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Post by billhammond on Jul 18, 2024 15:13:58 GMT -5
Passed at age 94. One of the greatest comics ever.
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Post by kenlarsson on Jul 18, 2024 15:27:41 GMT -5
I loved his first two tv shows. #2 had one of the best endings in tv history. My dad was a fan as well. Something we shared.
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Post by drlj on Jul 18, 2024 15:33:55 GMT -5
I loved his shows and the second one ended with the greatest final scene of all time.
Funny, funny guy.
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Post by Marty on Jul 18, 2024 15:38:59 GMT -5
I've been watching The Librarian series the last few nights with Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin and Dan Akyroyd. Bob is still Bob right to the last.
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Post by TKennedy on Jul 18, 2024 15:51:55 GMT -5
Great comedian and without using the F word.
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Post by millring on Jul 18, 2024 16:10:49 GMT -5
Sure he was good -- 'cause he was stealing Mr Maisel's material.
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Post by billhammond on Jul 18, 2024 16:51:15 GMT -5
One of his best routines, I thought, was the driver instructor bit.
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Post by Dub on Jul 18, 2024 17:05:07 GMT -5
Sure he was good -- 'cause he was stealing Mr Maisel's material. I humbly admit to not understanding that comment. When I first heard Newhart’s routines, I thought he was just a cheap Shelly Berman imitator. Boy was I wrong. Newhart took comedy farther in every way. A true giant in his field. |
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Jul 18, 2024 17:18:39 GMT -5
I talked to Bob in a bookstore at Water Tower Place in Chicago. He was with his wife. Nice guy.
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Post by millring on Jul 18, 2024 17:22:49 GMT -5
Sure he was good -- 'cause he was stealing Mr Maisel's material. I humbly admit to not understanding that comment. The Marvelous Mrs Maisel's circuitous route to becoming a stand up comic started because her husband was a stand up comic wannabe who would go to open mics and do his thing. Mrs Maisel heard her husband's act, but one day she happened to hear Bob Newhart. She was furious that Newhart had stolen her husband's act... until, of course, she finally realized that her husband had been memorizing Newhart's act and passing off as his own. |
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Post by Dub on Jul 18, 2024 17:55:34 GMT -5
Oh, OK. I know nothing of this Mrs Maisel of whom you speak.
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Post by david on Jul 18, 2024 19:43:07 GMT -5
He gave me many hours of TV joy. RIP to a great comedian.
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Post by Shannon on Jul 18, 2024 20:15:22 GMT -5
I love Bob Newhart. Here is my favorite bit from him:
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Post by epaul on Jul 18, 2024 20:22:12 GMT -5
You got ChatGTI. Or else just ask Todd.
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Post by Dub on Jul 18, 2024 22:23:20 GMT -5
You got ChatGTI. Or else just ask Todd. I only ask such questions if I care, or am even just a little curious. Mrs. Maisel doesn’t fit that category. |
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Post by epaul on Jul 18, 2024 22:43:11 GMT -5
Well, she's from Iowa, plays bluegrass, and has a standing offer of one million dollars for an experienced bluegrass duo to join her for her upcoming European tour. Fiddle player must also be able to sing both lead and harmony. Guitar player must have a Martin and project a seasoned, been around the block and back, vibe. Nothing flashy, just good old music.
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Post by Village Idiot on Jul 18, 2024 23:44:38 GMT -5
One of his best routines, I thought, was the driver instructor bit. I think I remember that routine, from a Bob Newhart record my folks had. I remember comedians having records, which seems strange these days. Anyway, I loved him. Both shows, although the second one was much better. Not because of him, but because of the characters he was surrouded by. |
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Post by billhammond on Jul 19, 2024 7:10:53 GMT -5
I think I remember that routine, from a Bob Newhart record my folks had. I remember comedians having records, which seems strange these days. From AP: Newhart got into comedy after he became bored with his $5-an-hour accounting job in Chicago. To pass the time, he and a friend, Ed Gallagher, began making funny phone calls to each other. Eventually, they decided to record them as comedy routines and sell them to radio stations. Their efforts failed, but the records came to the attention of Warner Bros., which signed Newhart to a record contract and booked him into a Houston club in February 1960. ''A terrified 30-year-old man walked out on the stage and played his first nightclub,'' he recalled in 2003. Six of his routines were recorded during his two-week date, and the album, ''The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart,'' was released on April Fools' Day 1960. It sold 750,000 copies and was followed by ''The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!'' At one point the albums ranked No. 1 and 2 on the sales charts. The New York Times in 1960 said he was ''the first comedian in history to come to prominence through a recording.'' |
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Post by Tamarack on Jul 19, 2024 7:13:58 GMT -5
RIP
I always liked the way he incorporated his original comedy schtick into the sitcoms.
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Post by John B on Jul 19, 2024 7:29:15 GMT -5
You got ChatGTI. Or else just ask Todd. I only ask such questions if I care, or am even just a little curious. Mrs. Maisel doesn’t fit that category. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was a pretty good TV show. At least if you didn't live through the late 50's and early 60's. Life might have been different from what was portrayed in the series. epaul, you might have been thinking of ChatGTO. You want the road-racing class version. |
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