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CBS Presents Bob Newhart:
A Legacy of Laughter
An Entertainment Tonight Specil
Closed Captioned

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-♪
-[cheering]

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MAN:
Come on, y'all,
this is Bob Newhart!

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[cheering and applause]

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Really didn't expect it
to last this long.

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-Hello?
-H-hello?

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-Hello?
-Hello?

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NISCHELLE TURNER:
Bob Newhart.

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His career spanned
seven decades,

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from stand-up...

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-Hiya. All right...
-[audience laughs]

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TURNER:
...to sitcoms...

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Honey, I'm home.

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TURNER:
...and the big screen.

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There's something
I-I probably should tell you.

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TURNER:
How he went from
an accountant...

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It's unusual for a good
accountant to become a comedian.

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TURNER:
...to a Hollywood legend...

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There were times
when I thought to myself,

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"Boy, you really
screwed up your life."

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TURNER:
...changing American culture
with comedy.

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I'm never gonna see
another psychologist,

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not even socially.

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TURNER:
Stories you
never knew about Bob...

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They were trying out hosts,

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and I was a blithering idiot.

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TURNER:
...and the blind date
turned love of his life.

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I wanted to be, uh,
treated like a star,

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but she wouldn't
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TURNER:
His legacy in his own words...

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What I get more and more now

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is "Thank you for
all the years of laughter,"

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and... and my answer
is-is the truth.

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It was... it was my pleasure.

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TURNER:
CBS presents

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Bob Newhart:
A Legacy of Laughter.

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TURNER:
Honoring the incomparable
Bob Newhart.

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Welcome, everybody.
I'm Nischelle Turner.

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He was a master of comedy,

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a respected actor,
a trailblazer.

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But the thing about Bob is

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he never needed
a script to be funny.

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He was just naturally brilliant
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especially when it was
off the cuff.

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INTERVIEWER:
Do you believe in reincarnatio?

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If I had a choice, I would...

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I think I would
come back as my wife.

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I mean, to be able
to spend every day with me.

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How much better
can it get, you know?

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INTERVIEWER 2:
What's the secret to
looking like you do

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and being as talented

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as you are at 88 years old?

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Well, plastic surgery.

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[interviewer laughs]

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He just embodies the joy
of what we get to do.

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He was just always

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wonderful and always happy.

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This is not a toy.

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Testing one, two, three, four.
Testing one, two, three, four.

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Pilot to Bombardier.
Pilot to Bombardier.

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INTERVIEWER 3:
How do you account for
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but twice, you have had

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long-running,
successful TV series?

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America loves me.

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Well, I mean,
I-I am a television personality.

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It's-it's only natural
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a certain number of fans.

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TURNER:
With his deadpan delivery
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Bob Newhart turned the role of
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into a bona fide art form.

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How you doing?

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Okay, except I throwed
my back out last week

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crawling under a house.

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Sounds like a tough job.

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Wasn't a job, I just like
crawling under houses.

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Bob Newhart came to do

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an episode of NCIS.

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-Who are you?
-[clears throat]

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My name is, uh, is Magnus.

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WEATHERLY:
You know, your heart
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racing when that happens,
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remember to stay
in the scene because you're,

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you know,
he needs an acting partner.

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You can't just be a fanboy.

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You know you're not going
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and you're...
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on the basketball team,

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and... but you made guys laugh,

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and-and you became somebody.

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It was important
to become somebody.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
we proudly welcome to

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the Walk of Fame,
Mr. Bob Newhart.

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Bobby, there it is.
What do you think?

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[cheering and applause]

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I'm, uh, reminded of a story.

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I'm reminded...

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[police siren wails distantly]

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Ah, they're on to me, I guess.

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[laughter]

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Have you always written
most of your stuff, Bob?

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Yeah, I could--
when I first started out,

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I-I couldn't afford anybody,

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-you know?
-Right.

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So I had to write it myself.

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And, uh, I have written
95% of it.

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That's-that's the real kick,

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is-is getting
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and then going with it

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and then going out on stage
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and having it work.
That's-that's-that's the fun.

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TURNER:
Stand-up, movies, television,

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Bob did it all.

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But before he was
an award-winning "A" lister,

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Bob was a not so mild-mannered
accountant

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with a dream.

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People will say to me,
"Were you really an accountant?"

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And I really was, because,

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you know, why would...

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why would you lie about
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I worked as
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and just decided one day, I was
just going to give this a try.

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And then, the-the...

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for four years,
nothing happened.

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And then, a disc jockey
friend of mine in Chicago,

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Dan Sorkin, invited
the Warner Brothers people

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to listen to some material
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And they said,
"Okay, we'll record it

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at your next nightclub."

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And I said, "Well, we-we got
kind of a problem there

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'cause I've never
played a nightclub."

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And they said,
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book you into a nightclub."

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So they booked me
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in Houston, Texas,
called the Tidelands.

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MAN:
Right now, ladies and gentleme,

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Bob Newhart.

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[applause]

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NEWHART:
Thank you. Thank you very much.

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I went down there for two week,

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worked on a nightclub floor

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for the first time in my life,

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terrified out of my mind,

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but realized that
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you're... you're dead.

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So, with much bravado and fear,

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I walked out
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which, uh, then

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proceeded to go to number one.

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Uh, Listen, Abe, I got the not.
What-what's the problem?

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You're-you're thinking
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[audience laughs]

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Uh, Abe, uh, don't you see
that's part of the image?

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Right, with the shawl
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-the string tie.
-[audience laughs]

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TURNER:
Yes, Bob was a pioneer of

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the stand-up comedy special.

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His first two records
won him three Grammys.

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In 1961, it was the first time

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a comedy album won
album of the year,

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beating out Nat King Cole
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and the only time a comedian
has ever won best new artist.

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NEWHART: My first album
went to number one.

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Then my second album
went to number two.

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Then the second album
went to number one,

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and the first album
went to number two.

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And that record was
broken by Guns N' Roses.

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TURNE:
That success led to Bob's
first steady television gig,

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The Bob Newhart Show.

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No, not this one.

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[ringing]

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Hello.

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♪

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TURNER:
This one.

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NEWHART:
Yeah, I'm kind of surprised
to have my own show, too.

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TURNER:
The 1961 variety show
only lasted for a season.

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It would be another decade

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before Bob's groundbreaking
sitcom of the same name

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brought his brand of comedy
to a wider audience.

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This is Dr. Robert Hartley.

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Yeah, could you tell me
the, uh, the balance

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in-in my checking account?

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Four--

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$47?

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Could, uh, could you tell me

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how I'd go about
stopping payment on about...

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16 checks?

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INTERVIEWER:
What do you think, uh, was

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really made this show work
for six seasons?

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I think-- I think it was
respect for our audience.

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I think we respected
their intelligence.

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TURNER:
The series featured
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living in his own
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with Suzanne Pleshette being

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the perfect counterpoint
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Gee, you know, Bob,
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you're so strong and impulsive.

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Is that right, Emily?

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Yeah, I think I liked you
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NEWHART:
I was a psychologist,
not a psychiatrist,

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'cause I think a psychiatrist
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uh, serious problems.

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And-and I said, I don't want
any schizophrenic jokes,

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I don't want any
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And we tried
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We worked with groups, you kno,

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that were people
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or maybe neurotic at the most.

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'Cause I didn't want
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and I-I don't think we did.

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When I gave him
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he hit me with it.

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-What-what'd you give him?
-A Pontiac.

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INTERVIEWER:
Why does it have
such enduring appeal?

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NEWHART:
A great cast, to begin with.

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The chemistry of the cast
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-Right.
-And, um,

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and then a star who takes
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[laughing]

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INTERVIEWER: Did he take
the credit for everything?

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You are so [bleep] cute.

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You're so cute.

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-Never did. He never did.
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-Never, never, never.
-It was a true ensemble.

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TURNER:
Ranked one of the greatest
sitcoms of all time,

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The Bob Newhart Show has been
called quietly revolutionary.

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The show helped
legitimize therapy

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as a practice in the 1970s,

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and featured a couple
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but didn't have children.

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Bob, until we have
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substitute teaching is
a good way for me to keep busy.

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If you get any busier,
we won't have time for a family.

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TURNER:
One of the secrets behind
the show's long-term success:

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Bob had the foresight

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to make sure
the humor was timeless.

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I'll have this finished
by the time I get through

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the checker counter.

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Howard, that's stealing.

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No, stealing is when
you walk out with it.

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When eat it here,
it's called snacking.

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NEWHART:
I said to the writers,
I said, you know,

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this show's gonna be syndicated.

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All shows are syndicated,

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so let's not
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You know, uh,

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we're going to look
pretty silly in 15 years

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doing, uh,
President Ford tripping jokes.

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And, uh, and we avoided that.

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And I see it on some shows,

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that it becomes very dated.

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Hi, honey.

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Well, of course,
it's every Monday.

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That's why it's called
Monday Night Football.

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TURNER:
Bob also employed a bit

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he perfected during
his stand-up days,

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his famous
one-sided phone conversation.

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It's how the first episode
of the series began.

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Mrs. Harrell, we've been
over this before.

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As you said yourself,
you overeat because, uh,

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having a beautiful body,
you feel, threatens you.

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Well, I'm happy to hear you

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that you've
been able to control it.

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Mrs. Harrell? Yeah,
I-I can't understand you

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with your mouth full.

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[audience laughs]

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TURNER:
One of the show's
greatest assets,

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according to Bob:
the live studio audience.

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Bob hated laugh tracks.

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Well, the problem...
I found the problem today,

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and not to put
down the programs today,

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but they don't do them
in front of a live audience.

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And we always did it in front
of a live audience where

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the material was judged,
so the writing was better,

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and the actors

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reacted more
to the live audience.

