Stand-up Comedy Greats: Bob Newhart 1969

Reaganite Republican ^ | March 02, 2011 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

"This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills...
I'm not about to screw with it now!"

Bob Newhart (Oak Park, Illinois 9.25.1929) is an American comedian, author, and TV/film actor known for a deadpan style and trademark stammering and hesitant delivery. His hugely successful career spans over four decades, and the man is nothing less than an American comedy legend...

Bob Newhart's career was launched by his 1960 comedy album The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart -which acutally went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains to this day the 20th best-selling LP of any kind... in history. 

Not only did he release an additional ten comedy albums over the next three decades, but Bob Newhart evolved into a huge star with four different TV series, various appearances in films and other television shows.

In college we got together to watch the 1980s Bob Newhart series "Newhart" every Tuesday night, where Bob plays a Vermont innkeeper of "Larry, Darrell, and Darrell" fame- always loved that show.

And here we have a vintage stand up bit of his on 

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1969...


[video here]


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[al baby]

Love him and Emily Hartly was one fine woman

[Reaganite Republican]

Couldn’t agree more, AB

[AU72]

He did it without bathroom humor and ‘F’ bombs.

[Responsibility2nd]

 

 

 

 

Which show was better?

 

 

Answer: Newhart. By a mile.

[oyez]

...deadpan style and trademark stammering and hesitant delivery...

Most of us could identify with that and that tangibility insured his success.

[svcw]

The best series finale ever was when he ended his show about the Vermont bed and breakfast, with Suzan Plachet in his bed.
I think the shows were called Bob Newhart Show and Newhart respectively. (Not sure)

[basil]

I love him, too, but my heart sort of skipped a beat when I first saw this thread.I was afraid it was another obituary. I was relieved when I saw it wasn't, and really enjoyed the clips!

Thanks for posting it.

[basil]

I love him, too, but my heart sort of skipped a beat when I first saw this thread.I was afraid it was another obituary. I was relieved when I saw it wasn't, and really enjoyed the clips!

Thanks for posting it.

[wally_bert]

It was brilliant. I liked both series and it was a neat way to merge them.

[Responsibility2nd]

Did you see Newhart on NCIS about a month ago?

He played an old Medical Examiner who is suffering with Alzheimer’s.

Chilling to watch.

[hinckley buzzard]

Yes. All the great comedians have achieved their success without resorting to cheap profanity and crude sexual jokes. The also rans, on the other hand, leave you wanting to shower off.

[Churchillspirit]

From "The Khrushchev Landing".....

Presenting a bouquet..."Why does it have to be some body's little kid? Why can't we use midgets?"

I've laughed about that for forty years!

[al baby]

nope The Bob Newhart show was imho

[amom]

I remember his record with a section called “The Driving Instructor”. It was absolutely hilarious and had me in stitches every time I heard it. Bob is unique and has such class. Rare.

[al baby]

That was my first thought as well

[BwanaNdege]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwYw2i2icNg

Best Season Finale! - Ever!

[Finny]

Kind of on the same note ... Tim Conway is a much beloved comedian, also kind of dead-pan like Bob Newhart. Tim Conway's son, Tim Conway Jr., has THE BEST [NON POLITICAL] TALK RADIO SHOW ON THE AIR IN LOS ANGELES. Half the fun is Conway Jr. himself and how he inspires all the crew in the studio, from news and weather reporters to board operators, to participate; I'll bet they love him. The other half is in Conway Jr.'s listeners -- it is a blast to hear them call in. Last night, he was asking for ideas on things a guy over 40 shouldn't do; it was hilarious. He also hosts "What the Hell did Jesse Jackson Say?" on Thursday nights. He plays clips of unintelliglbe things said by Jackson, and invites callers to guess what he said. Absolutly hilarious. All kinds of people call in.

It's on KFI AM 640 weeknights 7-10 p.m., and Saturdays 4-7 p.m. It is an absolute HOOT, reminiscent of the great humor of the Newhart-Conway generation.

Off topic sort of -- but I think it fits here because it's all a great continuation of the same kind of comedy that made Newhart(and Conway!) so loveable. Just a heads-up that

[Political Junkie Too]

Yes, and they even gave him a telephone scene.

