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Aug. 27, 2008 11:00 PM ET (AP)
Actors: Don Rickles, Clint Eastwood, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Christopher Guest
Synopsis: As one of the few heavyweight comedians of Vegas's "Golden Age" to topline standup routines in 21st century Glitter Gulch - a time and place that saw him still reeling in massive audiences well into his 70s and 80s - Don Rickles qualifies as a show business legend. Rickles, of course, pioneered Read More
Actors: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Martin Luther King Jr.
Synopsis: Per its title, the compilation release Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories serves up a collection of nostalgic clips from the popular talk program The Mike Douglas Show. Featured guests include Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Steve Martin and a young Billy Crystal. ~ Nathan Read More
Actors: Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar, Jane Curtin, Robert Foxworth, Olympia Dukakis, Bob Newhart
Synopsis: An adventurous former librarian sets out in search of the legendary mines of King Solomon in this epic sequel to The Librarian: Quest for the Spear starring Noah Wyle, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Newhart, and Olympia Dukakis. Flynn Carsen (Wyle) was a quiet bookworm whose 12 bachelor's degrees, six Read More
Synopsis: Lesley Ann Warren makes her first appearance as Sophie Bremmer, who descends upon her daughter, Susan (Teri Hatcher), after calling it quits with her current boyfriend, Morty (Bob Newhart). Elsewhere, Bree (Marcia Cross) enrages Lynette (Felicity Huffman) when she disciplines Lynette's Read More
Synopsis: Edie (Nicollette Sheridan) is a far from disinterested witness when Bree (Marcia Cross) goes out to lunch with the charming but slightly sinister George Williams (Roger Bart). Meanwhile, Bree's husband, Rex (Steven Culp), continues to suffer from ill health (can there be a connection somewhere?). Read More
Synopsis: The Untold Secrets of Television's Greatest Hits offers stories about the productions of eight famous programs. Among the shows discussed are Cheers, L.A. Law, Hill Street Blues, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, he Addams Family, The Munsters, and I Love Lucy. ~ Perry Seibert, All Read More
Actors: Noah Wyle, Kyle MacLachlan, Sonya Walger, Jane Curtin, Kelly Hu
Synopsis: A "professional student" lands a truly remarkable job in this witty made-for-TV fantasy adventure. Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle) is a 30-year-old graduate student who has managed to collect a whopping 22 university degrees; despite his brilliance, shy Flynn seems to have a hard time with the real Read More
Actors: Will Ferrell, Ed Asner, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart
Synopsis: For his sophomore stab at directing, actor/writer/director Jon Favreau (Swingers, Made), took on this holiday comedy starring Saturday Night Live-alum Will Ferrell. Ferrell stars as Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as an elf by Santa Claus (Edward Asner). When the news is finally broken Read More
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Regina King, Jennifer Coolidge, Bruce McGill
Synopsis: Taking home a paycheck that nearly rivals the budget of the first film, Reese Witherspoon reprises the role of Elle Woods in this sequel to 2001's surprise blockbuster Legally Blonde. When she's fired from her job at an upscale law firm for voicing her stance against the testing of cosmetics on Read More
Actors: Bob Newhart, Kelsey Grammer, Gary Basaraba, Brian Markinson, Graham Jarvis, Kevin McNulty
Synopsis: The funny side of sports fandom provides the common element for two stories in this made-for-cable anthology feature. In the first segment, based on a short story by Don Marquis, a golfer (Bob Newhart) looks like he's about to break 100 for the first time, but his partner (Kelsey Grammer) keeps Read More
Actors: John Goodman, Eric Idle, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, Richard Simmons
Synopsis: Bill Kowalchuk produced and directed this animated interpretation of the familiar Christmas fable about the eccentric reindeer, highlighted by nine musical numbers. Following the song's basic outline, dad Blitzen is embarrassed by the antics of cute yet offbeat Rudolph who has a glowing nose, gets Read More
