Editing Bob Hope (section)

===1980–1996: Later appearances===
[[File:Gable Grant Hope Niven 1950s.jpg|thumb|left|With [[Clark Gable]], [[Cary Grant]], and [[David Niven]] in the 1950s]]

Hope made a guest appearance on ''The Golden Girls'', season 4, episode 17 (aired February 25, 1989) called "You Gotta Have Hope" in which Rose is convinced Bob Hope is her father. In 1992, Hope made a guest appearance as himself on the animated Fox series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' in the episode "[[Lisa the Beauty Queen]]" (season 4, episode 4).<ref name="Simpsons Season 4"/> His 90th birthday television celebration in May 1993, ''Bob Hope: The First 90 Years'', won an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special.<ref name="Emmys 1993"/> Toward the end of his career, worsening vision problems rendered him unable to read his cue cards.{{sfn|Quirk|1998|p=291}} In October 1996, he announced he was ending his 60-year contract with NBC, joking that he "decided to become a free agent".<ref name="Errico 1996"/> His final television special, ''Laughing with the Presidents'', was broadcast in November 1996, with host [[Tony Danza]] helping him present a personal retrospective of [[President of the United States|presidents of the United States]] known to Hope, a frequent White House visitor over the years.<ref name=scott>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/bob-hope-laughing-with-the-presidents-1200447671/|title=Bob Hope Laughing with the Presidents|first1=Tony|last1=Scott|date=November 18, 1996}}</ref> The special, though different from his usual specials, received high praise from ''Variety'',<ref name=scott/> as well as other reviews.<ref name="Seely 2005"/> Following a brief appearance at the 50th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1997, Hope made his last TV appearance in a 1997 commercial about the introduction of [[Big Kmart]], directed by [[Penny Marshall]].<ref name="K-Mart press release 1997"/>

Hope continued an active entertainment career past his 90th birthday, concentrating on his television specials and USO tours. Although he had given up starring in feature films after ''Cancel My Reservation'', he made several cameos in various films and co-starred with [[Don Ameche]] in the 1986 [[television film]] ''A Masterpiece of Murder''.<ref name="Turner Movies" /> A television special created for his 80th birthday in 1983 at the [[Kennedy Center]] in Washington, D.C., featured President Ronald Reagan, actress Lucille Ball, comedian-actor-writer [[George Burns]], and many others.<ref name="TV.com" /> In 1985 he was presented with the Life Achievement Award at the [[Kennedy Center Honors]],<ref name="Kennedy Center" /> and in 1998 he was appointed an honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent [[Order of the British Empire]] (KBE) by Queen [[Elizabeth II]]. Upon accepting the appointment, Hope quipped, "I'm speechless. 70 years of ad lib material and I'm speechless."<ref name="CBC News" />