Labels:clothing | man | text | person | letter | newspaper OCR: room to rest up before the show because he was getting over a bad cold and didn't feel well. He also confided in a mischievous tone that he needed to go over his material since he hadn't performed in concert in over five months and was a bit rusty He returned later that evening. about ten minutes before he was scheduled to go on stage. Heading directly to the backstage area, he looked around for a moment and then walked into a utility closet to study his notes one last time. He emerged in a couple of minutes and sat down alone in the dark on a folding chair, waiting for his introduction. All of a sudden, a police officer appeared out of nowhere, shined a light right into Hope's face and gruffly demanded to know what he was doing there. Instantly realizing his mistake, he gushed, "Gee, it's Bob Hope. Hey, can I have your MENU