Actors: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley
Synopsis: Life is sweet for high-school English teacher and sports coach Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline); he's still living where he grew up, he has a good relationship with his father (Wilford Brimley) and mother (Debbie Reynolds), he's respected by his community, and he's about to marry Emily (Joan Cusack) Read More
Actors: Bob Newhart, Des'ree
Synopsis: This 1995 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Bob Newhart and features musical guest Des'ree. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: After 18 years of psychotherapy, Frank (Joe Regalbuto) is thrown for a loss when his analyst Dr. Larkin (Debra Mooney) declares that he is "cured." Feeling cast adrift, Frank turns to Murphy (Candice Bergen) for moral support. It would appear that Frank couldn't have picked a better time, what Read More
Actors: Robert Downey, Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore
Synopsis: Director Ron Underwood follows up his crowd-pleasing hit City Slickers (1991) with this likable, feel-good comedy drama about a selfish businessman who discovers that he's permanently being followed by a group of ghosts. In 1959, a bus accident links the spirits of four fatally injured passengers Read More
Actors: Linda Gray, Bob Newhart
Synopsis: Where else but on network television would you be able to see a movie starring Bob Newhart, Linda Gray, and Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee "Bubbles"? The Entertainers was advertised as "the touching story of a chimp, a chump and the woman they love." Newhart is cast as Todd Wilson, a Read More
Actors: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy, Tristan Rogers, Adam Ryen
Synopsis: Bernard (voice of Bob Newhart) and Miss Bianca (voice of Eva Gabor), the intrepid mouse squad from the International Rescue Society of The Rescuers, return to help a little boy from the Australian outback named Cody ({voice of Adam Ryen), who has been kidnapped by an evil poacher named McLeach Read More
Actors: Bob Newhart, Mary Frann, Tom Poston, Julia Duffy
Actors: Bob Newhart, Mary Frann, Tom Poston, Jennifer Holmes
Actors: Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart
Synopsis: Screenwriter Walter Bernstein made his directorial debut with Little Miss Marker, a re-make of the Damon Runyon story that has been filmed many times before (most notably as Little Miss Marker with Shirley Temple, Sorrowful Jones starring Bob Hope, and the Tony Curtis vehicle 40 Pounds of Read More
Actors: Gilda Radner, Bob Newhart, Madeline Kahn, Richard Benjamin, Bob Dishy
Synopsis: Gilda Radner, Bob Newhart, and Madeline Kahn star in this comedy. The farce sends up an idiotic First Family in the persona of a bumbling president (Newhart), his semi-alcoholic wife (Kahn), and his oversexed daughter (Radner). Satirizing the artificial, formal speech of real-life First Families Read More
Synopsis: No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. Bob Newhart is a marathon runner in this sprightly made-for-TV movie. A mild, middle-aged suburbanite with the requisite loving wife (Anita Gillette), Newhart is smitten by gorgeous female jogger Leigh Taylor-Young. "Accidentally" arranging to meet the Read More
Actors: Bob Newhart, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn
Synopsis: This 1980 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Bob Newhart and features musical guests The Amazing Rhythm Aces and Bruce Cockburn. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette, Bill Daily, Peter Bonerz, Marcia Wallace
Synopsis: Bob and his fellow doctors look forward to honoring Carol as "Secretary of the Year." Their enthusiasm is dampened when Carol, hoping to expand her professional horizons, quits her job and goes to work for Bob's pet patient, real-estate agent Elliot Carlin. Featured in the cast are Madeline Fisher Read More
Synopsis: Jerry Fogel is cast as Paul Billingham, aka "Ralph Alfalfa the Happy Farmer" of Chicago radio fame. Though a huge success on the airwaves, Billingham harbors a dark secret: He stutters. Now that he has been offered a TV job, Billingham is terrified that the bizarre physical subterfuges he uses to Read More
Synopsis: The Bob Newhart Show ended its six-season, 142-episode run with the aptly titled "Happy Trails to You." The show opens as Bob assumes his new responsibilities as a psychology professor in a small Oregon college. In flashback, Bob recalls how he bade farewell to his friends, colleagues, and Read More
