Oh wow! Awesome! Now can you revive a thread that explains wtf "hulu" is?
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 4 April 2008 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
i seriously can't tell if you're trying to mock me or not
― n/a, Friday, 4 April 2008 17:07 (sixteen years ago) link
are you being a. a cock, or b. a moron?
kind of just joking around. i'm not tuomas, i know how to use google, i just felt like posting what my exact first thoughts when reading your post were.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 4 April 2008 17:11 (sixteen years ago) link
although I like the idea that the word "mock" is derived from moron + cock
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 4 April 2008 17:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I've been watching a few TBNS Season 4 eps the last couple of weeks and forgot how often the writers put Bob on the phone, a la the standup days.
Also, Howard Borden is a bit more surreal than your standard Wacky Neighbor.
Bob also says on the commentary that Lorenzo Music (co-creator of the show) tried to get him to speak faster during the pilot, and he replied "Stammering is what got me the house in Beverly Hills."
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 February 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, there's a phone bit in the very first episode. Two, actually, both with an airline reservation desk. And Penny Marshall as a stewardess!
― bien-penisant vibrator (Phil D.), Monday, 7 February 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
also forgot that Dr Hartley's mom was played by Martha Scott, who played Heston's mother in Ben-Hur AND The Ten Commandments!
Season 4 has Tom Poston (twice) as The Peeper, plus "moo goo gai pan" Thasnksgiving ment'd above.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 February 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
man bob newhart is the best
― max, Friday, 21 October 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
this bit kills me every time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVLOiFOBftc
― max, Friday, 21 October 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
one of my coworkers is cousins with Peter Scolari!
my eyes popped out of my head when I learned this detail. He was surprised anyone knew who Peter Scolari was. :( I said they gave the Oscar to the wrong Bosom Buddy.
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
love the dude. had never watched "newhart," started watching them on hulu - first two episodes were amazing and had some surprisingly dark stuff - ep. 1 has bob having to tell the daughters of the american revolution that their ancestors were prostitutes, and ep. 2 has them dealing with an ancient corpse in their basement. things got a little cheesier after that so i lost interest but i should go back and give it another shot.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
kind of strange how Newhart had a supporting cast overhaul after about what, 3 seasons?
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
it did?
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
Another notable guest star was actor Jack Riley, who had portrayed Mr. Carlin, a mean-spirited patient of psychologist Bob Hartley, Newhart's character in The Bob Newhart Show. Riley (possibly playing another character, but acting exactly the same as Mr. Carlin) has a brief encounter with Dick Loudon, who finds him strangely familiar-looking. Dick then speaks to the man's psychologist, who complains about the terrible mental damage done to Riley by "some quack in Chicago", referring to Newhart's previous character. (Riley also appeared as a patient in the psychiatric ward on an episode of St. Elsewhere. He told another patient he is there because his life was ruined by "a quack psychologist in Chicago!")
never saw this one :(
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
also seem to recall it switched from being videotaped to filmed.
xp
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
Julia Duffy replaced Jennifer Holmes in season 2 and plus Steve Kampmann's character left at the end of season 2. Larry, Darrell and Darryl* were introduced in season 2 and became series regulars in season 3.
* I don't know if they actually had different spellings
― do not wake the dragon (DJP), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
He's performing at a casino just outside of Chicago tomorrow night. I keep thinking now is probably the time to see him.
― Maybe more Danson and Galifianakis would help (Eazy), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Larry, Darrell and Darryl* were introduced in season 2
they're in the second episode of season one, bob hires them to get the ancient corpse out of the hotel's basement
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
that was a typo
― do not wake the dragon (DJP), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
i do love me some bob newhart. agree that episodes of most of his shows were hit and miss. but his persona is A+
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 21 October 2011 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
this is pretty obvious but his stand-up shtick (ie the phone calls) is so unique in that he basically makes himself the straight man to an imagined comedian - can't really think of anyone else who does this. it's such a backward idea but plays to his strengths as a performer, essentially turning the straight man into the star. he's got to have an interesting psychology, since he seems perfect to be the actual straight man to a comedian in a partner act, but is intent on being the star himself (see his whole thing about refusing to have a kid in the bob newhart show because he didn't want it to turn into a "dad is dumb" kinda show).
