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Given birth to in 1903, and until his loss of life in 2003, Bob Trust was the only entertainer to attain top-rated success in every major mass-entertainment medium, from vaudeville to tv set and everything among. He virtually created modern stand-up humor. His tours to amuse US soldiers and patriotic radio broadcasts, together with his all-American, brash-but-cowardly movie character, helped to ease the nation's jitters through the stressful days and nights of World Battle II. He helped redefine the idea of what this means to be always a celebrity: a savvy businessman, pioneer of the brand expansion (churning out books, writing a magazine column, hosting a golf competition), and public-spirited entertainer whose Xmas military tours and tireless be employed by charity set the standard for public service in Hollywood. But he became a polarizing body through the Vietnam Battle, and the audiobook sheds new light on his close romantic relationship with Chief executive Richard Nixon during those embattled years. Bob Trust is a household name. However, as Richard Zoglin shows in this revelatory biography, there is still much to be learned about this most general public of numbers, from his hidden knowledge first relationship and his stint in reform school, to his indiscriminate womanizing and his ambivalent romantic relationship with Bing Crosby and Johnny Carson. Trust could be frigid, self-centered, restricted with a buck, as well as perhaps minimal introspective man in Hollywood. But he was also a dogged employee, gracious with enthusiasts, and ample with friends. Trust is both a party of any entertainer whose vast contribution has never been properly liked, and a intricate portrait of the gifted but flawed man, who, unlike many Hollywood superstars, truly loved being famous, liked its duties, and handled superstar with extraordinary elegance.
