From 1994 article about Bob Hope

Billie Nelson Tyrrell and Bob Hope Doll:

Billie Nelson Tyrell, who owns more than 500 autographed celebrity dolls, smuggled in a doll of the comedian, hoping to get it signed.

"They told me he wouldn't sign it," the Studio City woman said. "That he was only signing the photographs. I stuck it in my purse and pulled it out when I got up there. He signed it on the back. He really seemed to like it."