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TURNER:
At the height of its popularit,

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the Bob Newhart show

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even spawned a drinking game.

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The rules are simple.
You take a sip every time

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you hear someone say, "Bob."

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Take a shot when you hear,
"Hi, Bob."

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-Hey, Bob.
-Hello, Bob.

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-Bob.
-Bob.

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-Hi, Bob.
-Bob.

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Hi, Bob.

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NEWHART:
Oh, I've never played it. No.

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But I've heard various rules,
various rules for it.

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But if-if you play it,

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don't-don't go out driving
after you played "Hi, Bob."

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TURNER:
The cast remained close
throughout their lives

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and reunited to celebrate the
show's 19th anniversary in

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1991.
Bob had this...this sillydream.

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It wasn't silly.
It was very real. It was...

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almost like I... I lived it.

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It isn't just a cast
getting together. It's friends.

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And we've-we've stayed friends
over the years, so...

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Uh, we were portraying
real people.

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We weren't cartoons. And I thik
people could identify with.

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And...

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I think people like
to watch real people.

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["Home to Emily" playing]

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When I look back,

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I remember those people

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and how much fun we had,
and, uh...

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...and they're gone.

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TURNER:
Up next, how Bob created

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one of the most memorable
moments in TV history

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with the help of his wife
Ginnie.

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[cheering, applause]

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Plus, Lisa Kudrow, Betty White
and Jason Bateman...

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Yeah, buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-bye,
buh-bye, now.

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[laughter, applause]

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That's, uh... that's, uh...
It's not bad.

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TURNER:
...behind the scenes with Bob
and his famous costars.

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WHITE:
Do you wear makeup
all the time at home?

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Yeah. Yeah.

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-Good for you.
-[chuckles]

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-I'll see you later.
-Cannot stand her.

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♪

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♪

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My favorite story
is the one that--

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of the-the man who wanted you--

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You were running a little long
on the fir--

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-the old Bob Newhart Show.
-Oh.

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The-the very first year
of, uh...

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of The Bob Newhart Show
with Suzie,

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the show was running
a little long,

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and, uh...

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we-we needed about--
take two minutes out of the--

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out of the script. And, uh...

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they came up to me and they
said, "Could you kind of...

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"Would you mind running
your speeches together?

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-'Cause it would, you know,
really help us."
-[giggling]

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And I said,
"Well, this-this stammer

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"has gotten me a home
in Beverly Hills,

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-and I'm not-not about
to change it now."
-No.

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TURNER:
Bob Newhart never expected

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to hit it big in television,

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but four years
after saying goodbye

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to psychologist Bob Hartley,

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he was ready for a comeback
as Dick Loudon onNewhart.

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[theme music playing]

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I've heard from every crackpot
and loose screw in the county.

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Oh, your mother called.

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[laughter]

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I'm about 85%, um,

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uh, Bob Hartley,

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uh, Dick Loudon.

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Uh, and as my kids will testif,
and my wife,

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the other 15%

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is a very...

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extremely sick man...

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...who should be put away

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but is making too much money
doing what he's doing.

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So they're not about--

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The family's not about
to commit him.

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-REPORTER: [chuckles] No.
-[laughing]

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TURNER:
The series
about a Vermont innkeeper

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surrounded by a group
of eccentric locals

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was a natural fit for Bob.

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He just had to get used
to having a different TV wife.

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I remember o-one time I called,

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uh, Mary Frann,
I called her "Emily."

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-DUFFY: Yeah. [laughs]
-[Voldstad laughs]
-NEWHART: Instead of Joanna.

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And the audience...

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the audience just broke up.

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TURNER:
But once again,
Bob was the straight man,

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with plenty of opportunities
for his signature

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one-sided phone conversations.

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No, I-I'm sorry,
we don't accept pets.

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We do accept children, yes.

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NEWHART:
Going into this series,

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um...

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I sat down and tried to find

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what I thought were the reasons
that the first series worked.

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And so I tried to take
those same things

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that made that show successful

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and-and apply them to this,
which was

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in the case of an inn.

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And the owner of an inn
obviously

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can't say to a-a guest,

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"You're a nut.
Get out of my hotel."

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I'll tell you what, there's a--

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there's a very nice kennel
in town.

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00:13:57,448 --> 00:13:58,551
Well...

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Well, you-you can call 'em,

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but I-I don't think
they take people.

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REPORTER:
Who was the biggest prankster?

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-That would be...
-[laughing]

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We just, um...

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We just laughed.
I mean, we-we just--

395
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It was eight-eight years
of laughing.

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00:14:14,827 --> 00:14:18,103
We had a show last week
where I was very mad at him

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and I storm to the bedroom
closet to put my clothes away,

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and he had arranged

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for all this paraphernalia
to fall out of the closet--

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handcuffs, whips, chains,
everything.

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And I turned to the audience
and said,

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00:14:31,275 --> 00:14:33,379
"And you're not getting
any of that tonight, either."

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00:14:33,413 --> 00:14:35,206
Is that "700"?

404
00:14:35,241 --> 00:14:36,275
[laughing]

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00:14:36,310 --> 00:14:38,137
-No. No.
-No.

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TURNER:
In spite of
its 25 Emmy nominations,

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the show never took home
a trophy.

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00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:45,379
But it was a hit with critics
and audiences alike,

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00:14:45,413 --> 00:14:48,275
running for eight seasons
and consistently charting

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among the top 25 shows
on the air.

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00:14:50,448 --> 00:14:53,000
I think the women watch
and they say,

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"Oh, my God, that's exactly what
Norm or Ted or Fred would do."

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00:14:56,793 --> 00:14:59,275
And the men watch and they say,

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"Oh, God, I would have done
exactly the same thing.

415
00:15:01,724 --> 00:15:03,034
"And thank God I'm watching it

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00:15:03,068 --> 00:15:04,655
instead of being the person
that's doing it."

417
00:15:04,689 --> 00:15:06,000
Okay, that's it.

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00:15:06,034 --> 00:15:07,689
[man laughing]

419
00:15:07,724 --> 00:15:09,551
I've heard enough out
of you guys.

420
00:15:12,551 --> 00:15:14,344
Oh, yeah?

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00:15:15,379 --> 00:15:16,862
Pretty much, yeah.

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00:15:16,896 --> 00:15:19,724
TURNER:
But it's the series finale
in 1990,

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with a then unknown Lisa Kudrow
guesting,

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00:15:22,034 --> 00:15:25,310
that's considered one of the
most memorable in TV history.

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-Honey.
-[laughter, applause]

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00:15:28,827 --> 00:15:30,551
Honey.
[clears throat]

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00:15:30,586 --> 00:15:32,344
Honey, wake up. You...

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00:15:32,379 --> 00:15:33,931
you won't believe
the dream I just had.

429
00:15:33,965 --> 00:15:34,965
[Emily groans]

430
00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:36,310
In the sixth year--

431
00:15:36,344 --> 00:15:39,103
this is-- the show went eight
years-- in the sixth year,

432
00:15:39,137 --> 00:15:41,620
we were at a Christmas party,
and my--

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00:15:41,655 --> 00:15:43,827
I said to my wife Ginnie,
I said, uh...

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I said, "I think this is
the last year of the show."

435
00:15:46,551 --> 00:15:49,482
And right away, she said, "Well,

436
00:15:49,517 --> 00:15:51,413
"if this is the last year,
you ought to end it in a--

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00:15:51,448 --> 00:15:54,448
in a dream sequence and wake up
in bed with Suzanne."

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00:15:54,482 --> 00:15:56,379
[cheering, applause]

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00:15:59,310 --> 00:16:00,793
All right, Bob.

440
00:16:02,206 --> 00:16:03,448
What is it?

441
00:16:04,482 --> 00:16:06,965
Well, I-I was an innkeeper
in this...

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00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,965
crazy little town in Vermont.

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00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,344
-[laughter]
-TURNER: Yes,
that's Suzanne Pleshette,

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00:16:11,379 --> 00:16:13,862
Bob's TV wife
from his first sitcom,

445
00:16:13,896 --> 00:16:16,448
revealing the whole series
was just a dream.

446
00:16:16,482 --> 00:16:19,448
That final shot was
a closely guarded secret.

447
00:16:19,482 --> 00:16:22,482
NEWHART:
Even the crew,
they-they-they went to dinner

448
00:16:22,517 --> 00:16:24,034
and we said,
"Oh, we've added a...

449
00:16:24,068 --> 00:16:26,413
we've added a scene." So...
[stammers]

450
00:16:26,448 --> 00:16:27,896
You know, camera,

451
00:16:27,931 --> 00:16:30,448
you-you shoot this way,
you shoot that way.

452
00:16:30,482 --> 00:16:32,413
-VOLDSTAD: Wow.
-So they-they didn't even know
about it.

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00:16:32,448 --> 00:16:34,758
TURNER:
Bob continued to do
stand-up shows

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and even did a couple of movies
during his time away from TV.

455
00:16:37,931 --> 00:16:39,206
But it didn't take long for him

456
00:16:39,241 --> 00:16:41,724
to find
a live studio audience again.

457
00:16:41,758 --> 00:16:45,172
In 1992,
he made his return withBob.

458
00:16:45,206 --> 00:16:47,034
[theme music playing]

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00:16:47,068 --> 00:16:48,344
I've always had a gift

460
00:16:48,379 --> 00:16:49,586
for titling shows.

461
00:16:49,620 --> 00:16:51,517
-[laughter]
-I did a... I...

462
00:16:51,551 --> 00:16:53,758
I did a show in '61

463
00:16:53,793 --> 00:16:55,517
calledThe Bob Newhart Show.

464
00:16:55,551 --> 00:16:58,586
It was a variety show.
ThenBob Newhart Show,

465
00:16:58,620 --> 00:17:00,655
thenNewhart, thenBob.

