From left: Actress <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Eden" class="extiw" title="en:Barbara Eden">Barbara Eden</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope" class="extiw" title="en:Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a>, Apollo 7 astronauts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donn_F._Eisele" class="extiw" title="en:Donn F. Eisele">Donn F. Eisele</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Walter_Cunningham" class="extiw" title="en:R. Walter Cunningham">R. Walter Cunningham</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_M._Schirra" class="extiw" title="en:Walter M. Schirra">Walter M. Schirra</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/PaulHaney.html">Paul Haney</a>, NASA's "Voice of Mission Control". 
<p>This undated photograph shows entertainer Bob Hope, who died July 27, 2003 at the age of 100, with the crew of Apollo 7: Wally Schirra, Walter Cunningham and Donn Eisele. Actress Barbara Eden and Paul Haney, NASA's "Voice of Mission Control" joined Hope -- a pioneer in the television industry -- at the Johnson Space Center during an evening program honoring the crew, which broadcast the first live television from space.
</p><p>Hope and NASA crossed paths many times, as the comedian and actor often featured astronauts on his television specials and tours to entertain the U.S. military. At a 1991 dinner for the original Mercury astronauts, the <i>Washington Post</i> quoted Hope as saying, "It's tough to play golf with astronauts. They count backwards."
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From an episode of <i>The Bob Hope Show</i>, broadcast November 6, 1968. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.tv.com/the-bob-hope-show/november-6-1968/episode/1226230/summary.html">[1]</a>
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1968-11-06
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