Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart believes being smart, and not overly specific, about its time has helped his first sitcom's popularity endure.Hallmark Channel presents 12 hours of evidence Sunday (May 27) with a 40th-anniversary marathon of "The Bob Newhart Show," a 1972-78 staple of the CBS Saturday-night lineup that included such other classics as "All in the Family," "M*A*S*H," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The Carol Burnett Show."Newhart's famously...  

Bob Newhart says his many guest-hosting stints for Johnny Carson could have led him down a different television path.The veteran comedian and star of two classic sitcoms was a frequent substitute when Carson had time off from NBC's "The Tonight Show," and Newhart -- one of the many Carson friends and peers who appeared in last week's PBS "American Masters" profile of the late-night-TV icon -- believes his 87 rounds in the host's chair might...  

An audio version of this interview originally appeared on Bullseye, a weekly radio show and podcast hosted by Jesse Thorn. You can listen to it on select public radio stations, at the Maximum Fun website, and via iTunes. Bob Newhart is an actor, stand-up comedian, and legend of American comedy. He began his comedy career when he and a friend improvised over-the-phone comedy routines to kill boredom at work...  

Bob recently was inducted into the Illinois Broadcasters “Hall of Fame,” and as he celebrates his 50th anniversary in show business he’s kicked off the year with a calendar-packed series of live concerts ... a lifetime of TV stardom, numerous ...  

Has there ever been a star easier to build a TV series around than Bob Newhart? Take the affable comedian and stick him in the middle of a bunch of oddballs, then let him stammer a bit as he tries to figure out how he ended up in this weird world. It’s instant comic gold, a recipe that worked in one sketch series, the ’60s’ The Bob Newhart Show, and two all-time classic sitcoms, the ’70s’ The Bob Newhart Show and the ’80s’ Newhart. Ideally, he...  

FAIRMONT - Marcia Wallace began life as a small-town Iowa girl before making her name asCarol Kester on The Bob Newhart Show, and then in herEmmy award-winning role as Bart's teacher Edna Krabappel on "The Simpsons.  

Recommended Bob Newhart can claim four shows bearing his name, a feat possibly shared with just one other comedian, Lucille Ball. The first, The Bob Newhart Show (1961), was a short-lived and forgotten but acclaimed variety show on NBC. But the second The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78) was a smashing success, and it remains one of the best sitcoms ever. Newhart followed it with the equally successful...