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Bob Newhart features the best marriage in TV -- Bob and Emily (played by the lovely Suzanne Pleshette). All of the characters are likable and work well together. The humor derives from real-life situations and is consistently funny. Irony is used generously. Fun to see the awful '70s hair, clothes, and furnishings. A very enjoyable show.
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I already had Seasons 2 and 3, which I enjoyed, and then bought Season 1 to round out my collection. However, in Season 1, the show had not yet found its way. There are some inappropriate remarks, and Bob and Emily are very argumentative and sarcastic. Bob is overly authoritarian, and Emily whines a lot. As of Season 2, Bod and Emily are portrayed as more supportive of each other -- still some tension between them, but more within the realm of true comedy. Personally, I would skip Season 1 and start with Seasons 2 and 3 -- which are basically commentary on balancing marriage and career in the changing times of the early 1970's.
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For those of you that don't know Bob Newhart, he's probably one of the best dead pan comics ever. His sad Basset Hound looks are a perfect combination for a witty comic style. Bob plays a psychologist & his patients offer many wonderfully funny situations. But they are only part of the story as Bob shares office space with a somewhat hair brained receptionist, an orthodontist & a urologist all of whom offer up comic relief. that's still not all as Bob's home life also offers comedic situation from his emotional do gooder wife & his zany neighbors. The cast is a good one! Vetran actress Suzanne Pleshette plays Bob's wife Emily, Peter Bonerz (who better known as a director for such series as Friends, Home Improvement, Frasier, Murphy Brown & Just shoot Me as well as Bob Newhart) is Orthodontist Jerry Robinson, Bill Dailey (Major Healy of I Dream of Jeanie) is airline navigator Howard Borden who seems lost most of the time & Marsha Wallace plays receptionist Carol Kester are the principle characters & provide excellent support. The show from the 70s is somewhat dated, but most of the situations have been repeated in sitcoms today & can easily be related to today. This is a wonderfully funny show & I highly recommend it!Read full review
the bob newhart show was great. about a professional psychologigst and his school teacher wife. the show mostly takes place in either bob's chicago apt or on the office floor where he worked. everything takes place within bob's life in these 2 settings. bob newhart was big in the realm of dry humor. not slapstick, lowbrow, crude/rude, or making fun of other people. the cast had people that were neighbors, patients, and people that worked in his office building. most had little querks, like in real life. the bob newhart show took place in the 70's and it appears that way. just like 'the mary tyler moore show'. in fact the two shows not only both appeared on Sat. night but they were very much alike. so, if you like 'the mary tyler moore show' you'll probably like 'the bob newhart show'. these 2 shows would, amost, always receive a 'g' rateing [if they rated tv like the movies]; and maybe, once in a while, a 'pg'. if you would be disturbed by the difference between the 70's and how things are today then 'the bob newhart show' is likly not for you. i think [but maybe you'd disagree] that a show that will be a period peice like 'the bob newhart show' will be: 'how i met your mother'. yes, 'how i met you mother', is a bit more 'pg' to very light 'r' rated but that's very much the difference in pushing the boundries of tv between the 70's and the 2010's. 'the bob newhart show' was smart, it was funny, well written, it was clean, it was honest, but it was very much 70's real life [not drugs, sex, political] just how average working people lived and responded in that time.Read full review
Always fun to come back to Bob Newhart Shows
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