466
00:17:00,689 --> 00:17:02,517
And the next series,

467
00:17:02,551 --> 00:17:05,482
which I'll be doing
in my 90s, uh...

468
00:17:05,517 --> 00:17:06,964
will be called The.

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00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,034
[laughter]

470
00:17:09,068 --> 00:17:11,172
TURNER:
But this show was different frm
anything Bob had done before.

471
00:17:11,205 --> 00:17:12,550
For starters,

472
00:17:12,586 --> 00:17:14,792
he was a cartoonist
with a family.

473
00:17:14,827 --> 00:17:17,550
Dad, you created a comic book?

474
00:17:18,550 --> 00:17:20,827
I didn't know
you used to be interesting.

475
00:17:20,862 --> 00:17:22,482
NEWHART:
I actually have a daughter.

476
00:17:22,517 --> 00:17:24,413
I actually, uh, apparently...

477
00:17:25,482 --> 00:17:27,655
...after the success
of the other two shows...

478
00:17:28,689 --> 00:17:31,448
...finally learned
how to have children,

479
00:17:31,482 --> 00:17:33,275
um, late in life.

480
00:17:33,310 --> 00:17:35,172
You know, when I say, "Well,
honey, here's what I would do,"

481
00:17:35,206 --> 00:17:36,689
I've never said that
in a series before.

482
00:17:36,724 --> 00:17:38,310
So it-it really is-is...

483
00:17:38,344 --> 00:17:40,000
I mean, I've said it
in real life a lot of times,

484
00:17:40,034 --> 00:17:42,793
but, uh, it's the first time
in a series I've ever done it.

485
00:17:42,827 --> 00:17:46,586
TURNER:
Bob also cast longtime friends
in cameos on the show,

486
00:17:46,620 --> 00:17:48,482
likeThe Bob Newhart Show's
Bill Daily

487
00:17:48,517 --> 00:17:51,000
andNewhart alum Tom Poston.

488
00:17:51,034 --> 00:17:54,310
Betty White signed on
as Bob's boss in season two.

489
00:17:54,344 --> 00:17:56,103
I'm a newborn baby, Bob.

490
00:17:56,137 --> 00:17:58,482
Spank my little rear
and watch me go.

491
00:17:58,517 --> 00:18:00,275
[laughter]

492
00:18:00,310 --> 00:18:03,310
Me-Metaphorically, of course.

493
00:18:03,344 --> 00:18:05,413
WHITE:
I'm trying to remember
this man's last name.

494
00:18:05,448 --> 00:18:06,586
-[laughing]
-I know his first name because,

495
00:18:06,620 --> 00:18:08,724
you know, it's on the front
of all the books.

496
00:18:08,758 --> 00:18:10,896
-Newhart. That's right.
That's what it is.
-Newhart. Right, right. Yeah.

497
00:18:10,931 --> 00:18:13,689
TURNER:
Bob the series was canceled
after two seasons,

498
00:18:13,724 --> 00:18:17,724
but Bob the comedian was almost
philosophical about its demise.

499
00:18:17,758 --> 00:18:21,103
A decision was made to, um...

500
00:18:22,172 --> 00:18:23,517
...to show the American public

501
00:18:23,551 --> 00:18:25,034
a Bob they had never seen.

502
00:18:25,068 --> 00:18:28,620
And, uh, uh, actors,
we call it stretching.

503
00:18:29,655 --> 00:18:32,517
And I found
that actors should only stretch

504
00:18:32,551 --> 00:18:34,034
in exercise videos.

505
00:18:34,068 --> 00:18:35,551
-They shouldn't...
-[laughter]

506
00:18:35,586 --> 00:18:38,103
They shouldn't stretch
in front of anybody else.

507
00:18:38,137 --> 00:18:40,206
Uh, because, the public,

508
00:18:40,241 --> 00:18:42,517
they don't care whether
you're stretching or not.

509
00:18:42,551 --> 00:18:45,068
So we gave 'em a-a Bob
they had never seen,

510
00:18:45,103 --> 00:18:47,068
and they came back
with a very resounding

511
00:18:47,103 --> 00:18:49,344
"We don't want to see a Bob
we've never seen.

512
00:18:49,379 --> 00:18:51,103
Bring that other guy back,
the one we like."

513
00:18:51,137 --> 00:18:54,689
So... so I learned my lesson
and I'm not stretching.

514
00:18:54,724 --> 00:18:57,448
TURNER: Well, actually,
Bob stretched one more time--

515
00:18:57,482 --> 00:19:00,689
in 1997, with the sitcom
George & Leo.

516
00:19:00,724 --> 00:19:02,724
And if you're thinking
Bob finally moved away

517
00:19:02,758 --> 00:19:05,931
from using his own name
to title his shows, think agai.

518
00:19:05,965 --> 00:19:08,586
George is his real first name.

519
00:19:08,620 --> 00:19:10,931
ANNOUNCER:
The one and only
Mr. Bob Newhart!

520
00:19:10,965 --> 00:19:12,620
-[cheering, whistling]
-NEWHART: We do this in front

521
00:19:12,655 --> 00:19:14,137
of a-a live audience.

522
00:19:14,172 --> 00:19:15,793
Uh, Judd did all of his.

523
00:19:15,827 --> 00:19:17,379
I've done all of mine
in front of a live audience.

524
00:19:17,413 --> 00:19:20,793
Just, uh... That's the way
you do it. I don't, uh...

525
00:19:20,827 --> 00:19:23,620
-Laugh track is stupid. Um...
-[laughter]

526
00:19:23,655 --> 00:19:25,689
I mean, I-I r--
I-I'm offended by it.

527
00:19:25,724 --> 00:19:27,689
You know, I mean, a-a guy walks
in the door and says hello

528
00:19:27,724 --> 00:19:29,862
and it's...
[laughing loudly]

529
00:19:30,862 --> 00:19:32,586
TURNER:
Bob starred as George,

530
00:19:32,620 --> 00:19:33,793
Judd Hirsch was Leo

531
00:19:33,827 --> 00:19:35,448
in this comedy of opposites.

532
00:19:35,482 --> 00:19:37,931
The two become in-laws
when their kids get married.

533
00:19:37,965 --> 00:19:40,827
And, yes, that's Jason Bateman
as Bob's son.

534
00:19:40,862 --> 00:19:42,586
Oh, that's a...

535
00:19:42,620 --> 00:19:44,413
perfect version
of-of my signature.

536
00:19:44,448 --> 00:19:46,482
Yeah. I mastered it
back in high school.

537
00:19:46,517 --> 00:19:47,758
[laughter]

538
00:19:47,793 --> 00:19:50,137
I-I-I can also do you
on the phone.

539
00:19:50,172 --> 00:19:51,482
Uh...

540
00:19:52,620 --> 00:19:54,068
Yeah, yeah, Ted...

541
00:19:54,103 --> 00:19:56,275
Ted is sick today.

542
00:19:56,310 --> 00:19:58,310
[laughter]

543
00:19:59,620 --> 00:20:03,103
Yeah, buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-bye,
buh-bye, now.

544
00:20:03,137 --> 00:20:05,137
[laughter]

545
00:20:07,172 --> 00:20:08,931
That's, uh... that's, uh...
It's not bad.

546
00:20:08,965 --> 00:20:11,068
The idea of-of Bob Newhart
and Judd Hirsch

547
00:20:11,103 --> 00:20:12,724
handling a grandchild is,
you know...

548
00:20:12,758 --> 00:20:13,862
puts a smile on anybody's face.

549
00:20:13,896 --> 00:20:15,482
L-Look at her again.

550
00:20:16,689 --> 00:20:18,689
-[baby crying]
-[laughter]

551
00:20:20,724 --> 00:20:22,482
Uh, I-I had the same reaction

552
00:20:22,517 --> 00:20:24,172
-when I first met him.
-Come on.

553
00:20:24,206 --> 00:20:25,758
TURNER:
The show only ran
for 22 episodes.

554
00:20:25,793 --> 00:20:29,655
But once again, Bob made sure o
reunite with some old friends,

555
00:20:29,689 --> 00:20:31,586
bringing some
ofThe Bob Newhart Show cast

556
00:20:31,620 --> 00:20:33,310
together one more time

557
00:20:33,344 --> 00:20:35,482
on the last series
he ever starred in.

558
00:20:35,517 --> 00:20:37,344
Well, good for you, Bob.

559
00:20:37,379 --> 00:20:39,517
Not easy to admit
you have a problem.

560
00:20:39,551 --> 00:20:41,620
He called me "Bob." Didn't
even realize he called me "Bob."

561
00:20:41,655 --> 00:20:44,413
But the man's getting along
in years, and...

562
00:20:44,448 --> 00:20:46,310
it's to be excused.

563
00:20:46,344 --> 00:20:47,793
We're shooting here!

564
00:20:47,827 --> 00:20:48,827
BONERZ:
Don't excuse me, Bob.

565
00:20:48,862 --> 00:20:50,620
-That's okay. I can take it.
-[laughing]

566
00:20:50,655 --> 00:20:53,517
That's okay. If that's the way
he has to work

567
00:20:53,551 --> 00:20:57,000
to get laughs these days,
it's okay. I-I'll...

568
00:20:57,034 --> 00:20:58,103
I'll suffer.

569
00:20:58,137 --> 00:20:59,827
♪

570
00:20:59,862 --> 00:21:01,310
NEWHART:
The art in making is

571
00:21:01,344 --> 00:21:02,724
making it appear to be yourself.

572
00:21:02,758 --> 00:21:04,344
And the art is in...

573
00:21:04,379 --> 00:21:06,586
in making it not appear
to be acting.

574
00:21:06,620 --> 00:21:08,206
Um...

