We all knew this day was coming but it still hurts. Comedy legend Bob Newhart has passed away aged 94. He famously was best friends with Don Rickles and in my eyes - the most famous Chicago Cubs fan of them all.
He could take any famous historical character and a simple telephone as a prop and make instant art.
He had one of the most famous openings to any hit show ever. And he had one of the best final acts of any hit TV show ever. That ending BTW was thought up by his wife of 50-years Ginny.
There will never be another like the button-down mind of Bob Newhart.
An old war movie "Hell is for Heroes" had Bob Newhart doing one of his trademark phone skits as part of a plan to fool the Germans who were listening in. An interesting role for him and a lighthearted contrast to the rest of the movie.
ReplyDeleteOh, and my folks bought that LP when it came out (maybe in the 60s?)and we listened to it a bunch of times. Bob Newhart was one of a kind.
He was also very good in the movie Catch-22 but I never seem to hear that role mentioned. He was unique.
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