From the 1998 Emmy Awards: Ignore the first few seconds of this clip. It will soon switch to Jay Leno introducing a salute to classic TV comedians and a "bow" by Milton Berle, Bob Hope and Sid Caesar. Whoever edited this clip also stuck in a few seconds of Johnny Carson at the end.
I remember seeing the Berle/Hope/Caesar spot when it aired and thinking we might be seeing Hope's last appearance — and indeed, within days the tabloids had him on death's door. But this aired 9/13/1998 and he lived until 7/27/03 — almost five years. He was rarely seen on TV though during those years and when he was, he barely spoke. So you can view this as a sad clip in that it sort of represents the end of Hope's career…or a happy clip in that he, Sid and Uncle Miltie got that wonderful ovation from their industry…
