Bob Hewhart’s timing as a comedian is impeccable!😂

" You've made some extraordinary claims , and , at the risk of being realistic...."

_At the risk of sounding realistic._ That's a line we can use almost every day now.

@murraystewartj

11 ай бұрын

Excellent comment. Made me laugh before the awful truth of it sank in. I'm at the point where I go to sleep looking forward to nightmares - they're a welcome distraction from reality.

@allenbranch1824

10 ай бұрын

@@murraystewartj and THAT is also an excellent comment..."I'm at the point where i go to sleep looking forward to nightmares- - they're a welcome distraction from reality." Do you mind if I use it?

@murraystewartj

10 ай бұрын

@@allenbranch1824 Usually in terms of licensing I'd have my people talk to your people but in this case, have at it. Cheers, and happy nightmares.

@stevenboyd593

10 ай бұрын

So foreign and domestic /government interference in the media ...made out to be the rantings of a crazy person

@FranssensM

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

The Actor that plays the Colonel holds up his end of the bargain. Great job. Bob Newhart of course is a genius.

@TheTruthKiwi

11 ай бұрын

He sounded the the narrator of a 50's safety video. 😂

"I'm afraid that's all the time we have now." "FOUR MORE MINUTES!" "Not from ME, pal..."

The Button-Down Mind never failed to deliver.

I haven't seen this clip in 30 years and it still cracks me up.🤣🤣🤣🤣

Why is Bob Newhart not more lauded. His shows were great and still hold up.

@miropribanic5581

11 ай бұрын

same here, he is precise in his acting, authentic in his role as your middle class American, and is deadly funny

@crewsgiles9499

11 ай бұрын

He's a beloved legend. I don't know how much more lauded one can get.

@theimp5901

11 ай бұрын

He stayed clean in his act and was a real everyman. Really fast and totally dry. On of the greatest comedians of any era.

@douglassummers9901

11 ай бұрын

Oh he’s lauded

@heydoggychannel

11 ай бұрын

He's not lauded at all, I always thought he was a fairly quiet guy.

Bob Newhart..a.k.a, KING OF DEADPAN, at his best; in this clip! SO hillarious!!!

Meninger was brilliant....what a voice! "Newhart"....and one of the best series finales I've ever seen.

Back when 3 channels were enough because network television was worth watching.

@tabathasheffroth7981

Жыл бұрын

And today? Hundreds of channels, 99% of which broadcast nothing but garbage.

@j_scee6819

8 ай бұрын

Everything was better back when the 3 major networks were run by the USSR. 😂They knew what they were doing.

You can see Col. Menninger break up a little bit when he holds up that "unretouched" photo.

@brendasykes6931

2 жыл бұрын

He did look like he was tickled

@budbutley532

2 жыл бұрын

This IS thé n'est newhart riff

Funniest thing I've seen in a long time. Bob Newhard is the master straightman.

@DANTHETUBEMAN

2 жыл бұрын

He almost met his match

@Joelswinger34

Жыл бұрын

The guy playing his guest was fantastic, too! I don't know how he managed to keep a straight face.

Only Bob Newhart could do schetches like this.

My dad loved him, I’ve got dad’s old Newhart LPs👍

@AndySaturn5

Жыл бұрын

Your dad had good taste OR!.. Glad you enjoyed the clip!..

Brilliant. Newhart at his best.

*_Newhart_* (S2, Ep14: _Book Beat_ ; January 30, 1984) Michael Harris (Peter Scolari) Paul Frasier (Macon McCalman) Col. Lloyd Menninger (Guy Boyd)

This is so far ahead of its time!

Art Bell made a whole show off this stuff. #1 largest show in late night radio.

Dick handles this exactly as Johnny Carson would. I'm sure Johnny saw and loved this.

RIP Peter Scolari

Loved newhart's original show, once a week our family would watch this show, very funny. Thank you

@AndySaturn5

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome JS, keep enjoying!

