Bob Newhart is DEAD TO ME!

Huge loss. What a talent and such achievement in his career.

I was thinking about him just a few days ago. Age 94 is one hell of a long run. His marriage to wife Ginnie last 60 years; she passed away just last year.

RIP Bob, thanks for all the laughs.

I agree, R1.

We know

Fuck, all these people I like are checking out. Why can't some MAGAts drop dead?

Love him so much! Just a genius, I still watch his original show whenever I get the chance. His timing and delivery are impeccable. Rest in Peace, you wonderful, funny, man.

And why isn’t the original - and the best - “The Bob Newhart Show” available to stream anywhere without purchasing individual episodes?

Such an amazing show and one of the best apartments in TV history.

He was great--no one could do dry delivery the way he could.

Read his autobiography, it's great. I just love him so

He was never funny. Ever.

This is sad. My college roommate and I watched The Bob Newhart Show almost every night on Nick at Nite.

Just looked up photos from his wedding day back in the 60s and he looked old enough to be his brides father! Cant believe he was only 10 years older

This one hits hard, Bob was always my favorite comedian. Part of his talent was that he made you believe you might be funny, because if a boring guy like him could make you laugh then maybe you could be a comedian too. I hate people who say sappy shit like this but here you go: I hope he and Ginnie are on an adventure vacation with Don and Barbara Rickles some where.

He was a heavy, heavy chainsmoker for decades and played golf all of the time. His dark tan was not what his skin was meant to do. I thought he was sexy tho

Thank you OP for making a proper death announcement.

I actually "met" him briefly. I was standing in line to check out of a hotel in St. Petersburg and the clerk said to the person in front of me: "Here is your mail , Mr. Newhart". He turned around and I just glared at him in shock, finally yelling "Well, Hello" . He stopped and looked at me for a moment , gave me a bemused smile and said "Well, Hello" and walked on. I felt like one of the the Darrells. He was great.

Loved his two TV series, his dry humor, his stammer, and his buttoned-down looks.

He was a mensch.

RIP

"Em, Em, Em, Emily."

He was, dare I say it, kinda handsome in his younger days.

[quote]Fuck, all these people I like are checking out. Why can't some MAGAts drop dead?

From your lips to God's ears, R5:

The way they ended the second series where he woke up in bed with Suzanne Pleshette was clever after having a dream.

That was his wife Ginny's idea, R21, down to recreating the bedroom with the navy blue grid sheets. I watched it live and stood up and howled and then my family and I literally grabbed our sides laughing, I was rolling on the floor. We were pissed that we hadn't taped it and all watched a few months later and still laughed and laughed

Lou Dobbs- piece of shit -Dead-Good

The last photo of him I saw was horrific. He looked like a decomposing corpse.

Susan Dey will bake a casserole.

God, as if the last couple of weeks weren't bad enough? Newhart was one of the greats, and he always made me laugh.

RIP, Bob! I hope you're in heaven, waking up with your wife beside you and telling her about your crazy dream.

He didn't make many films, but his character in the movie "Cold Turkey," was the catalyst for the rest of the picture... can one town in America quit smoking for one month?

I love that movie, used to smoke like a chimney when watching it.

What a cast of actors and character actors. Norman Lear directed, Randy Newman sang the theme song.

R12 Bob looked 55 for about 55 years!!

He has looked very frail for the past few years. When I heard his beloved Ginny died I knew he wouldn’t last too long without her.

The first show is great rainy afternoon watching. It holds up well. I never did buy that having Emily wake up with Bob after his second show was all Mrs Newhart’s idea. But it was a good idea to pin it on her to avoid it seeming like Bob favored Pleshette or that Pleshette was pulling the rug from Mary Frann and stealing her thunder. Maybe I’m too cynical!

Here’s a long interview with Pleshette where she discusses TBNS and Bon himself. Some interesting tidbits in there. She admits that Bob told her “she doesn’t have your timing of course” when he was working with Mary Frann. She also says that Bob had no work ethic lol

That's two in one day. Who will be the third ?

