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Bob Newhart Dies at 94

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This breaks my heart. THANK YOU for the memories and the laughter. Lots of people mourning him today - even the Big Bang cast (as he starred as Professor Proton).
RIP Bob and condolences to his numerous colleagues in the industry, family and friends. :cry:
 
Always the entertainer and never pretentious.

Also was a radio station owner (1290/KZBN Santa Barbara, 1995-2005). Guess what the call letters stood for? :unsure:
 
Growing up, I sat with my parents watching The Bob Newhart Show every Saturday night. I'll never forget just how hard my mom and dad laughed with scenes like when John Ritter played an overly zealous waiter serving Bob and Emily Hartley at an ice cream parlor, when a drunken Bob and a group of equally intoxicated friends order delivery Chinese for Thanksgiving Dinner or when Bob first sits on the day bed Emily had replaced the living room couch with. A year before my dad passed, we had the chance to see Newhart perform live one Saturday night. I remember randomly looking at my watch and realizing that as we were watching him live on stage, it was that same time forty years earlier that we’d have been sitting watching Newhart on that snowy pictured old RCA TV. A great memory right now. I’m thinking ordering delivery Moo Goo Gai Pan would be a great dinner tonight.
 
The best opening sequence in all of television as far as I'm concerned. Great music, visuals and editing. When Suzanne turns around and looks right into the camera & then it cuts to Bob walking in the door, that adds a great touch. RIP buddy.

 
Newhart was an amazing talent and very humble man. His shows were insanely funny in a low key way. I always preferred the show with him as the psychologist. However, the little flip in the end of NEWHART (when he had dreamed he was a Vermont Innkeeper and the cameo from Suzanne Pleshette was brilliant). He brought many people a lot of joy.
RIP...
 
tbolt909 said:
Newhart was an amazing talent and very humble man. His shows were insanely funny in a low key way. I always preferred the show with him as the psychologist. However, the little flip in the end of NEWHART (when he had dreamed he was a Vermont Innkeeper and the cameo from Suzanne Pleshette was brilliant). He brought many people a lot of joy.
RIP...
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Did you ever see him reunite with his old cast after the dream?

The janitors in his building were named Larry, Darryl and Darryl.

I never watched his old series other than that but after the Vermont series I wish I had.
 
My grandparents had Bob Newhart albums and I would play them; As a 7-9 year old kid I didn't "get" his humor per say in recorded form.
Now, their Hudson and Landry, The Smother Brothers and some certain guy named Cosby albums I could click with.

I think his deadpan delivery didn't translate as well on record as it did on "The Bob Newhart Show".
Once I witnessed the visuals of Newhart's "bit" did I fully understand his greatness for the long pregnant pause and the slow burn.
He was truly a masterclass in comedy.

His second series "Newhart" was just as good and I can easily go on record to say had the absolute BEST series finale ever conceived that can only be copied but never duplicated.

We should all order at least 5 Moo Goo Gai Pan in his honor.


But the absolute WORST are my college drinking games memories are forever a bygone as this is the first time I will take a drink for saying "Bye, Bob!" ;(
 
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I think his deadpan delivery didn't translate as well on record as it did on "The Bob Newhart Show".
Once I witnessed the visuals of Newhart's "bit" did I fully understand his greatness for the long pregnant pause and the slow burn.
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I think you're right on the mark with that, Rob. You had to see him at least once and then be able to picture him in your mind while listening to the audio by itself. Once you associated those pauses with him listening to the other end of the conversation, it became easier.

That was his comedic genius. We didn't actually hear the full conversation but his lines after each pause filled in the blank and one could pretty much figure out instantly what those unheard lines were.
 
I seem to remember Bob owned a radio station didnt he? My fuzzy memory says so, but a quick google search doesnt reveal an answer
 
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