@NormAppleton

Жыл бұрын

The original Newhart was killer

@NormAppleton

Жыл бұрын

Marcia, Peter and Bill

This plays totally differently now than it did back when it first aired. Now people believe this s*** I miss those days ...

@cohenworrior898

11 ай бұрын

ikr

" the 3 major networks , pbs , and all the cable stations are controlled by the soviet union " Loving it !

@suzycreamcheesez4371

2 жыл бұрын

nope! most not all!

@jmadratz

2 жыл бұрын

@@suzycreamcheesez4371 And not just Russia, but China also.

"Don't go away..not that you would!"

Haven't seen this since its first-run. Still a hoot. Thanx for sharing! More, please?

This guy would fit in quite nicely on the History Channel.

@ezekielbrockmann114

10 ай бұрын

He predicted both modern television and congressional hearings in one sketch!

Great show..I remember it...Funny then, funnier now....

I knew the guy was going to be some kind of kook, and Dick's expression is priceless when the guy mentions the dinosaurs.

Had no idea this was Michael Harris's first appearance.

@jeffw1267

3 жыл бұрын

Michael was so different here: he didn't seem like a complete buffoon.

@suzycreamcheesez4371

3 жыл бұрын

he was great especially when he acted like a buffoon!

@colinwilson4609

Жыл бұрын

Does Peter Scolari resent Tom Hanks for being more successful?

@sterlingholobyte

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffw1267 He didn't start to get real "buffoon-ish" until about the middle of the 3rd season.

@SBel65

Жыл бұрын

Peter Scoleri passed away a couple of years ago. 😔

I miss really well written and acted comedy. 😊

@randyrcook

Ай бұрын

Remember when comedy writers just wrote comedy?

Back when this aired people laughed. Nowadays there would be people saying, "Yeah, that sounds real. And you know the government would cover it up."

@csmith8503

Жыл бұрын

And you believe that they wouldn't?

@hoodatdondar2664

11 ай бұрын

@@csmith8503 That’s just what *they* want you to believe! Newhart was brilliant. Especially when compared to the stupid people he lampooned.

12:18 “At the risk of sounding realistic…” 😂

OMG. That colonel is ahead of his time, if you know what I mean. 😆

@DrCruel

Жыл бұрын

Oh no doubt. He sounds like one of those crackpots accusing Donald Trump of being a Russian agent.

@fburky

Жыл бұрын

He just got the Country wrong.

The guy playing the author of UP THE AMAZON reminded me of Colonel Sam Flagg, CIA, from MASH.

@kimberlyjfurey4699

2 жыл бұрын

Guy Boyd... love that voice. He played a hippie in "Ticket to Heaven".

@Paladin1873

2 жыл бұрын

@@kimberlyjfurey4699 Thanks, I don't recall seeing him in anything else, but he did a great job.

@davido8056

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing..lol

@track1219

9 ай бұрын

Good old Flagg; he was hilarious!

@Paladin1873

9 ай бұрын

@@track1219 And like Dr. Bombay on Bewitched, you think he made more appearances than he really did because his character was so memorable.

How on EARTH did they get through this without cracking up !?!?

@brendasykes6931

6 ай бұрын

Hahahaha

LOVE BOB HES SO WITTY AND FUNNY ESPECIALLY HIS ROAST OF DON RICKLES IT WAS EXCELLENT

Bob Newhart is sooo much funnier than I remember 😅😅😅

Absolutely brilliant comedy!

Awesome !!

" sometimes a man says more when he says nothing "..... at an INTERVIEW LOLOL

OMG that was hilarious 😂

Hard to believe that Michael Harris (Peter Scolari) died back in 2021.