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 21 October 2011 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
TV's New Odd Couple: Sisqo and Newhart
― just sayin, Thursday, 12 July 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
why did that never happen
― I see you, Pineapple Teef (DJP), Thursday, 12 July 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
I remember 'Bob' from the 90s, but not the other one with Judd Hirsch.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 12 July 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
btw Neil Patrick Harris, yes, Bob Newhart was an accountant. #buttoneddownmind
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 September 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
he should do a silent movie, he was hilarious last night without saying a word.
― mizzell, Monday, 23 September 2013 16:59 (ten years ago) link
He looks the same for years now. he guest starred in an episode of The Big Bang Theory, for which he won his first Primetime Emmy Award
Haven't seen his guest spot
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 September 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
it's okay
― You are kind, I am jerkface (DJP), Monday, 23 September 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
90 today
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 September 2019 02:05 (five years ago) link
If you can access it:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/arts/television/bob-newhart.html
― Josefa, Friday, 6 September 2019 02:56 (five years ago) link
that interview was wonderful, especially this:
On your 1980s sitcom “Newhart,” you had one of the most famous finales in TV history, waking up to discover the entire show was a dream.Some people felt cheated. They devoted eight years of their life and it turns out none of them existed.What’s your response?O.K.
Some people felt cheated. They devoted eight years of their life and it turns out none of them existed.
What’s your response?
O.K.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 6 September 2019 03:22 (five years ago) link
'Tis the day for TBNS S4 E11, "Over the River and Through the Woods."
― Sporting with the Fbclid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
if Howard Borden was my neighbor i would have him arrestedhe is an idiot and a menace DO NOT LET HIM IN YOUR APARTMENT BOB HE IS A NIGHTMARE (but i love the actor bcz I Dream Of Jeannie)
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 March 2024 03:56 (six months ago) link
seriously, I started watching reruns of this recently, for the first time since I was a kid, and it never occurred to me how freakin annoying and boundary-less dude he is… “here I’ll just pop into my neighbors house with my new upright bass”I had forgotten how sweet and funky the theme tune is.
― brimstead, Thursday, 14 March 2024 15:28 (six months ago) link
I've been watching an episode each week--this show is relentlessly brown! It's a shame no one has given it a remaster--both the streaming and DVD episodes look subpar, especially when compared to Columbo. (Although the latter is blu-ray, so perhaps an unfair comparison). My Mary Tyler Moore sets also look a little pixelated.
My favorite bit of the theme is when it slows down in the middle, with the tinkly piano.
― blatherskite, Thursday, 14 March 2024 15:37 (six months ago) link
I would also be uncomfortable with Howard Borden being my flight navigator.
― Josefa, Thursday, 14 March 2024 15:37 (six months ago) link
Have we mentioned the excellent use of this shop in the "Hi Bob!" episode of For All Mankind when the three of them are all alone together on Jamestown Base?
― Don’t Want to Say Goodbye Jumbo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 March 2024 16:57 (six months ago) link
otm! i think about that all the time
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 March 2024 18:15 (six months ago) link
Shop = show. My autocorrect needs an autocorrect
― Don’t Want to Say Goodbye Jumbo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 March 2024 19:05 (six months ago) link
I can't think of anyone else to have done the thing Newhart did in his old phone-call routines where ... it's just a solo straightman! Alone on a stage, reacting to implied dialogue. Totally agree with Nick in his thread start about how this made the sitcoms interesting: they have a straightman so good he doesn't even need comedy to react to, so they can just set up a mundane awkward conflict and it's more than funny enough to watch the guy just stand there in it. I can think of a few performers you could kind of do this with today, but I can't picture any television brave enough to actually try it.
― ን (nabisco), Thursday, 14 March 2024 21:42 (six months ago) link
nabisco otm!
― Don’t Want to Say Goodbye Jumbo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 March 2024 21:49 (six months ago) link
Peter Sellers was brilliant when he did something similar in Dr. Strangelove. By then, Newhart's phone bits were already well-known and massively popular, so one wonders if it came to mind when they wrote that scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO7O7meqZlo
― birdistheword, Friday, 15 March 2024 00:47 (six months ago) link
FWIW, a cursory search shows that Newhart's a big fan of the film, especially due to Sellers's performance (paywall prevents me from seeing whether he mentions the aforementioned scene).
― birdistheword, Friday, 15 March 2024 00:54 (six months ago) link
Never thought of that before (or did I?) but it makes sense.
― Don’t Want to Say Goodbye Jumbo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 15 March 2024 01:35 (six months ago) link