575
00:21:08,241 --> 00:21:09,758
But when they're not your words

576
00:21:09,793 --> 00:21:12,172
and three cameras
are aimed at you

577
00:21:12,206 --> 00:21:14,724
and you try not to bump
into furniture,

578
00:21:14,758 --> 00:21:16,517
then-then it's acting.

579
00:21:16,551 --> 00:21:19,551
TURNER:
But Bob wasn't just
a TV comedy pioneer.

580
00:21:19,586 --> 00:21:21,655
Yes, yes, I-I raised Buddy.

581
00:21:21,689 --> 00:21:23,000
TURNER:
Coming up,

582
00:21:23,034 --> 00:21:25,310
from Papa Elf
to Professor Proton,

583
00:21:25,344 --> 00:21:27,689
how Bob became
a pop culture icon.

584
00:21:27,724 --> 00:21:29,137
Thank you, Sid.

585
00:21:29,172 --> 00:21:30,689
[chuckles]

586
00:21:30,724 --> 00:21:32,689
He's such
a-a national treasure.

587
00:21:32,724 --> 00:21:34,724
♪

588
00:21:41,344 --> 00:21:43,344
♪

589
00:21:44,862 --> 00:21:46,068
And action.

590
00:21:50,344 --> 00:21:51,724
[knocking]

591
00:21:51,758 --> 00:21:54,034
PAPA ELF:
Buddy, are you okay?

592
00:21:54,068 --> 00:21:55,793
I'm sorry, Papa.

593
00:21:55,827 --> 00:21:58,034
Just need some alone time.

594
00:21:58,068 --> 00:22:01,482
TURNER: Bob Newhart brought his
wit and charm to the big scree,

595
00:22:01,517 --> 00:22:03,724
winning over
a whole new generation of fans

596
00:22:03,758 --> 00:22:05,275
with movies like Elf.

597
00:22:05,310 --> 00:22:08,206
The 2003 film became
an instant Christmas classic,

598
00:22:08,241 --> 00:22:10,827
and is still one of the
highest-grossing holiday movies

599
00:22:10,862 --> 00:22:12,172
of all time.

600
00:22:12,206 --> 00:22:15,931
[gasps]
Santa's sleigh.

601
00:22:15,965 --> 00:22:17,862
You're gonna help me
make it fly.

602
00:22:17,896 --> 00:22:20,793
NEWHART:
I have two boys, and, um,

603
00:22:20,827 --> 00:22:23,068
Will was my son.
I just treated him as I...

604
00:22:23,103 --> 00:22:24,896
as I would a son.

605
00:22:24,931 --> 00:22:26,862
WILL FERRELL:
Yeah, Bob-- I just tried to,

606
00:22:26,896 --> 00:22:31,103
you know, take advantage
of all my time with... with Bob.

607
00:22:31,137 --> 00:22:33,931
Buddy, I-I think
there is something

608
00:22:33,965 --> 00:22:36,724
I-I probably should tell you.

609
00:22:36,758 --> 00:22:37,793
I didn't put in for the tights.

610
00:22:37,827 --> 00:22:39,448
You know, at the end of a movi,

611
00:22:39,482 --> 00:22:40,793
you can always put in

612
00:22:40,827 --> 00:22:42,758
for wardrobe, but I...

613
00:22:42,793 --> 00:22:44,896
I didn't care
if I ever wore them again.

614
00:22:44,931 --> 00:22:46,758
TURNER:
That same year,
Bob got a crash course

615
00:22:46,793 --> 00:22:49,724
in designer fashion,
as Elle Woods' doorman

616
00:22:49,758 --> 00:22:50,896
inLegally Blonde 2.

617
00:22:50,931 --> 00:22:52,103
[scoffs]
All day long,

618
00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:53,896
I've felt like white,
open-toed shoes after Labor Day.

619
00:22:53,931 --> 00:22:55,931
I hate that feeling.

620
00:22:56,965 --> 00:22:58,862
What, uh, what...
whatever that means.

621
00:22:58,896 --> 00:23:01,896
I read the script,
I liked the script, and, uh,

622
00:23:01,931 --> 00:23:05,172
it was chance to work
with, uh... with Reese.

623
00:23:05,206 --> 00:23:06,965
Thank you, Sid.

624
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,034
[laughs softly]

625
00:23:08,068 --> 00:23:09,862
REESE WITHERSPOON:
Bob Newhart--

626
00:23:09,896 --> 00:23:12,000
he's such a...
a national treasure.

627
00:23:12,034 --> 00:23:14,827
I found myself
just listening to him.

628
00:23:14,862 --> 00:23:17,793
Uh, uh, c-coming through.
Uh, pardon me.

629
00:23:17,827 --> 00:23:20,586
TURNER:
Back in the '70s,
Bob lent his iconic voice

630
00:23:20,620 --> 00:23:23,793
to the Disney animated film
The Rescuers,

631
00:23:23,827 --> 00:23:25,448
and its sequel in the '90s.

632
00:23:25,482 --> 00:23:28,103
-Bianca?
-Bernard!

633
00:23:28,137 --> 00:23:29,689
FEMALE REPORTER:
Have your grandchildren--

634
00:23:29,724 --> 00:23:30,931
have they seenThe Rescuers?

635
00:23:30,965 --> 00:23:32,862
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
That's required,

636
00:23:32,896 --> 00:23:34,310
-whether they like it
or not, yeah.
-Yeah.

637
00:23:34,344 --> 00:23:36,482
Bob Newhart, everybody!

638
00:23:36,517 --> 00:23:38,310
[applause]

639
00:23:38,344 --> 00:23:41,206
Archie, it's time to start
the show. Now stop that!

640
00:23:42,310 --> 00:23:44,241
[laughter]

641
00:23:44,275 --> 00:23:45,344
You hear that?

642
00:23:45,379 --> 00:23:46,793
-[knocking]
-No.

643
00:23:46,827 --> 00:23:48,965
TURNER:
Between movies and guest roles,

644
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,034
Bob kept busy
in his seventies and eighties,

645
00:23:51,068 --> 00:23:54,793
appearing on shows likeER,
which earned him an Emmy nod.

646
00:23:54,827 --> 00:23:57,034
I'm a 71-year-old man
who's going blind.

647
00:23:57,068 --> 00:23:58,827
It's the first
intentionally dramatic role

648
00:23:58,862 --> 00:24:00,862
[laughing]:
that I've... that I've done.

649
00:24:00,896 --> 00:24:02,517
TURNER:
There was also
a three-episode arc

650
00:24:02,551 --> 00:24:04,413
onDesperate Housewives.

651
00:24:04,448 --> 00:24:06,482
Why was she hitting you?

652
00:24:06,517 --> 00:24:08,586
I threw a...
threw a book at her.

653
00:24:08,620 --> 00:24:09,586
Morty!

654
00:24:09,620 --> 00:24:11,620
It came totally out of the blue.

655
00:24:11,655 --> 00:24:13,413
And my manager came to me
and said,

656
00:24:13,448 --> 00:24:14,758
um, "They want you on

657
00:24:14,793 --> 00:24:16,103
Desperate Housewives."

658
00:24:16,137 --> 00:24:18,172
-[grunts]
-Stop it! [groaning]

659
00:24:18,206 --> 00:24:19,862
TURNER:
But it was Bob's recurring role

660
00:24:19,896 --> 00:24:21,310
onThe Big Bang Theory

661
00:24:21,344 --> 00:24:24,000
that would lead
to a big career first.

662
00:24:24,034 --> 00:24:25,586
It's really you.

663
00:24:25,620 --> 00:24:27,517
[audience laughter,
applause and cheering]

664
00:24:27,551 --> 00:24:29,103
PARSONS:
It was the first person

665
00:24:29,137 --> 00:24:30,862
we've I ever had
that I really thought,

666
00:24:30,896 --> 00:24:32,344
"Oh, my God, you exist."

667
00:24:32,379 --> 00:24:34,827
You know, he's like an icon.

668
00:24:34,862 --> 00:24:36,724
Literally, he is an icon to me.

669
00:24:36,758 --> 00:24:40,034
Professor Proton,
it's an honor to meet you.

670
00:24:40,068 --> 00:24:42,827
Is, uh... is he dangerous?

671
00:24:42,862 --> 00:24:43,931
[audience laughter]

672
00:24:43,965 --> 00:24:45,482
I love him so much.
I love him so much.

673
00:24:45,517 --> 00:24:46,965
-I love him so much.
-I do, too.

674
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,379
NEWHART:
When I walked on that set,

675
00:24:49,413 --> 00:24:52,034
it was... uh, it was home.

676
00:24:52,068 --> 00:24:54,379
TURNER:
In 2013, Bob guest starred

677
00:24:54,413 --> 00:24:57,448
as Sheldon's TV idol,
Professor Proton.

678
00:24:57,482 --> 00:25:00,655
Chuck Lorre and I--
we'd been talking about...

679
00:25:00,689 --> 00:25:02,586
about doing various shows.

680
00:25:02,620 --> 00:25:06,724
I said, "Chuck, uh, number one,
Big Ban-- Big Bang Theory,

681
00:25:06,758 --> 00:25:08,586
because it's so well-written."

682
00:25:08,620 --> 00:25:11,241
And so, Chuck said,
"Okay. Okay, you got it."

683
00:25:11,275 --> 00:25:13,103
CHUCK LORRE:
I remember when we shot

684
00:25:13,137 --> 00:25:16,310
your first scene on Bang,and...

685
00:25:17,586 --> 00:25:19,965
...we had to stop, uh,
the scene.

686
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,103
The-the audience just stood up
and went crazy

687
00:25:22,137 --> 00:25:23,620
when they realized that was yo.

688
00:25:23,655 --> 00:25:25,655
You couldn't get a word out
'cause they all just kept

689
00:25:25,689 --> 00:25:26,793
applauding and applauding,

690
00:25:26,827 --> 00:25:28,448
and he was crying. [laughs]

691
00:25:28,482 --> 00:25:30,241
I am-- I'm awake, right?

