"Although one of the principals in "My Favorite Spy" attempts to devastate Bob Hope's stock in trade by facetiously inquiring, "have you ever seen him act?", Paramount's energetic buffoon is in no danger of losing his license. For this latest escapade, now at the Globe, is designed for that comic's talents and any serious histrionics which crop up are purely coincidental. Mr. Hope and company are merely tossing the quips around with great abandon and also indulging in some of the corniest slapstick extant so that the story about a burlesque comedian, who is sent to Tangier to double for a dangerous international spy, is likely to be lost in the frantic goings-on. It doesn't matter much."
-- New York Times Review for My Favorite Spy, Published: December 26, 1951
-- New York Times Review for My Favorite Spy, Published: December 26, 1951
The "world premiere" of My Favorite Spy took place in Bellaire, OH, in the living room of Anne Kuchinka, an Ohio housewife who won a letter-writing contest sponsored by Hope's radio show in which participants gave reasons why the premiere should be held in their home.