BOB NEWHART SHOW, THE: THE 19TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (TV)
Summary
A television special celebrating the 19th anniversary of “The Bob Newhart Show,” a comedy program about the personal and professional life of a Chicago psychologist played by Newhart. After an opening monologue by Newhart, the show begins with a continuation from the final episode of “Newhart,” when it was revealed that the entire series was a dream experienced by Newhart’s character on “The Bob Newhart Show.” He goes to work and is greeted by Carol, who reminds him that it is the 20th anniversary of the start of his practice at the office (although Bob corrects her and notes that it is only 19 years). Emily comes to visit him to congratulate him, but Bob is disturbed over the dream he had, believing that it indicates he might be losing his mind. Emily decides to psychoanalyze Bob’s dream to see what it means. Jerry visits them and Emily tells him about the dream; Jerry believes that such a dream was inevitable due to Bob’s line of work. Howard enters as well, and together everyone conjectures that Bob is having a mid-life crisis. Mr. Carlin enters as well for his appointment, advising Bob to “snap out of” his concerns over his dream. Together, everyone manages to convince Bob that he has a good life and that he should enjoy it, and this seems to work. However, Bob runs into Larry and the two Darryls from “Newhart,” further confusing him. Clips from episodes of “The Bob Newhart Show” are interspersed throughout, including: Bob’s appearance on an early-morning talk show with a host who ends up insulting his profession; Bob discovering that his IQ score is lower than Emily’s; Bob mocking Emily for crying over her fear of flying and hashing out their various relationship issues; Bob accidentally walking into an open elevator shaft; Howard’s monologue about possible ways to accidentally die; Bob, Emily, and Howard being held up by a would-be robber; Howard and Jerry arguing over who is Bob’s best friend; Bob, Howard, Jerry, and Mr. Carlin drunkenly attempting to order Chinese food; Bob’s various experiences with his patients, including a clown, a ventriloquist, an old woman, and a mute fellow; Mr. Carlin claiming that he was possessed by the devil, and several scenes of him interacting Bob and other patients; and Bob trying to talk Mr. Peterson off of a ledge while dressed as Zorro. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: November 23, 1991 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:46:18
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:65611
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1991
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- George Zaloom … Executive Producer
- Les Mayfield … Executive Producer
- Jean-Michel Michenaud … Producer
- Michael Mahler … Co-Producer, Writer
- Chris Duncombe Jr. … Co-Producer
- Dick Martin … Director
- Mark Egan … Writer
- Mark Solomon … Writer
- Patrick Williams … Music by
- Lorenzo Music … Theme Music by
- Henrietta Music … Theme Music by
- Bob Newhart … Cast, Bob Hartley
- Suzanne Pleshette … Cast, Emily Hartley
- Peter Bonerz … Cast, Jerry Robinson
- Bill Daily … Cast, Howard Borden
- Marcia Wallace … Cast, Carol Kester Bondurant
- Jack Riley … Cast, Elliot Carlin
- William Sanderson … Cast, Larry
- Tony Papenfuss … Cast, Darryl #1
- John Voldstad … Cast, Darryl #2