--- title: Bob Hope 1943 TIME Magazine Cover Story description: In 1943, Bob Hope was already establishing himself as an entertainment legend among the armed forces canonical: https://time.com/3557328/bob-hope/ author: Lily Rothman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-06T17:00:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:13:36.120Z article:section: History og:title: Bob Hope 1943 TIME Magazine Cover Story og:description: In 1943, Bob Hope was already establishing himself as an entertainment legend among the armed forces og:url: https://time.com/3557328/bob-hope/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10461d69447e1a24/6987643255a859c6b5a83956/bobhopecover1943.jpg?branch=production&width=400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 400 og:image:height: 225 og:image:alt: Bob Hope Cover 1943 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bob Hope 1943 TIME Magazine Cover Story twitter:description: In 1943, Bob Hope was already establishing himself as an entertainment legend among the armed forces twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10461d69447e1a24/6987643255a859c6b5a83956/bobhopecover1943.jpg?branch=production&width=400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Have Tuxedos, Will Travel: How Bob Hope Earned His Reputation > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Nov 6, 2014 5:00 PM UTC  The Sept. 20, 1943, cover of TIME The Sept. 20, 1943, cover of TIME Cover Credit: ERNEST HAMLIN BAKER  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Nov 6, 2014 5:00 PM UTC [In this week’s issue of TIME](http://time.com/3560458/bob-hope-and-the-road-to-utopia/), Richard Zoglin takes a look at how the legendary performer Bob Hope paved the way for the activists of modern Hollywood. As Zoglin — the author of a new book about the comedian, _Hope: Entertainer of the Century_ — points outs, Hope was just one of many celebrities who kept World War II morale high with USO tours, but he managed to establish a lasting connection between his career and the armed forces. Which would not surprise anyone who read TIME’s Sept. 20, 1943, cover story about Bob Hope. As that article recounts, the entertainer was so devoted to the cause that at one point, when it looked like his tour might not happen, he wired a Lieutenant General directly: “WE SING, DANCE, TELL STORIES; HAVE TUXEDOS; WILL TRAVEL; CAN WE PLAY YOUR CIRCUIT?” And the audiences were nothing if not appreciative of the effort: --- > “” --- **_Read the full 1943 cover story here, in TIME’s archives:_** [Hope for Humanity](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,774578,00.html) **_LIFE with Bob Hope:_** [Classic Photos of an American Wisecracker](http://life.time.com/culture/bob-hope-classic-photos-of-an-american-wisecracker/#1) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3557328/bob-hope/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3557328/bob-hope/"},"headline":"Have Tuxedos, Will Travel: How Bob Hope Earned His Reputation","datePublished":"2014-11-06T17:00:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:13:36.120Z","description":"In 1943, Bob Hope was already establishing himself as an entertainment legend among the armed forces","url":"https://time.com/3557328/bob-hope/","keywords":["Comedy","Media","conflict","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10461d69447e1a24/6987643255a859c6b5a83956/bobhopecover1943.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10461d69447e1a24/6987643255a859c6b5a83956/bobhopecover1943.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bob Hope Cover 1943","caption":"Bob Hope Cover 1943","creditText":"Cover Credit: ERNEST HAMLIN BAKER","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3557328/bob-hope/","name":"Have Tuxedos, Will Travel: How Bob Hope Earned His Reputation"}}]}] ```