― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 15:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Howard: "He said 'Moo goo goo goo!'"Bob [in mock-hauteur]: "Maybe I'm ordering Chinese baby food."
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 15:42 (nineteen years ago) link
Holy shit, Carol = Edna Krabapple! I never made that connection, but of course, that voice!
― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 15:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 15:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 15:49 (nineteen years ago) link
The first season is new on DVD.
I find TBNS waaay less self-congratulatory than Seinfeld.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Actor Sizemore fails drug test with fake penis (jingleberries), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon Jones Reynolds (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 16:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link
I even remember, sometimes, when I would have a really awful day at school, I would actually think about that show and that character and try to remind myself that it wasn't me that was crazy, it was the school (turns out, of course, that it was both).
― Scott CE (Scott CE), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 21:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 21:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 19:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 19:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 19:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 9 May 2005 14:51 (eighteen years ago) link
"You can't do it You can't do it You can't conquer a Whale!"
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 May 2005 15:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 9 May 2005 15:04 (eighteen years ago) link
I guess Ray Romano is supposed to be an example of this, but it's not funny *at all*.
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 9 May 2005 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 9 May 2005 15:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Leon Federline (Ex Leon), Monday, 9 May 2005 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 9 May 2005 16:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 9 May 2005 16:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Monday, 9 May 2005 16:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 9 May 2005 16:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 9 May 2005 21:18 (eighteen years ago) link
This PBS retros of Newhart's career airs tonight in most of the country... I never realized how 'overnight' his success was as a standup... he got the Best Album Grammy (not comedy album -- the major award) for his FIRST live club engagement.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― dave k, Thursday, 21 July 2005 04:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Thursday, 21 July 2005 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link
I love Newhart's response to an Emily Gets Pregnant script: "Very funny; who will you get to play Bob?"
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 July 2005 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― M. White (Miguelito), Monday, 25 July 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 21:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 21:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 21:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 3 August 2005 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Aside from the fact that some of his jokes were just fucking terrible (of the "asians eat dogs" and "women are bad drivers" variety)
OTM in the first case (I cringed), but I demur on the second (The Driving Instructor bit was the only classic he did from the first 2 albums, I think). What can one reasonably expect from a guy who started writing jokes 50 years ago? It was a different culture. He also had a canny setup bit when he initially drew groans from women in the audience:
"Some of you think it's sexist? OK, I can adjust. We'll make it a Chinese driver. [Sits in chair and begins to speak in pidgin Chinese.] Now I can do this for the next 8 minutes, or..."
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 March 2006 14:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 27 March 2006 15:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 27 March 2006 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 27 March 2006 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish ubermensch dishwasher sundae (kingfish 2.0), Monday, 27 March 2006 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 27 March 2006 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 27 March 2006 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 27 March 2006 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 27 March 2006 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 27 March 2006 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
TV's New Odd Couple: Sisqo and Newhart
― just sayin, Thursday, 12 July 2012 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
why did that never happen
― I see you, Pineapple Teef (DJP), Thursday, 12 July 2012 21:27 (eleven 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 (eleven 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 (four 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 (four 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 (four 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
I would also be uncomfortable with Howard Borden being my flight navigator.
― Josefa, Thursday, 14 March 2024 15:37 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
otm! i think about that all the time
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 March 2024 18:15 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link
nabisco otm!
― Don’t Want to Say Goodbye Jumbo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 March 2024 21:49 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month 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 (one month ago) link