 Bob
Hope Christmas Special - NBC TV
In 1985, Bob Hope was preparing another one of his annual Christmas Specials.
This type of show was one of the last true variety shows of it's kind and
the last of an era. For Special Costume Artist's like myself it was a
joy in that I was given a chance to create some wonderful Fantasy Characters to
entertain the public with. For
this skit Bob, and his celebrity guests, Brooke Shields and Emmanuel Lewis
were called upon to play a group of unsold dolls left behind in a toy shop
window after the seasonal Christmas rush had come and gone.
Reminiscent of the latest Cabbage Patch Kids at the time, the scene was filled
with familiar jokes and included a soft shoe song and dance number that the
three actors performed as a finale to the piece. After
the costume designer designed the type of costumes the dolls would be wearing
for the segment, the dolls themselves were designed and produced by me with the
aide of a couple of NBC costumers to expedite the finished figures. Television,
in the mid 80's was still at this time a wonderful place to work where
given a bit of inspiration you could really have fun using the media to
present a little old world trickery and spread a little holiday cheer at the
same time. Below are a
couple of production stills and a behind the scenes look at the magic in the
making. Enjoy....MB
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