Bobby Fischer Meets Bob Hope -- Hilarious!

[Music] ford presents the bob hope special starring bobby fisher [Music] [Music] ladies and gentlemen since the time limit is about to expire i am declaring myself the winner which i just did by laying down my opponent's king this symbolically says the king is dead not yet he isn't [Applause] you are too late i'm the new champ you know you are funny okay i'll give you a break i'll let you lose gracefully there are no cameras out there just as we agreed are you comfortable yes thank you how about the noise does it bother you no no that's why i like it here the audience is so quiet bobby you're incredible you know you're world champion and only 29 you've beaten men a lot older than yourself just because the man's older doesn't mean he's smarter [Music] now i know why spasti got sick is it true bobby the chest develops the mind i suppose so but you don't need it you have one of the sharpest minds i've ever encountered oh really where'd you get that idea when i read the contract bobby you made it to the top how does it feel to be up there it's been a long tough battle but it's a great thrill to be the best in the world at what you're doing to be the king to wear the crown i know really how do you know well i once did a margarine commercial i guess you were always destined to be a chess wizard huh probably but you know how it is you couldn't have been anything but a comedian i bet you were the high school clown oh yeah for 10 years i guess you have to be really dedicated to master chess that's true you've got to give up everything make chess your whole life how about girls i had a date last night no kidding how'd you do great i beat her in four moves there was a lot in the papers about you holding out for a bigger cut of the purse were you misquoted all that talk about money money money money the important thing to me is what a person gets out of playing the game and what's that money bobby i heard that all through your match you were getting advice from henry kissinger is that true that's right did it help it will if i meet jill st john well how did you and boris spassky get along he's a nice guy bob but we spoke very little to each other in the morning he'd say you're late and in the evening i'd say checkmate all right should we start the game i'm ready okay my move that's the way i play i hate a slow player [Music] say this is an interesting position i'd like to study in a moment go ahead study [Music] say is it true that some players try to destroy your concentration with noisy distractions who would do a thing like that oh i don't know i've just heard that you know that there are some spoilsports who wants to win at any price [Music] if you're properly trained you don't hear it really [Applause] where'd you train at the laura scutter potato chip factory [Music] congratulations you mean i've got a checkmate no you've got gin you

Channel: SereneThought

Views: 1,442,620

Keywords: Bobby Fischer (Chess Player), Bob Hope (Celebrity), Chess (Game), Spassky, Comedy, Hilarious, Reykjavic

Id: LSWau3pTyIg

Length: 6min 38sec (398 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 18 2015

Reddit Comments

[u/ojchahine6]

Spoiler alert, things went down hill from here.

[u/[deleted]]

This puts a smile on my face every time.