My spies have told me that season 1 of Newhart is going to be released in the winter of 2008. Of all the shows based around Bob Newhart (the others being The Bob Newhart Show (1961-1972),
The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978),
Bob (1992-1993)
and the bizarrely-named George & Leo (1997)...
Bob (1992-1993)
and the bizarrely-named George & Leo (1997)...
...Newhart (1982-1980) remains my favorite. Dick Loudon (Newhart) is a writer from New York City who buys an inn in a rural Vermont town populated by colorful locals who exist to exasperate Dick. I like Bob Newhart in all of his roles, which are essentially the same -- a mild-mannered, stammering straight man. A bit like Droopy Dog (minus Droopy's explosions of anger and muscle). As David Hyde Pierce observed, "The only difference between Bob Newhart on stage and Bob Newhart offstage – is that there is no stage."
Trivia -- the last two times that I flew, actress Julia Duffy and celebrated beauty Ngoc Nguyen were on the plane! Imagine my joy!
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Its also amusing that Newhart also had the Album of the Year at the 1961 Grammy Awards for "THE BUTTON DOWN MIND OF BOB NEWHART".... he was also named BEST NEW ARTIST that year.