692
00:25:30,275 --> 00:25:32,068
[audience laughter]

693
00:25:32,103 --> 00:25:33,275
MARGO MARTINDALE:
And the Emmy

694
00:25:33,310 --> 00:25:34,793
for Outstanding Guest Actor

695
00:25:34,827 --> 00:25:36,931
in a Comedy Series goes to...

696
00:25:36,965 --> 00:25:38,965
[squeaks]

697
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,689
[screams]
...Bob Newhart.

698
00:25:40,724 --> 00:25:42,310
[cheering, applause]

699
00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:48,310
Uh, first of all,
my wife of 50 years...

700
00:25:48,344 --> 00:25:50,344
-[applause]
-[Newhart clears throat]

701
00:25:53,517 --> 00:25:57,000
...which just proves
that, uh, there-there are

702
00:25:57,034 --> 00:26:00,000
long marriages in, uh,
in show business.

703
00:26:01,413 --> 00:26:03,551
-REPORTER: It's heavier
than it looks?
-Yes. [laughs]

704
00:26:03,586 --> 00:26:06,310
-Yeah, you never
got to hold one.
-No, I never got to hold one.

705
00:26:06,344 --> 00:26:07,862
-[cheering]
-NEWHART: Standing ovation,

706
00:26:07,896 --> 00:26:09,931
that really threw me.

707
00:26:09,965 --> 00:26:11,862
That was like, uh,

708
00:26:11,896 --> 00:26:13,827
I wasn't, I wasn't
prepared for that.

709
00:26:13,862 --> 00:26:15,862
It was emotional.
It was emotional.

710
00:26:15,896 --> 00:26:18,379
TURNER:
Hard to believe that despite
all of Bob's sitcom success

711
00:26:18,413 --> 00:26:20,862
and after six
previous nominations,

712
00:26:20,896 --> 00:26:24,034
this was his first
and only Emmy win.

713
00:26:24,068 --> 00:26:27,413
When I saw the... the Emmy,

714
00:26:27,448 --> 00:26:30,482
um, and it was about to be
handed to me,

715
00:26:30,517 --> 00:26:34,000
-uh, it was like...
-[cheering, applause]

716
00:26:34,034 --> 00:26:37,137
"Oh, my God, I'm-I'm gonna have
one of those things."

717
00:26:37,172 --> 00:26:38,896
TURNER:
Bob would return
toThe Big Bang Theory

718
00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:42,862
several more times and even
earned two more Emmy nods.

719
00:26:42,896 --> 00:26:44,689
[audience cheering]

720
00:26:49,758 --> 00:26:51,034
Oh, great, this again.

721
00:26:51,068 --> 00:26:52,517
[audience laughter]

722
00:26:52,551 --> 00:26:54,517
Is this heavy?

723
00:26:54,551 --> 00:26:56,758
Um, oh, this is my own.

724
00:26:56,793 --> 00:26:59,137
-Oh!
-I have to get into wardrobe
in a few minutes.

725
00:26:59,172 --> 00:27:01,241
[laughter]

726
00:27:01,275 --> 00:27:04,103
-If we could kind of
speed it up, that would be...
-Yeah, definitely.

727
00:27:04,137 --> 00:27:06,344
TURNER:
His final appearance
was in 2018,

728
00:27:06,379 --> 00:27:08,068
marking one of the last times

729
00:27:08,103 --> 00:27:10,413
we would see Bob
on prime-time TV.

730
00:27:10,448 --> 00:27:12,413
Whatever you do,

731
00:27:12,448 --> 00:27:14,517
don't order the Reuben.

732
00:27:14,551 --> 00:27:16,241
I missed the live audience.

733
00:27:16,275 --> 00:27:18,068
It-it's, uh...

734
00:27:18,103 --> 00:27:20,068
-I can't describe the feeling.
-[audience laughter]

735
00:27:20,103 --> 00:27:23,896
People are laughing,
and-and you're enjoying it

736
00:27:23,931 --> 00:27:25,758
and they're enjoying it and...

737
00:27:27,758 --> 00:27:31,172
A-And you're ju-- in your mind,
you just say,

738
00:27:31,206 --> 00:27:32,896
"This is great.

739
00:27:32,931 --> 00:27:34,448
This is just great."

740
00:27:37,241 --> 00:27:39,827
-TURNER: Still ahead...
-FRAZIER: How did you meet
your wife?

741
00:27:39,862 --> 00:27:42,551
Uh, fixed up on a blind date
by Buddy Hackett.

742
00:27:42,586 --> 00:27:45,103
TURNER:
...Bob's romance with
the love of his life Ginnie,

743
00:27:45,137 --> 00:27:48,241
and why he almost gave up
on following his dream.

744
00:27:48,275 --> 00:27:50,103
There were times
when I thought to myself,

745
00:27:50,137 --> 00:27:52,931
uh, "Boy, you really
screwed up your life."

746
00:27:52,965 --> 00:27:54,965
♪

747
00:27:59,689 --> 00:28:01,310
TURNER:
Bob Newhart: A Legacy
of Laughter will continue.

748
00:28:01,344 --> 00:28:02,344
This is CBS.

749
00:28:06,896 --> 00:28:08,482
♪

750
00:28:10,482 --> 00:28:12,862
-[audience laughter]
-I'd love to stay,

751
00:28:12,896 --> 00:28:15,793
but I think I'd better
walk over to the motel.

752
00:28:15,827 --> 00:28:17,448
Okay, see you later, Mom.

753
00:28:17,482 --> 00:28:19,482
[audience laughter]

754
00:28:19,517 --> 00:28:21,482
FRAZIER:
What do you remember
about your mom and dad?

755
00:28:21,517 --> 00:28:25,275
NEWHART:
Uh, Dad and I, we're not,
we're not really close,

756
00:28:25,310 --> 00:28:27,689
and that's not...

757
00:28:27,724 --> 00:28:29,551
unusual among comics.

758
00:28:29,586 --> 00:28:33,689
It becomes, "Well, now-now
maybe Dad will notice me."

759
00:28:33,724 --> 00:28:35,965
Herb, say something to your boy.

760
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,448
Where's my pie, boy?

761
00:28:39,241 --> 00:28:40,413
Was there a point
where you think

762
00:28:40,448 --> 00:28:42,172
you finally pleased him?

763
00:28:42,206 --> 00:28:44,034
I think so, yeah.

764
00:28:44,068 --> 00:28:45,827
I think there was a time
in Chicago.

765
00:28:45,862 --> 00:28:47,620
The-The Bob Newhart Show

766
00:28:47,655 --> 00:28:51,482
was in syndication,
and, uh, it hadn't

767
00:28:51,517 --> 00:28:53,137
come to Chicago yet.

768
00:28:53,172 --> 00:28:55,689
And he kept calling up
the station saying,

769
00:28:55,724 --> 00:28:57,896
"When'sThe Bob Newhart Show
gonna be on?"

770
00:28:57,931 --> 00:29:01,172
[laughs]: So I finally, I
finally broke through with Dad.

771
00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:03,275
-Dad.
-You win.

772
00:29:04,379 --> 00:29:06,241
TURNER:
Bob was born in 1929

773
00:29:06,275 --> 00:29:09,310
in a suburb of Chicago
as George Robert Newhart.

774
00:29:09,344 --> 00:29:11,172
Were you the funny
kid in school?

775
00:29:11,206 --> 00:29:14,448
I was the guy in a group,

776
00:29:14,482 --> 00:29:18,241
and I would turn to the next guy
and I'd say something funny,

777
00:29:18,275 --> 00:29:19,655
and he'd start laughing.

778
00:29:19,689 --> 00:29:23,379
I'm still doing it.
I think that's what I still do.

779
00:29:23,413 --> 00:29:25,000
TURNER: Bob would go on
to get a college degree

780
00:29:25,034 --> 00:29:28,068
in business management
before enlisting in the Army.

781
00:29:28,103 --> 00:29:30,241
He served as a clerk
during the Korean War

782
00:29:30,275 --> 00:29:32,379
and, afterwards,
attended law school

783
00:29:32,413 --> 00:29:34,172
but left without a degree.

784
00:29:34,206 --> 00:29:36,620
There were times
when I thought to myself,

785
00:29:36,655 --> 00:29:38,172
uh, "Boy, you really
screwed up your life."

786
00:29:38,206 --> 00:29:40,896
I mean, 'cause, uh,
my friends were all...

787
00:29:40,931 --> 00:29:43,172
they were attorneys
and accountants and doctors,

788
00:29:43,206 --> 00:29:46,275
and they were all getting
married and-and buying homes,

789
00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:49,103
and-and I was, I was taking
these part-time jobs,

790
00:29:49,137 --> 00:29:51,655
you know, and, uh...

791
00:29:51,689 --> 00:29:53,517
But it worked out.
It worked out.

792
00:29:53,551 --> 00:29:56,206
Some people wonder
if it isn't unusual, uh,

793
00:29:56,241 --> 00:29:58,448
for an accountant
to become a comedian.

794
00:29:58,482 --> 00:30:01,206
Uh, it's unusual
for a good accountant

795
00:30:01,241 --> 00:30:03,586
-to become a comedian. Uh...
-[audience laughter]

796
00:30:03,620 --> 00:30:05,689
I was a very poor accountant.

797
00:30:05,724 --> 00:30:08,172
TURNER:
Yes, everything changed in 1960

798
00:30:08,206 --> 00:30:10,896
when he recorded
that now-famous set.

799
00:30:10,931 --> 00:30:12,068
Mr. Bob Newhart.

800
00:30:12,103 --> 00:30:13,344
TURNER:
The success was instant,

801
00:30:13,379 --> 00:30:15,620
and Bob didn't just book
stand-up gigs.