-PJ

[al baby]

I agree with that it was brillant

[Finny]

Oh, I disagree. They were both funny. Although I must admit, Larry and Darryl and Darryl were fantastic.

Bob Newhart's comedy was so sweet and wonderful.

[Reaganite Republican]

Class act- exactly

[Finny]

I remember his record with a section called “The Driving Instructor”.

Me too -- it's as funny today as it was the first time I heard it.

[Reaganite Republican]

I agree myself... but always run into resistance on that lol

[lysie]

Loved them both.

[Reaganite Republican]

Nope, Bob’s alive and well at 81 to the best of my knowledge!

I do a comedy great at my site every Weds, that’s all... and thx for the kind words Basil

[cripplecreek]

I didn’t get a lot of the comedy when I was a kid but these folks are hilarious. I think my personal favorite is Tim Conway wandering off script.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqE_WmagjY&feature=related

[dawn53]

Totally agree...best ending ever.

I recently saw Bob Newhart on an NCIS episode...he played a retired Dr. w/Alzheimers.

[basil]

No—I missed it. I actually don’t watch much tv these days.

[Larry Lucido]

The video link was a blog. Here’s the correct link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD1MW-nyhxg&feature=player_embedded

Thanks! It was great!

[BuckyKat]

My favorite was a skit he did on SNL interviewing a potentially disgruntled employee at the postal service. The script is here: SNL transcripts

[Excellence]

And totally against type, which proves his skill. How I cried at the end.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Good,clean and very funny.

[BwanaNdege]

Back in 1972 I was at The Basic School, Quantico (TBS teaches new 2nd Lieutenants to lead a Marine Rifle Platoon).

At the start of our first Tactics class, the lead instructor, Maj Porter, walks to the podium wearing a trench coat and German helmet with a mortar shell sticking through it. “Vee hav vays uf teeeching you TAKTIKSsss”!

He then proceeded to introduce his two assistant instructors. Capt. Storm was a dead ringer for Tim Conway, only he did a better “Tim Conway” impression than Tim Conway. For young Marine lieutenants, Tactics is what it’s all about! With these guys teaching we loved the class.

Oh, Maj Porter introduced the third instructor, kind of dark and brooding at first, like Ralph Nader. “Class, this is our other Instructor, Capt. North, Capt Ollie North.” The three of them made the best ever “tag team” tactics instructors!

Those were the days, my friend!

[dfwgator]

The Greatest Bob Newhart skit of them all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1g3ENYxg9k

[Paisan]

Same here.

My first thought was “What?. Is he dead?”

[Dick Bachert]

A true comedy genius. And, unlike some of the alleged comedians of today, no sex or bad language.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zli4AdR3ks

[discostu]

I had picked up the Bob Newhart show on DVD last year or so. I had never realized before watching those shows with my wife just what a dramatic influence the show had on me growing up. But glancing over at my brunette, modestly proportioned, smarter than me wife I was forced to thank Bob a bit. She then bought me a-z bookends like he had in his office for my birthday.

[Chickensoup]

Class, he had class.

[Notary Sojac]

My personal favorite has to be "Introducing Tobacco to Civilization"

You what??
Haha - hahahahahahaha - hahaha!!
You set FIRE to it, huh, Walt???

[Dick Bachert]

Yep. Hard to believe he came out of Chicago. But that was in an earlier time, wasn’t it?

[Yorlik803]

I agree. The People on that show meshed well.
Newhart was Ok....But give me Bob Newhart anytime.

[Yorlik803]

His bit when was a Submarine capt was a riot.

[magslinger]

The Bob Newhart Show, no qustion, although the Newhart finale was great.

[Redleg Duke]

He was terrific in the “Librarian” series...but why did they stop at only three?

[goat granny]

It was kinda sad. He’s still a great actor...

[cyclotic]

I’ve never burst out laughing so hard when Ba da, da da da da da da da da da daaaaa came on.

[Reaganite Republican]

You are indeed correct

And that last episode with the dream sequence was spectacular... I had a party for the last episode and it just brought down the house

[Dunstan McShane]

Yes, and they even gave him a telephone scene.

Didn't he have a telephone scene in Hell Is For Heroes, too, or is my memory going?

[Jack Hammer]

You’re quite correct; they did give him a telephone scene in that flick.