{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Blackmoor Vituperative","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog","author_name":"bblackmoor","author_url":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/author\/bblackmoor\/","title":"Bob Hope really was funny - Blackmoor Vituperative","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lwrQlIfc7s\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/bob-hope-really-was-funny\/\">Bob Hope really was funny<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/bob-hope-really-was-funny\/embed\/#?secret=lwrQlIfc7s\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Bob Hope really was funny&#8221; &#8212; Blackmoor Vituperative\" data-secret=\"lwrQlIfc7s\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"I don&#8217;t know if kids today even know his name (I feel like such an old fogey sometimes), but Bob Hope in his prime was hilarious. His humor was clever and, for its time, pretty erudite. He was the Dennis Miller of his generation, really. Check out this clip from the 1940 movie Ghost Breakers."}