802
00:30:15,655 --> 00:30:20,034
His first film was the 1962
war movieHell Is for Heroes.

803
00:30:20,068 --> 00:30:21,655
S-Sergeant,
y-you don't understand.

804
00:30:21,689 --> 00:30:23,275
I was sent
to clerk typist school.

805
00:30:23,310 --> 00:30:26,172
That's all I've ever done
in the Army, was-was type.

806
00:30:26,206 --> 00:30:28,206
TURNER:
It was that same year
that Bob first met

807
00:30:28,241 --> 00:30:30,034
his lifelong love Ginnie.

808
00:30:30,068 --> 00:30:31,241
♪

809
00:30:31,275 --> 00:30:33,206
NEWHART:
Ginnie is...

810
00:30:33,241 --> 00:30:34,448
she's a very funny person.

811
00:30:34,482 --> 00:30:36,551
In the 42 years, we have,

812
00:30:36,586 --> 00:30:38,206
we have never had a fight.

813
00:30:38,241 --> 00:30:40,379
-INTERVIEWER: What's wrong
with you?
-[laughs]: I know.

814
00:30:40,413 --> 00:30:42,206
I tried to do that
with a straight face.

815
00:30:42,241 --> 00:30:44,344
[interviewer laughs]

816
00:30:44,379 --> 00:30:45,793
FRAZIER:
How did you meet your wife?

817
00:30:45,827 --> 00:30:48,965
Uh, fixed up on a blind date
by Buddy Hackett.

818
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,172
Buddy Hackett said, uh...

819
00:30:51,206 --> 00:30:53,034
[Buddy Hackett impression]:
He said, "Bob, Bobby,"

820
00:30:53,068 --> 00:30:54,758
he said,
"you're Catholic, right?"

821
00:30:54,793 --> 00:30:57,379
[regular voice]: I said, "Yeah,
yeah, Buddy, I'm Catholic."

822
00:30:57,413 --> 00:30:58,896
[Buddy Hackett impression]:
"Okay, I got a girl for you."

823
00:30:58,931 --> 00:31:00,551
GINNIE: And I really didn't
know who he was.

824
00:31:00,586 --> 00:31:02,827
I'd heard the name,
but I didn't have his albums.

825
00:31:02,862 --> 00:31:05,517
And I didn't really know
what he did until...

826
00:31:05,551 --> 00:31:08,344
I-- he was doing
the-the television show.

827
00:31:08,379 --> 00:31:11,413
TURNER:
Ginnie shared that
onAmerican Masters in 2005.

828
00:31:11,448 --> 00:31:13,034
And you may not know this,

829
00:31:13,068 --> 00:31:15,379
but she was actually born
into showbiz.

830
00:31:15,413 --> 00:31:17,413
Her father was actor Bill Quin,

831
00:31:17,448 --> 00:31:19,241
who appeared in films
likeThe Birds

832
00:31:19,275 --> 00:31:20,965
andTwilight Zone: The Movie,

833
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,068
and even guest-starred
onNewhart.

834
00:31:23,103 --> 00:31:24,793
What's going on?

835
00:31:24,827 --> 00:31:27,931
They're finally getting married.
That's what's going on.

836
00:31:27,965 --> 00:31:30,482
TURNER: Ginnie and Bob
would get married in 1963,

837
00:31:30,517 --> 00:31:32,413
one year after they met.

838
00:31:32,448 --> 00:31:35,413
Ginnie, she said to me,
like, um...

839
00:31:35,448 --> 00:31:37,379
"Bob, would you go clean out
the dog run?"

840
00:31:37,413 --> 00:31:39,310
and-and I'll say...

841
00:31:39,344 --> 00:31:41,103
"Do you think
Clark Gable was asked

842
00:31:41,137 --> 00:31:42,724
to clean out the dog run?"

843
00:31:42,758 --> 00:31:45,000
And-and she will say,

844
00:31:45,034 --> 00:31:47,965
-"You're no Clark Gable."
-[laughter]

845
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,379
NEWHART:
She insisted we try to live

846
00:31:50,413 --> 00:31:52,586
as normal a life as we could
under the circumstances,

847
00:31:52,620 --> 00:31:54,413
and-and we did.

848
00:31:54,448 --> 00:31:56,758
You know, I mean, I was dragged
along kicking and screaming

849
00:31:56,793 --> 00:32:00,344
'cause I wanted to be, uh...
uh, treated like a star,

850
00:32:00,379 --> 00:32:03,172
but s-she wouldn't have
any of that.

851
00:32:03,206 --> 00:32:05,862
TURNER:
Yeah, Ginnie had no problem
keeping Bob grounded,

852
00:32:05,896 --> 00:32:07,827
but she was also
his biggest supporter.

853
00:32:07,862 --> 00:32:09,206
NEWHART:
She always reads everything

854
00:32:09,241 --> 00:32:10,862
that I, that I'm gonna do.

855
00:32:10,896 --> 00:32:13,793
'Cause I-- really,
her advice has been...

856
00:32:13,827 --> 00:32:15,517
uh, very helpful, I mean, she..

857
00:32:15,551 --> 00:32:17,206
she knows me better
than anybody.

858
00:32:17,241 --> 00:32:19,275
She cuts right to, to the bone,

859
00:32:19,310 --> 00:32:21,655
and... and, uh,

860
00:32:21,689 --> 00:32:23,689
she's been right
time and time again.

861
00:32:23,724 --> 00:32:26,724
Oh, she--
God, if she sees this...

862
00:32:26,758 --> 00:32:28,724
[sighs]
That-that...

863
00:32:28,758 --> 00:32:31,206
we don't have to make that
part of it, do we?

864
00:32:31,241 --> 00:32:32,482
[laughter]

865
00:32:32,517 --> 00:32:34,379
Ginnie was also there
for the tough times.

866
00:32:34,413 --> 00:32:37,103
In 1985,
Bob was rushed to the ER

867
00:32:37,137 --> 00:32:39,655
after developing
a nosebleed that wouldn't stop.

868
00:32:39,689 --> 00:32:42,517
The years of smoking
had caught up with him.

869
00:32:42,551 --> 00:32:44,344
He was diagnosed
with secondary polycythemia--

870
00:32:44,379 --> 00:32:46,517
an overproduction of red cells.

871
00:32:46,551 --> 00:32:48,689
Doctors ordered him
to quit smoking.

872
00:32:48,724 --> 00:32:50,344
Another challenge
for the couple--

873
00:32:50,379 --> 00:32:54,034
early on in his career,
Bob struggled to pay the bills.

874
00:32:54,068 --> 00:32:56,379
It frightened him.
It frightened him a lot.

875
00:32:56,413 --> 00:32:58,931
He used to run
to the mailbox all the time,

876
00:32:58,965 --> 00:33:00,655
waiting for that check

877
00:33:00,689 --> 00:33:03,275
for the last thing, 'cause we
were always up against the gun.

878
00:33:03,310 --> 00:33:04,793
What's a perfect day
for you nowadays?

879
00:33:04,827 --> 00:33:07,034
Uh, see my kids, the grandkids.

880
00:33:07,068 --> 00:33:11,103
And Ginnie and I-- we sit and..

881
00:33:11,137 --> 00:33:13,310
we watch movies at night.

882
00:33:13,344 --> 00:33:15,586
Comedians in marriages...

883
00:33:16,620 --> 00:33:18,241
...tend to laugh.

884
00:33:18,275 --> 00:33:20,413
There's something about laughter

885
00:33:20,448 --> 00:33:22,206
and the length of a marriage.

886
00:33:22,241 --> 00:33:24,241
TURNER:
Together, the couple had
four children

887
00:33:24,275 --> 00:33:25,896
and ten grandchildren,

888
00:33:25,931 --> 00:33:28,137
and you can bet
the proud grandpa was excited

889
00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:31,034
to share his Christmas classic.

890
00:33:31,068 --> 00:33:33,379
To see their grandfather
as an elf has got to...

891
00:33:33,413 --> 00:33:36,379
It's gonna be very interesting
to see their-their reaction.

892
00:33:36,413 --> 00:33:38,000
You want to give me
a hand with that?

893
00:33:38,034 --> 00:33:39,758
You want me to help?

894
00:33:39,793 --> 00:33:40,758
GINNIE:
Oh, he was wonderful.

895
00:33:40,793 --> 00:33:42,724
He was so fuzzy and warm

896
00:33:42,758 --> 00:33:44,827
and just like he is
a grandfather.

897
00:33:44,862 --> 00:33:46,241
NEWHART:
"Nothing like he really is"

898
00:33:46,275 --> 00:33:48,068
-is what she's trying to say.
-Yeah, well...

899
00:33:48,103 --> 00:33:49,068
Poppy wants to see you.

900
00:33:49,103 --> 00:33:50,068
NEWHART:
A great part

901
00:33:50,103 --> 00:33:51,068
of being a grandfather

902
00:33:51,103 --> 00:33:52,896
and a grandmother is,

903
00:33:52,931 --> 00:33:54,103
you-you can just leave,
you know.

904
00:33:54,137 --> 00:33:56,896
It-It's like,
"Oh, look at the time."

905
00:33:56,931 --> 00:33:59,000
TURNER:
In 2023,
Bob and Ginnie celebrated

906
00:33:59,034 --> 00:34:01,275
their 60th wedding anniversary,

907
00:34:01,310 --> 00:34:03,034
just three months
before she passed away

908
00:34:03,068 --> 00:34:05,034
after battling a long illness.

