Bows won The Palface its only Academy Award (Best Original Song). Bob Hope sung at least one song in almost all his films and while Bing Crosby was the more popular singer, Bob Hope actually sang in more films! Bob Hope also introduced the Christmas classic Silver Bells in the movie The Lemon Drop Kid. By the way, The Paleface was loosely inspired by the life of western author Zane Grey who was a New York Dentist who traveled west to explore the land with Teddy Roosevelt.

[Darcy5477]

lmao, i love bob, he's hilarious

[melissawells]

what chords is roy rogers playing?????

[magovenor]

Such a fun movie to watch whenever Bob moves in for a kiss,whack!

[highhatcharlie]

Great!!!

[highhatcharlie]

still know all the words....

[sommergold2]

a timeless classic!

5 stars *****

it reminds me of an old cowboy song. I will upload it for you to compare.

Greetings from a German Western fan,

Rolf

[sommergold2]

Now the video response is there! Please note that the old song is like a "mirror image" to Bob Hope's song: instead of a homesick city man in the West, we have a homesick cowboy in the big city!

I'm pretty sure Bob Hope or his songwriter KNEW the other song and played an ironic twist on it!

Greetings,

Rolf

[leslielikesbob]

Hope introduced a lot of memorable tunes in his pictures. Even in the early two-reelers you'll hear tunes that you never would have guessed came from those films. I collected them all at his bobontv website. Timeless entertainment.

[springerjkreb]

OMG! I haven't heard this song in ages! I used to love this song, even named my two dogs Buttons and Bows! Thank you!

[HisSoc]

First movie was Paleface second was Son of Paleface

[lisamariemick]

wat was da name of this movie again????

[eleventhdr]

Just to prove that Bob could do it straight when he wanted and had to he's alright in the frist part of this video!

[7beers]

Nice tune, but Bob's voice does absolutely nothing for me.

[rblasco1970]

That's 'cause you've gone crazy . . . lol

[queenievenus]

I have'nt heard this song since I was a child, lovely to hear it again.

[NatalieDiego]

yeppers this is from two different movies

[lisamariemick]

can any1 please tell me what the name of this movie is i remember seeing it as a child and id lik 2 get it on dvd i just cant remember what it is called please can any1 help? xxxx

[NatalieDiego]

paleface and son of paleface

[lisamariemick]

wat is der 2 movies

[stelloyd90]

t who goes back to the place where his father was the hero his father was in the first paleface lol if u can understand that lol

[stelloyd90]

sorry i messed up on that comment

[onehundredthree]

Bob Hope forever!

[alex3l]

Thanks for the Memory

[kotaro1959]

The memory of the movie which I watched

in a childhood.

[Buttons61]

Thanks for this so much!

My Dad used to sing this to me all the time!

[Leandertheoffender]

God I love Bob Hope. He looks just like Paul Revere (seriously -- look at that one portrait of paul revere)

[Mr2000Watts]

Bob Hope is one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived! Shame he had to die, especially after his 100th birthday. Long live Bob Hope in our memories. Thanks for the memories Bob!!