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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[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.

[Excellence]

I never saw those. We don’t have cable. I’d rent or even buy them if they were available, but it doesn’t look like it.

[Dunstan McShane]

Thanks. I can trust my memory at least a little longer.

[Redleg Duke]

iTunes has the third in the series.

[magslinger]

Netflix. They were on my queue before this thread.

[Excellence]

Thanks, I’ll check it out.

[magslinger]

I recently told cable to get lost and joined Netflix. I am now watching more television, enjoying it more and paying a lot less.

[Excellence]

The ex has a t.v. that connects directly to the ‘net and links to Netflicks. I think I’ll look into that. Thanks for the tip.