As if this week couldn't have sucked more ass, we just lost Bob Newhart.

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[underpants]

1. Very funny guy. 🕯️

[Sanity Claws]

2. He had a good full life and is now at rest.

Rest in peace, Bob. You made us laugh!

[BonnieJW]

26. That's the first thing I thought.

He had a great life. Married to the same woman for decades. Beloved by all. Did what he loved.

[yagotme]

3. "This is my brother Darryl..."

RIP Bob.

[TheProle]

4. One of the greats! Go easy, sir.

[flying_wahini]

5. Really enjoyed his dry wit.

[lapfog_1]

6. Bob on the phone... almost any show... the funniest scene.

and he invited my father's second cousin to play a main character on one of his TV series.

[Ilsa]

24. We heard only one side of the conversation,

but we could fully understand the hilarious situation unfolding!

[soldierant]

47. and it wasn't that hard to parody.

When I was in Junior high - a ridiculous amount of time ago - I wrote a parody monologue "Julius Caesar on the telephone" for my Latin class.

[Rhiannon12866]

53. Very cool!

And I remember those telephone conversations! When I was a kid and I went on a plane with my Dad to visit my grandmother, there were recordings on the seats that we could listen to - and the one I chose was Bob Newhart on the phone!

[Jim__]

7. Bob Newhart on Big Bang Theory

[misanthrope]

44. Science educators are vital!

We need far more of them.

[BigmanPigman]

8. That's weird, i just

watched an episode last night since I didn't want to watch the news.

My whole family loved this show. It was part of the great Sat. night line up.

The people who went to his group therapy sessions were so funny.

[Glorfindel]

9. Professor Proton

R.I.P.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Dammit. I figured it was a matter of time, but

it still hurts to hear it. Even more than the day after the one time I played "Hi Bob!" when I was gin grad school. Drinking games are not for me...

Farewell, fellow Loyola alum and fellow Cubs fan.

[MyOwnPeace]

51. Indeed!

If you were playing the ‘Hi, Bob!’ drinking game - you were well on your way to a very long, uncomfortable night!!

[blogslug]

12. Now I have to go rent "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"

Loved you, Bob

[BittyJenkins]

13. Love that man.

[twodogsbarking]

14. He was one of the best. Thanks for laughs I never would have had without you.

[highplainsdem]

15. One of the greatest ever.

RIP.

[StarryNite]

16. R.I.P. Bob

This is very sad.

[maxsolomon]

17. 94 is a good run.

RIP.

Loved the Newhart Show as a kid; whenever I stay in Chicago I stay where I can see the Marina Towers.

[Bluethroughu]

18. I loved his show, as a teen with my little brother and sister in front of the tube.

With a clunky dial.

[ms liberty]

19. Somebody needs to put medical staff on alert immediately for Dick Van Dyke and Carol Burnett

Please.

[soldierant]

48. Especially Dick, who by his own admission is old enough to be Biden's father.

[HarryM]

20. A very funny guy.

May he rest in power. His comedy will keep people laughing forever.

[Ilsa]

21. He made my Saturday nights, along with

Mary Tyler Moore and Carol Burnett.

Later, he made me wish I lived in Vermont or owned a B&B.

He's still with us, as long as we remember the joy he brought us over the decades. RIP.

[Aristus]

33. I'd rather have Suzanne Pleshette than a B&B in Vermont.

[MurrayDelph]

22. A few months ago

while driving back from the eclipse, we listened to his audiobook memoir, "Hi, Bob!" In it he tells his story while chatting with other comedians. If you can find it, it's a great way to spend a few hours.

[calimary]

23. Aw shit. There goes another one of the Greats.

Bummer.

His versatility, from stage headliner to Everyman character actor, they’ll be known and loved for a L-O-N-G time. He made clean, and deadpan, cool.

Good grief but my husband and I LOVED “The Bob Newhart Show”. It was “appointment television” with “Mary Tyler Moore”. Saturday nights at 9 and 9:30pm on CBS, I think it was.

