Talk:Bob Newhart

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any more about Virginia Quinn? She was stunning, I can't believe there isn't more about her.

there's a contradiction in the article regarding the length of time during which the Bob Newhart show ran. According to the "Television" section, the show ran 1 year. However the Sitcoms section lists the show as lasting 6 seasons. Perhaps there is a naming error here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.173.118.221 (talk) 11:50, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

What's the deal with the one-line unsubstantiated mention of bob doing frann? no citation, and nothing to back it up in my 4 minutes of googling. Should be cited or removed. Second paragraph, Newhart.

There is a statement under the personal section that I believe says, 'He was good friends with Don Rickles.' Both men are still alive, are they not friends anymore or what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mylittlezach (talk • contribs) 04:29, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

the telephone routine

I wonder whether Newhart borrowed the telephone routine from Hell is for Heroes; that scene is the only time I've seen him not speaking most of the "other" side of the conversation. "What's that, Walt [Raleigh]? They grind up the leaf and snort it up their nose? And it makes you sneeze? Well I guess it would, Walt." —Tamfang 05:40, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

The Driving Instructor

A recent radio programme on BBC7 said that Bob Newhart got the idea for the "The Driving Instructor" from a very similar earlier item about a driving instructor on the Al Read Show. A recording of that programme was played and there certainly were a lot of similarities. I wonder if there is any confirmation of this? --jmb 13:46, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

The Emmys???

I only saw pictures of him from The Emmys. I don't get it??? Could somebody maybe edit in what he did? I'm so confused.

Smoking?

Nothing here about Mr. Newhart's smoking habit. I think seeing a special on PBS, he used to smoke about a pack a day, but stopped in the mid 80s/early 90s after being diagnosed with high red blood sell count anemia, or something. Any info on this? -65.122.209.157 05:42, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Book

Can someone put information on his new book "I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This"? (unsigned comment)

I will try to add something to the article. Please be sure when commenting on a talk page that you (a) sign your comment and (b) put your comment at the bottom of the page. See directions in the Talk header at the top of the page. Thanks. NickBurns 19:15, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Henry Fonda

I haven't seen any pictures of Bob Newhart other than what is available on the article page. Does he resemble Henry Fonda in any way? Bob Newhart played the role of Major Major Major Major in the movie Catch-22, and one of the main points of the character is that he is supposed to resemble Henry Fonda. Jay 19:47, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

If the resemblance in any way influenced his getting the role, that would be interesting and can be mentioned in the article. Jay (talk) 02:50, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

Religion? Education?

What religion were his parents? Bob? Where did he go to high school, and college? What did he study? Did he have siblings? Etc.

He's Catholic, which is something he's mentioned on occasion but rarely put in his act. I think one of his sisters or brothers is in a religious order.--T. Anthony (talk) 06:26, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

—Mr. Newhart is very old school and devotedly Catholic. He used to joke about living in Las Vegas and his family attending Mass every Sunday together. (He apparently thought that incongruous.) His sister is a longtime nun, I believe a superior in her order. The word “scandal” and he remain mutually exclusive.HistoryBuff14 (talk) 21:07, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Quotations section

I am curious, should his quotations be moved to Wikiquote, since Wikipedia discourages a listing of quotes? I understand that some reasonably well-written Wikipedia articles have one or two quotes, but oftentimes those are there to give greater context that a brief summary won't always provide. Unfortunately, in this article, the quotes are stacked one above the other--which makes the quotes more suitable for Wikiquote IMHO. Thanks. 67.182.237.57 (talk) 08:22, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes. Span (talk) 14:20, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Dudes, there have to be better quotes than those. I think you should keep it to JOKES ONLY.