909
00:34:05,068 --> 00:34:06,517
NEWHART:
The one thing I regret,

910
00:34:06,551 --> 00:34:10,482
um... was,
when I first enjoyed the success

911
00:34:10,516 --> 00:34:11,862
of the, of the record album

912
00:34:11,896 --> 00:34:13,172
and theSullivan Shows,

913
00:34:13,206 --> 00:34:14,551
that-that Ginnie
and I weren't married

914
00:34:14,585 --> 00:34:18,275
so that we could have, um,
enjoyed that together,

915
00:34:18,310 --> 00:34:19,655
but I can't change that.

916
00:34:19,688 --> 00:34:22,137
But that's one thing I,
I feel sorry about.

917
00:34:23,275 --> 00:34:24,827
-TURNER: Coming up...
-NEWHART: My daughter called.

918
00:34:24,862 --> 00:34:26,620
She said,
"Well, people are calling in.

919
00:34:26,655 --> 00:34:31,103
"They're going crazy on the,
on the Internet that, uh,

920
00:34:31,137 --> 00:34:32,655
the guy looks like you."

921
00:34:32,688 --> 00:34:35,206
TURNER: Bob's doppelganger
on the football field,

922
00:34:35,241 --> 00:34:37,688
plus the late-night gig
that got away.

923
00:34:37,724 --> 00:34:40,275
Well, they were
trying out hosts--

924
00:34:40,310 --> 00:34:43,137
I didn't know it at the time--
and I was a blithering idiot.

925
00:34:43,172 --> 00:34:45,172
♪

926
00:34:50,827 --> 00:34:52,827
♪

927
00:34:55,482 --> 00:34:57,724
NEWHART:
Somebody called me up
and they said, "Look,

928
00:34:57,758 --> 00:35:01,172
Don Rickles is looking
for a best friend."

929
00:35:01,206 --> 00:35:04,172
[laughter]

930
00:35:04,206 --> 00:35:05,206
"And..."

931
00:35:06,620 --> 00:35:09,551
"And none of us want to do it.
Would you?"

932
00:35:11,793 --> 00:35:13,034
DON RICKLES:
Look what America did.

933
00:35:13,068 --> 00:35:14,517
Made him the biggest thing
in the world.

934
00:35:14,551 --> 00:35:16,448
And now I just carry his books.

935
00:35:16,482 --> 00:35:19,517
TURNER:
Fellow comedian Don Rickles was
one of Bob's closest friends,

936
00:35:19,551 --> 00:35:21,034
and many considered the pair

937
00:35:21,068 --> 00:35:23,379
Hollywood's real-life
Odd Couple.

938
00:35:23,413 --> 00:35:24,862
We have a great chemistry
together.

939
00:35:24,896 --> 00:35:26,448
We are completely different

940
00:35:26,482 --> 00:35:28,206
and yet we're very much alike.

941
00:35:28,241 --> 00:35:29,758
Both wives want
to do the same thing--

942
00:35:29,793 --> 00:35:32,275
-spend, spend, spend.
-[laughs]

943
00:35:32,310 --> 00:35:34,275
I didn't start out in stand-up.

944
00:35:34,310 --> 00:35:37,724
I started out
as a ventriloquist,

945
00:35:37,758 --> 00:35:41,586
and my very first dummy was
a dummy named...

946
00:35:41,620 --> 00:35:43,862
-Don.
-[laughter]

947
00:35:43,896 --> 00:35:45,586
[applause]

948
00:35:45,620 --> 00:35:47,586
REPORTER:
What's the worst thing
you can say about Bob?

949
00:35:47,620 --> 00:35:49,241
He's a wonderful guy.
What am I gonna tell you?

950
00:35:49,275 --> 00:35:52,379
Thank you very much.
I love you, Donald, I love you.

951
00:35:52,413 --> 00:35:55,862
We were opposites, you know,
but we had a great time togethr

952
00:35:55,896 --> 00:35:59,172
and, um, traveled together,
laughed together.

953
00:35:59,206 --> 00:36:01,758
That statue of Don Rickles--

954
00:36:01,793 --> 00:36:04,448
it-it was almost lifelike.

955
00:36:04,482 --> 00:36:06,482
That was Don Rickles.

956
00:36:07,793 --> 00:36:09,827
TURNER:
Bob's kids called Don
"Uncle Don,"

957
00:36:09,862 --> 00:36:11,310
and Bob was "Uncle Bob."

958
00:36:11,344 --> 00:36:13,793
With their wives,
they traveled the world,

959
00:36:13,827 --> 00:36:15,310
sharing some
of their personal videos

960
00:36:15,344 --> 00:36:19,034
in the 2023 documentary
Bob & Don: A Love Story.

961
00:36:19,068 --> 00:36:21,137
♪ On the sea of time♪

962
00:36:21,172 --> 00:36:23,655
♪ We will sing along Broadway♪

963
00:36:23,689 --> 00:36:25,413
♪ And we'll dance.♪

964
00:36:25,448 --> 00:36:28,482
You said the two of you were
brothers of the heart.

965
00:36:28,517 --> 00:36:29,793
What did that mean?

966
00:36:29,827 --> 00:36:33,310
We, we both had the same values.

967
00:36:33,344 --> 00:36:35,275
I'm Catholic, Don was religiou.

968
00:36:35,310 --> 00:36:37,137
We-We'd celebrate

969
00:36:37,172 --> 00:36:41,275
the Jewish holidays, they'd
celebrate Catholic holidays,

970
00:36:41,310 --> 00:36:43,448
Christmas,
and we'd do caroling here.

971
00:36:43,482 --> 00:36:47,310
TURNER:
In 2017, at the age of 90,
Don passed away.

972
00:36:47,344 --> 00:36:50,344
For Bob,
things would never be the same.

973
00:36:50,379 --> 00:36:52,034
I still think about him.

974
00:36:52,068 --> 00:36:56,068
Up until, um, Don passed,
he-he lived about a block away.

975
00:36:56,103 --> 00:36:58,413
I could walk over
and get insulted and then...

976
00:36:58,448 --> 00:37:01,206
[both laugh]

977
00:37:01,241 --> 00:37:03,310
That's a nice suit, Dick.
You wear that,

978
00:37:03,344 --> 00:37:05,413
and in eight years it'll come
back in style. [laughs]

979
00:37:05,448 --> 00:37:07,034
TURNER:
Don once guest-starred

980
00:37:07,068 --> 00:37:09,310
as a late-night talk show host
onNewhart.

981
00:37:09,344 --> 00:37:12,482
But did you know that Bob
almost became one in real life?

982
00:37:12,517 --> 00:37:14,310
Yeah, he filled in
onThe Tonight Show

983
00:37:14,344 --> 00:37:17,482
when Johnny Carson was
in contract negotiations.

984
00:37:17,517 --> 00:37:19,689
I did three weeks in New York.

985
00:37:19,724 --> 00:37:23,206
They were trying out hosts--
I didn't know it at the time--

986
00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:25,034
and I was a blithering idiot.

987
00:37:25,068 --> 00:37:26,344
I mean, that was
after three weeks,

988
00:37:26,379 --> 00:37:28,689
and the man did...

989
00:37:28,724 --> 00:37:30,172
50 years?

990
00:37:30,206 --> 00:37:32,517
TURNER:
Over his career, Bob filled in

991
00:37:32,551 --> 00:37:34,344
onThe Tonight Show 87 times.

992
00:37:34,379 --> 00:37:36,689
He also hostedSNL twice.

993
00:37:36,724 --> 00:37:40,034
I hosted, uh,
15 years ago in 1980

994
00:37:40,068 --> 00:37:42,724
and apparently made
such an impression on them...

995
00:37:42,758 --> 00:37:44,413
-[laughter]
-...they, they said,

996
00:37:44,448 --> 00:37:47,379
"Boy, we got to have this guy
back as soon as possible."

997
00:37:47,413 --> 00:37:49,689
TURNER:
And back in the '60s,
he even performed

998
00:37:49,724 --> 00:37:52,551
for Queen Elizabeth
at theRoyal Variety show.

999
00:37:52,586 --> 00:37:54,896
But all the notoriety
never went to his head.

1000
00:37:54,931 --> 00:37:57,413
In fact,
he was always just a guy

1001
00:37:57,448 --> 00:38:00,103
from the Midwest
and a lifelong Cubs fan.

1002
00:38:00,137 --> 00:38:02,793
SPORTSCASTER:
Washburn strikes out,
and the game is over.

1003
00:38:02,827 --> 00:38:05,137
-You bum!
-TURNER: In 2015,

1004
00:38:05,172 --> 00:38:07,758
Bob's love for sports took
an unexpected turn

1005
00:38:07,793 --> 00:38:10,620
during the national college
championship football game,

1006
00:38:10,655 --> 00:38:12,965
thanks to a ref
that was his doppelganger.

1007
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:13,965
NEWHART:
I was watching the game.

1008
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,275
My daughter called

1009
00:38:15,310 --> 00:38:18,068
and she said,
"Dad, uh, turn on the game."

1010
00:38:18,103 --> 00:38:19,275
I said, "Well, I got it on."

1011
00:38:19,310 --> 00:38:21,000
She said,
"Well, people are calling in.

1012
00:38:21,034 --> 00:38:23,620
"They're going crazy on the,
on the Internet

1013
00:38:23,655 --> 00:38:26,586
that, uh, the guy looks
like you."

1014
00:38:26,620 --> 00:38:30,241
I woke up this morning, and
my wife had run off with him.

1015
00:38:30,275 --> 00:38:32,241
-TURNER: Still ahead...
-INTERVIEWER: What do you think

1016
00:38:32,275 --> 00:38:35,137
is the most important decision
you've made in your career?

1017
00:38:35,172 --> 00:38:37,000
TURNER:
...Bob Newhart in his own words

1018
00:38:37,034 --> 00:38:39,413
and the legacy he leaves behin.