“I tend to find humor in the macabre. I would say 85 percent of me is what you see on the show. And the other 15 percent is a very sick man with a very deranged mind,” he said during a 1990 interview with Los Angeles magazine.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bob-newhart-dead-sitcom-legend-1235952438/

[misanthrope]

46. You. me and a huge chunk of America in that era

CBS's Saturday night lineup in the early to mid 1970s became legendary for a reason.

[TNNurse]

25. He gave us all great joy and entertainment.

May he rest in peace. I hope his later years were peaceful as well.

[2naSalit]

27. ...

[kskiska]

28. Back in the days of "Party Records" (1950s-60s)

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Great comedy -
Bob Newhart
Shelley Berman
Allan Sherman
Bill Cosby
Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Jonathan Winters
Mort Sahl
Woody Allen
Vaughn Meader (JFK impersonation)
Redd Foxx

[MyOwnPeace]

52. Great list!

Any body remember Rusty Warren?
In the 60’s in high school is was the ‘hot’ smitty album: ‘Knockers Up!’

[catchnrelease]

29. One of the best series endings of all time

The last show of his second sitcom series was the best. RIP Bob! You were a brilliant and talented man. ( I on the radio this afternoon that it was Newhart's wife that came up with the idea for the ending! Clearly Bob surrounded himself with exceptional people.)

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[Xavier Breath]

32. Absolute brilliance.

"And then there were these...three woodsmen...."

I remember going to work the next morning and wanting to discuss it with my coworkers, but I was the only one that had watched it.

[WinstonSmith4740]

37. Thanks so much!

I remember watching it that night, but I didn't recall the audience picking up on the set up that fast! An absolute classic.
RIP, Bob. Thanks for all the laughs over the years. You will be missed.

[blue-wave]

39. Here's the original intro

To his first sitcom. Per the show script, they were "living" in Chicago in a highrise on north Sheridan Road. Having grown-up in Chicago I loved the show and all the sights in this intro.

[misanthrope]

49. As a child, I thought this intro

was an encapsulation of what modern American adulthood was: walking city streets, taking public transportation, going home to an apartment.

The shows that preceded it in that CBS lineup -- All In the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, Mary Tyler Moore -- all had that same urban vibe. I thought it seemed apparent that was the aspiration.

[Scalded Nun]

30. Sad. Really liked him. He was great in everything he did. RIP

[MLAA]

31. Rest in subtle hilarity, dear Mr Newhart.

For all my fellow techies and Bob Newhart fans, I present:

[Susan Calvin]

34. Oh Goddamn it. nt

[bsiebs]

35. well there is Lou Dobbs.....

[Fla Dem]

36. Gee,many of my most favorite actor/actresses have passed in the last couple of years.

Now most of the main cast of "The Bob Newhart Show". I hope they're all have a great laugh together in the hereafter. He with Suzanne Pleshette (2008), Marcia Wallace (2013) Bill Daily (2018) and more.

[Upthevibe]

38. Blue Cape.............

Here's one of my very favorite bits ever:

R.I.P., Bob Newhart........

[misanthrope]

50. One of the YouTube comments under this clip is perfect

"I miss the days when claims of this nature were so clearly absurd that they were fodder for comedy. Today the Colonel would have his own YouTube channel, hundreds of thousands of followers, and a clear path to a seat in Congress."

[JanMichael]

40. One of my favorites. He was amazingly funny.

Both the Bob Newhart show and Newhart were hilarious. Then in the Librarian movies.

Ugh and so young too.....

[WestMichRad]

41. The master of great comedic timing

We’re so fortunate to have been able to enjoy this talents. He will be missed.

[ChazII]

42. This is truly a sad day

for us.

[misanthrope]

43. Very sad but Bob had a great life

He had unique success, wonderful longtime friendships, a lifelong marriage and widely held respect.

Plus, he got to pretend Suzanne Pleshette was his wife on a regular basis. We should all be so lucky.

[GiqueCee]

45. What a shame...

... his telephone bit in the early 60s was hilarious. But 94 is a ripe old age, and he lived it well. May he return to the Sea of Souls a beloved hero.

[eppur_se_muova]

54. Dick Loudon gets in a dispute with Mr. Darling ...

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