Story Another one of the greats of my younger years gone.
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Aww...
94, though. Wow!
There was a time when I'd watch Mary Tyler Moore Show, then Bob Newhart Show, then Carol Burnett Show. I want to say it was Thursday nights, maybe in the '70s, but I don't remember now. I just remember it was a great two hours of television.
Saturday. My dad and I would go over to his mom's house.
I remember most of these shows.
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The Delphi Bureau / Jigsaw
(Tied with The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie)
(Tied with Gunsmoke)
M*A*S*H was on for a time in that 8:30 slot as well. The first episode of M*A*S*H I ever saw was in that slot. It was the one in which father Mulcahy recited his version of "Mow I Lay Me Down to Sleep." I remember watching Bridget Loves Bernie, too. Meredith Baxter and David Birney played newlyweds, she was Catholic and he was Jewish. The show dealt with all the conflict that caused with their families, etc.
I’m old enough to remember Bob before he had any TV series. As a stand-up, he specialized in pretending to talk on the phone to someone unseen in his low-key way. It doesn’t sound funny until you see it.
As we know, he had two hit series: The Bob Newhart Show (142 episodes) playing a psychiatrist and Newhart (184 episodes) playing a rural innkeeper. There were a few crazy people in the first series, but even more in the second.
Did all of you watch his third series, called simply Bob (33 episodes) playing the artist/creator of a superhero being revived by a bullpen at a small comic book company? I know that I watched all or almost all of the first two series but, for whatever reason, not many of Bob.
Never saw any of Bob, myself. Sounds like an interesting concept.
I did watch Bob, mainly because I would watch any show featuring Newhart. I recall one memorable episode that took place at a con featuring several actual comic book artists. I believe Mark Evanier wrote for the show, he may have written the comic con episode.
As a stand-up, he specialized in pretending to talk on the phone to someone unseen in his low-key way. It doesn’t sound funny until you see it.
I discovered his records some years later. One routine that stands out in my mind is the one about the psychiatrist trying to order new Rorscach test cards by description over the phone.
Oh, that's an incredible idea! I'm going to have to seek that out.
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