Synopsis: Emily intends to "bond" with Bob and his father, Herb (Barnard Hughes), by accompanying them on a fishing trip. But before long, the old rules are set in place: Bob and Herb get to do all the rugged "men's stuff," while Emily is saddled with the cooking and cleaning. Laura Levine's teleplay is so Read More
Synopsis: In this follow-up to the earlier episode "Ex-Con Job," Bob is reunited with the five paroled convicts whom he's counseled in prison. This time, the quintet is determined to become useful members of society by finding honest work. Taurean Blacque (of Hill Street Blues fame), Wyatt Johnson, Allen Read More
Synopsis: Bob hopes to get away from his work by joining Emily on a relaxing ocean voyage. Fat chance! No sooner have they cast off than Bob has offered his psychological services to a battling married couple. Featured in the cast are Jeff Donnell as Clara, aka "The Little Woman"; John Crawford as Vern; Read More
Synopsis: Future WKRP in Cincinnati co-star Howard Hesseman reprises his role as Mr. Plager, the gay, culturally inclined member of Bob's therapy group. Urged on by Bob and the other patients, Plager writes, produces, and directs a play. Unfortunately, Plager's masterpiece, though ostensibly set during WWI Read More
Synopsis: It seemed like only yesterday that Bob and Emily celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary (actually, it was in an episode which aired approximately ten months earlier, in February of 1977). And now here they are, blowing out the candles on their tenth anniversary cake. On this momentous Read More
Synopsis: For only the second time in five years, Bob is forced to raise his rates. Likewise for the second time in five years, his patients react unfavorably to the increase; not only do they boycott his Christmas party, but also Mr. Carlin puts out a "contract" on Bob by hiring a professional pie thrower Read More
Synopsis: Hoping to get a grip on "the woman's angle," Bob's all-male therapy group converges in the Hartley apartment. The result is a scattershot role-playing session, with Emily assuming the guise of Chicago's own Barbara Walters. Featured in the cast are Inga Neilsen as Wanda and Betty Kean as Flo. Read More
Synopsis: Weary of the exigencies of life in the big city, Bob applies for a professorial post at a small-town college. The institute, located in Iowa, is essentially a farming college, so one can guess the direction of the episode's comic thrust. The supporting cast includes Tresa Hughes as Dr. Doctor Read More
Synopsis: Mr. Carlin is in love again; this time the lucky (?) woman is one Andrea Duff (Mary Ann Chin). Hoping to appear more exciting to the new woman in his life, Carlin enlists Bob's aid in fabricating a spectacular "life story." The result is a wide-ranging farrago of a resumé which claims, among other Read More
Synopsis: Invited to lecture before a sex seminar at the Ironwood Institute, Bob invites Emily to accompany him. Little does he suspect that the Institute is a nudist colony, but the bare facts soon become all too apparent. And what sort of effect will this have on the Hartleys' marriage. Max Showalter Read More
Synopsis: Bob advises both Emily and his patients never to store up their anger, but to "vent" when venting is necessary. Unfortunately, Bob's theory doesn't work too well with Emily at home. Nor is it effective with the garage mechanic who blackens Bob's eye. Also in the cast are voice-over specialist Bob Ridgely Read More
Synopsis: Howard is even more upset than usual; his son, Howie, has announced his intention to quit school and become a comedian. That's quite a quantum leap for a kid who hasn't even reached his teens yet, and Howard hopes that he -- or Bob -- will be able to talk him out of it. Bobby Ramsen, who made a Read More
Synopsis: Needing a long-overdue break, Bob impulsively decides to spend a week in New Orleans. This uncharacteristic kicking over of traces has a devastating effect on Bob's regular patients. Richard Stahl appears as Mel, while Bud, Rob, and Pam Kenneally are seen as the Swerdlow family. Written by Kathy Read More