Dick van dyke

I'm surprised so many people missed that Peter Scolari had died. He's been gone nearly 3 years.

[quote] Just looked up photos from his wedding day back in the 60s and he looked old enough to be his brides father! Cant believe he was only 10 years older

And your father can’t believe your mother’s anal warts came from a toilet seat in a Greyhound station in Mobile, AL.

PETER SCOLARI IS DEAD?!?

I agree he did look terrible in that last photo.

What about Mary Frann?

A giant. Sad, but that's a very good run. I don't know how I'll handle it when Abe Vigoda passes

^ Passes what? A ball?

I'll have to be sedated when Carol Burnett dies.

[quote]Susan Dey will bake a casserole.

In monastic silence.

The only thing I ever think of when I hear the name Mary Frann is Leslie Jordan saying the she was the biggest bitch he’d ever worked with and her husband was his agent!

Jane Fonda and Bob were neighbors and friends. She says she would go over and have a beer with Bob reminiscing about old times! What an odd couple, I’d never have put her in Bob’s inner circle but there you go.

Thank you for using the correct format, OP.

And for offending the pearl clutchers.

I wish First Family were streaming somewhere. I might have to buy it on Amazon in honor of Bob. The movie was silly and doesn't get much attention, but also stars DL favs Madeline Kahn (First Lady) and Gilda Radner (First Daughter).

R44, bless you. I still remember the absurd scene where MK is about to enter the presidential limousine and cries: Wait! I forgot something! Then this protracted waiting and waiting, accompanied the sound fx of Kahn's rushinmg footsteps, up and back to the car. The First Lady returns... doing a pratfall into the car... with her camera. A bit of it at link:

OMG - I forgot Richard Benjamin and Fred Willard were in it too!

I did buy it - $9.99 for HD.

A profound loss. For years, i’ve been dreading the day we’d lose Bob.

I own the boxed set of The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978), one of the best sitcoms ever and plan to revisit it this weekend. Bob and Suzanne shared such great chemistry.

Below is a video of Bob doing therapy in the 21st century.

Thanks so much for posting that clip, R45. A great exchange:

Gilda Radner as First Daughter: "I wish dad was a streetcar conductor or something."

Madeline Kahn as First Lady: "Millions of people do, dear, but he's not."

And it was hysterical when they were using a dummy of Bob waiving from the roof of the car in the motorcade and a protester throws something at "Bob" and the head flies off the dummy. The motorcade just kept driving with a headless President continuing to wave to the crowd.

I got to meet him at a book signing at Barnes & Noble in 2006 in Manhattan. I told him I was a big fan of his records, his TV shows, and his stand-up, and now I'm anticipating his new book. I guess all these forays into different entertainment categories make you a media mogul? I asked rhetorically. Wow, I never thought of that, he replied and laughed.

His wife came up with the Newhart ending and insisted that Suzanne Pleshette be cast as Emily in the Bob Newhart Show. Bob was very proud of her canniness. It's been awhile since I read his autobiography, but she also set up a tour for him capitalizing on his early comedy success when times were lean before his 70s comeback. She made him get a notebook for bits and he had one of the earliest word processors because she'd type them up at night and she'd ask why he hadn't had any ideas that day. He realized he owed a lot of his career to her and admitted he preferred to just play golf.

Plechette was on record saying that Bob didn’t have the greatest work ethic.

R51 If there is anything at all negative to say about Bob, it was that. He often had his lines on cheat notes placed strategically around the set so he did have to memorize them verbatim.

Do flies drop at age 94 years?

I was watching a Bob Newhart Show episode a couple of weeks ago where he tries to work for an insurance company. One of the top executives who is an expert actuary have him an unsolicited prediction of how old he will die. She said 77, and he breathed a sigh of relief. In real life he surpassed that by 17 years.

Surprised there aren't more posts--is there another thread?

I think everyone just got distracted by the circus around the election. And Bob was a pretty low-key guy, so there aren't many salacious stories.

You’re right those last photos of Bob kept even the grim reaper from taking care of business.