1019
00:38:39,448 --> 00:38:41,137
What I get more and more now is,

1020
00:38:41,172 --> 00:38:43,413
"Thank you
for all the years of laughter,"

1021
00:38:43,448 --> 00:38:45,793
and-and my answer is-is
the truth--

1022
00:38:45,827 --> 00:38:48,034
"It was, it was my pleasure."

1023
00:38:48,068 --> 00:38:50,068
♪

1024
00:38:57,068 --> 00:38:59,068
♪

1025
00:39:02,689 --> 00:39:04,551
NEWHART: I had to flip a coin
one day whether--

1026
00:39:04,586 --> 00:39:07,517
and decide whether I wanted to
go into comedy or bank-robbing,

1027
00:39:07,551 --> 00:39:11,379
and, uh, came up tails,
and tails was comedy, so...

1028
00:39:12,551 --> 00:39:13,689
...so that's what I did.

1029
00:39:13,724 --> 00:39:16,068
Son of a gun,
we're gonna have big fun, Emily.

1030
00:39:17,413 --> 00:39:18,379
BROOKE ANDERSON:
Here we are.

1031
00:39:18,413 --> 00:39:20,275
This is Newhart Street.

1032
00:39:20,310 --> 00:39:21,551
This was your stage.

1033
00:39:21,586 --> 00:39:23,862
That's right, that's right.
This is Stage 17.

1034
00:39:23,896 --> 00:39:26,655
I did, uh, I spent six years

1035
00:39:26,689 --> 00:39:28,724
here doingThe Bob Newhart Show

1036
00:39:28,758 --> 00:39:30,172
and then eight years doing
Newhart.

1037
00:39:30,206 --> 00:39:33,482
So I-I spent 14 years on this,
on this lot,

1038
00:39:33,517 --> 00:39:35,482
on-on this very stage.

1039
00:39:35,517 --> 00:39:37,689
He is undoubtedly a TV legend,

1040
00:39:37,724 --> 00:39:40,517
but deep down Bob Newhart
always thought of himself

1041
00:39:40,551 --> 00:39:42,655
as a stand-up comic first,

1042
00:39:42,689 --> 00:39:45,172
a job he was still doing
in his 90s

1043
00:39:45,206 --> 00:39:47,517
that he started doing
in his 30s.

1044
00:39:47,551 --> 00:39:48,793
NEWHART:
Now, how fast were you going

1045
00:39:48,827 --> 00:39:50,862
when Mr. Adams jumped
from the car?

1046
00:39:50,896 --> 00:39:52,896
[audience laughing]

1047
00:39:54,551 --> 00:39:56,482
S-Seven-Seventy-five?

1048
00:39:56,517 --> 00:39:57,896
[laughter]

1049
00:39:57,931 --> 00:39:59,310
That's where I started.

1050
00:39:59,344 --> 00:40:02,482
Well, I can't ever imagine
not doing stand-up.

1051
00:40:02,517 --> 00:40:03,689
But I loved the TV shows.

1052
00:40:03,724 --> 00:40:04,896
I mean, the-the T...

1053
00:40:04,931 --> 00:40:06,448
We had it down, um...

1054
00:40:06,482 --> 00:40:08,620
You know, it was a normal life.

1055
00:40:08,655 --> 00:40:11,034
I-I could-- I wasn't
on the road all the time

1056
00:40:11,068 --> 00:40:14,655
and I would drive the kids
to school in the morning

1057
00:40:14,689 --> 00:40:17,448
and my wife would pick 'em up
at night-- in-in the afternoon.

1058
00:40:17,482 --> 00:40:20,034
Uh, it was a normal life,
so I loved that about it.

1059
00:40:20,068 --> 00:40:21,551
I loved...

1060
00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:23,793
It was great writing,
and I loved the cast.

1061
00:40:23,827 --> 00:40:25,620
It was a, it was a fun time.

1062
00:40:25,655 --> 00:40:29,448
I feel so good, I'm gonna take
the afternoon off.

1063
00:40:29,482 --> 00:40:32,206
[laughter]

1064
00:40:32,241 --> 00:40:35,655
TURNER:
With his unique observational
humor, inherent sense of timin,

1065
00:40:35,689 --> 00:40:39,103
and uncanny ability to get
a laugh by doing almost nothin,

1066
00:40:39,137 --> 00:40:41,517
Bob inspired
a generation of comics

1067
00:40:41,551 --> 00:40:44,655
and leaves behind
an unmatched legacy of laughte.

1068
00:40:44,689 --> 00:40:48,551
Tonight I have placed
beloved TV icon Bob Newhart...

1069
00:40:48,586 --> 00:40:50,482
[laughter]

1070
00:40:52,241 --> 00:40:54,551
...in an airtight container

1071
00:40:54,586 --> 00:40:57,862
with exactly
three hours' worth of air.

1072
00:40:57,896 --> 00:41:00,448
[laughter]

1073
00:41:00,482 --> 00:41:04,172
REPORTER:
So, what is the secret of your,
your 50 years in show business?

1074
00:41:04,206 --> 00:41:05,413
I don't, I don't know.

1075
00:41:05,448 --> 00:41:07,517
I-I really, uh,
I really didn't expect it

1076
00:41:07,551 --> 00:41:09,103
to last this long.

1077
00:41:09,137 --> 00:41:11,551
It-it happened so suddenly,
and I-I just assumed

1078
00:41:11,586 --> 00:41:13,551
five, six years,
it was going to be over.

1079
00:41:13,586 --> 00:41:16,517
I-I never thought it was going
to go this far.

1080
00:41:16,551 --> 00:41:20,172
Career-wise,
the high would be, um,

1081
00:41:20,206 --> 00:41:23,862
PBS-- they designated me
a-an American Master.

1082
00:41:23,896 --> 00:41:26,448
Now, that-that's something
that I never thought.

1083
00:41:26,482 --> 00:41:28,517
I don't think of myself
as an American Master.

1084
00:41:28,551 --> 00:41:31,551
I was inducted into
the Television Hall of Fame,

1085
00:41:31,586 --> 00:41:34,689
and that was very special.

1086
00:41:34,724 --> 00:41:36,586
This is a-- it's a great treat.

1087
00:41:36,620 --> 00:41:39,448
I've, uh-- the only other time I
was ever inducted into anything,

1088
00:41:39,482 --> 00:41:40,965
I had to take off
all my clothes.

1089
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:42,344
[laughter]

1090
00:41:42,379 --> 00:41:43,689
Of course, the, uh,

1091
00:41:43,724 --> 00:41:46,034
the Mark Twain award
for comedians.

1092
00:41:46,068 --> 00:41:47,862
Uh, we have a saying, um...

1093
00:41:47,896 --> 00:41:50,172
"You, uh, you can take the boy
out of accounting,

1094
00:41:50,206 --> 00:41:53,931
but you can't take
accounting out of the boy."

1095
00:41:53,965 --> 00:41:55,379
[laughter]

1096
00:41:55,413 --> 00:41:58,689
It's not a very funny saying,
but it's...

1097
00:41:58,724 --> 00:41:59,689
It's been a great life.

1098
00:41:59,724 --> 00:42:00,931
TURNER:
But it's Bob's humility

1099
00:42:00,965 --> 00:42:02,275
and deep love of family

1100
00:42:02,310 --> 00:42:04,482
that truly defined
his character.

1101
00:42:04,517 --> 00:42:05,965
INTERVIEWER:
What do you think is
the most important decision

1102
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,758
you've made in your career?

1103
00:42:07,793 --> 00:42:10,103
Uh, the woman I married.

1104
00:42:11,724 --> 00:42:13,517
That was easy.
[chuckles]

1105
00:42:13,551 --> 00:42:15,586
INTERVIEWER 2:
When you look back
on your illustrious career,

1106
00:42:15,620 --> 00:42:18,000
what moment do you think
will resonate the most with you?

1107
00:42:18,034 --> 00:42:19,793
Oh, well, there's so many.

1108
00:42:19,827 --> 00:42:21,862
Um, well, my marriage, the kid,

1109
00:42:21,896 --> 00:42:24,000
things outside the business,
really.

1110
00:42:24,034 --> 00:42:27,758
Wh-When it's all done, uh,

1111
00:42:27,793 --> 00:42:30,620
it's all about family
and friends.

1112
00:42:30,655 --> 00:42:32,620
Uh... it's been a great life.

1113
00:42:32,655 --> 00:42:36,206
It's just, you know,
making people laugh is...

1114
00:42:37,310 --> 00:42:38,517
...it-it's wonderful.

1115
00:42:38,551 --> 00:42:41,413
I-I'm hoping that when,
you know,

1116
00:42:41,448 --> 00:42:44,793
it's time to go upstairs--
hopefully go upstairs...

1117
00:42:44,827 --> 00:42:46,241
[Bob and Brooke laugh]

1118
00:42:46,275 --> 00:42:48,275
...uh, that, you know,

1119
00:42:48,310 --> 00:42:50,482
that St. Peter will say,
"What did you do?"

1120
00:42:50,517 --> 00:42:54,758
And I said-- and I'll answer,
"I made, uh, people laugh."

1121
00:42:54,793 --> 00:42:56,275
And, uh, he'll say,

1122
00:42:56,310 --> 00:42:59,275
"Get... get in that real
short line over there."

1123
00:42:59,310 --> 00:43:01,724
How do you want yourself
to be remembered?

1124
00:43:01,758 --> 00:43:03,724
As a good person.

1125
00:43:05,758 --> 00:43:07,931
I can't ask
for much better than that.

1126
00:43:07,965 --> 00:43:10,034
And who gave us all
so many laughs.

1127
00:43:10,068 --> 00:43:12,000
Well, it was my pleasure.

1128
00:43:12,034 --> 00:43:14,000
♪

1129
00:43:20,275 --> 00:43:23,758
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1130
00:43:23,793 --> 00:43:27,689
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