Synopsis: Hoping to lighten his workload, Bob interviews several candidates for the job of his assistant. When his efforts fail to yield fruit (most of the candidates, alas, are unable to diagnose a hangnail, much less a neurosis), Bob turns to his former college professor, Alan Dreesen (guest star Ralph Bellamy Read More
Synopsis: Saddled with a close-mouthed patient named Twillmer (Richard Libertini), Bob encourages the man to open up and "let it all out." Unfortunately, Twillmer reveals that he has embezzled an enormous sum of money -- and Bob is bound by his doctor-patient confidentiality oath to keep mum about this Read More
Synopsis: Once again breaking his self-imposed rule of never consulting his friends, Bob offers advice to Carol's husband, Larry Bondurant (Will Mackenzie). Suggesting that the discouraged Larry open his own travel agency, Bob never dreamed that his advice would be acted upon so quickly. Nor did he imagine Read More
Synopsis: Bob's prickly patient, Mr. Carlin, is given yet another reason to be neurotic; a woman from his past has slapped him with a paternity suit. But upon meeting his "son" for the first time, Carlin hasn't the heart to tell the boy that the suit is a phony. Meanwhile, Bob has troubles of his own with a Read More
Synopsis: The fifth season of The Bob Newhart Show ended on March 19, 1977, with the news that Emily Hartley was pregnant. This somewhat significant plot point was conveniently forgotten when the series launched its sixth season on September 24, 1977. Written by Glen and Les Charles, the opening episode Read More
Synopsis: Carol startles Bob and the rest of the doctors when she announces that she's pregnant. No sooner has Bob digested this information than Emily drops another bombshell; she, too, is expecting. Series semiregulars Tom Poston and Jean Palmerton reprise their familiar roles of Cliff and Corinne Read More
Synopsis: Volunteering his services, Bob heads to the local slammer to counsel five men about to be paroled. His efforts to reach out to these lost souls is stymied by the most outspoken of the cons, who refers to Bob as a "suit that's fat-mouthin'." Trouble is, Bob is in complete agreement. Taurean Read More
Synopsis: With the help of Bob and a bottle, henpecked Mr. Petersen (John Fiedler) stands up to his wife. The consequences are enormous, not only for the Petersens, but also for Bob. Toni Lamond appears as the much-discussed but seldom-seen Doris Petersen, while Larry Goldman is cast as the cop. Scripted by Glen Read More
Synopsis: Two separate plot strands are loosely entwined in this episode. At the office, Bob consuls a ventriloquist named Danny James (Sam Kwasman), whose dummy wants to break up the act. And on the domestic front, Jerry is terrified of being dumped by his "perfect" girlfriend, Jackie Windsor (Hope Alexander-Willis Read More
Synopsis: Tovah Feldshuh guest stars as Veronica Kidd, Bob's new student trainee. Somewhat overwhelmed by her enthusiasm and dedication, Bob comes to the conclusion that Veronica has fallen in love with him. As embarrassing as this prospect may be, the episode's denoument is even more so. Written by Read More
Synopsis: While standing in the deposit line of his bank, Bob is taken hostage by a likable bank robber named Mel (Robert Pine). As the police, headed by Sgt. Webber (Walker Edmiston), negotiate Bob's release, the nonplussed psychologist tries to analyze his way out of the situation. Also appearaing are Ron Vernan Read More
Actors: Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette, Peter Bonerz, Bill Daily, Marcia Wallace
Synopsis: Although Emily Hartley (Suzanne Pleshette), wife of Chicago psychologist Bob Hartley (Bob Newhart), had announced that she was pregnant at the end of The Bob Newhart Show's fifth season, it was decided to drop this plot strand when the series was unexpectedly renewed for season six. Thus, when the Read More
Synopsis: Two fantasy novels by Margery Sharp were combined for in the Disney animated feature The Rescuers. The title characters are a pair of mice, Bernard and Miss Bianca. A little girl named Penny has been kidnapped by Miss Medusa. When the human law enforcement officials fail to locate the child Read More
Synopsis: Though other time-frames have been offered in past episodes, the Hartleys have been married seven years according to Sy Rosen's script for "Taxation Without Celebration." Their anniversary is April 15th, a date that has completely slipped Bob's mind. Not only must he face the wrath of wife Emily Read More
Actors: Bob Newhart,