Bob Hope: [on being on a CBS show] I feel like Zsa Zsa at a P.T.A. meeting.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Bob Hope compares feeling out of place at a TV show to a celebrity at a school meeting.
- In plain terms
- He feels like a celebrity at a boring meeting.
- What can you take from it?
- Contrasting environments highlights feelings of alienation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we feel out of place?
- How do metaphors help explain feelings?
Another view
The comparison relies on knowing who Zsa Zsa was which dates it.
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