@hoodatdondar2664

11 ай бұрын

A fine actor. You have to know his gritty, New York upbringing, suffering from bipolar disorder with a rage-filled father and alcoholic mother ( they loved each other, but were totally mismatched) to see what a creation the Michael Harris character is - a surface-obsessed well-off wasp who seems never to have had a real problem in his life. But Peter knew life, knew his job, and was an ok guy. Newhart knew talent when he saw it.

Incredibly successful career.....doing something else.

Wow, sitcoms used to be smart, nuanced and actually witty back then.

@roseymalino9855

11 ай бұрын

It required talent; something in short supply these days.

The great Bob Newhart Oneof the absolute best

Such a brilliant show. Michael Harris is a wonderful character. I meet many people like him (and like Stephanie). The existence of this show demonstrates I'm not alone in my viewpoints. the "Try Smiling" episode where the townsfolk swallow up Michael's simple-minded message (in which he totally believes for a while himself, not because it makes sense, but because it sells for a while), wonderfully demonstrates a Kool-aid swallowing tendency in much of the history of the US. And other countries too. And it is easy to identify with Bob's frustration at his inability to demonstrate the fatuousness of the whole phenomenon to the townsfolk. And then the entire town and Michael turn on a dime and don't believe it anymore and that's that! No reasoning, just another snap emotional reaction of a group.

@AndySaturn5

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it too GH!..

@AbsurdityViewer

10 ай бұрын

Bob Newhart basically repackaged 'Green Acres' in Vermont. It is a complete reversal of reality where the one sane, normal person lives amongst idiots but that one sane, normal person is in fact so out of touch with the community that the community seems likes idiots in the telling of stories from his point of view. Imagine if the stories were given to us from the community point of view; I'm sure Bob (and Mr. Douglas) would look like the fatuous kool aid swallowing, self absorbed person he really is... and the people who, outside the story, that can relate to Bob are too. Marshal McLuhan would be very proud to know that you missed the message of the medium. hubris at it's finest

It is even funnier in context!

Thank you.

@AndySaturn5

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

On a recent trip up the Amazon I too saw dinosaurs and alien beings.

@hoodatdondar2664

11 ай бұрын

Tell me the name of the local plant you found. I want some.

@pamelahaze3211

10 ай бұрын

Cool! Did you take pictures?

If you want to read the real book, look for "The Lost World" by Arthur Conan Doyle. Yes, the guy who wrote Sherlock Holmes.

@track1219

9 ай бұрын

I read the book; I loved it!

Some things never change.

Believe it or not, this does actually happen. I was hired for the afternoon shift at a radio station before the current guy was given his notice. I desperately needed the job but I felt like the lowest form of scum for taking the job of a guy I only just met.

@brendasykes6931

3 жыл бұрын

Ha

@peterporkeresq.2817

2 жыл бұрын

I was expecting a story about dinosaurs and aliens for a second there ...

@MrCook1227

Жыл бұрын

You are. The lowest form of scum, that is. A terrible thing. You did a terrible thing. How could you? What's the matter with you? Creep.

@j_scee6819

8 ай бұрын

​@@peterporkeresq.2817he hasn't published his "Up the Congo" story, yet.

I like how you edited out Kirk;s commercial. Good edit. I actually like Kirk even better than Michael(especially later on when he got really whiney), but it was a clean edit.

@AndySaturn5

Жыл бұрын

Thanks SH, I thought it was a better fit!.. Glad you enjoyed it!..

Can anyone name the actor who played the 'director' in this, and what else he did? I'm guessing that the 'Michael Harris' (named in another comment ) played the writer. Both rising to Newhart's level here, and worth knowing, please..

@Sistergirl787

Жыл бұрын

Peter Scolari. Before Newhart, he played on sitcom called Bossom Buddies, with Tom Hanks. He was a fantastic actor. He died of Colon cancer in 2021.

@NewYorkActingCoach

Жыл бұрын

@@Sistergirl787 Thanks for saying more on Scolari. The word 'star' is a fitting word for some actors, shining even after they pass. And I see that he married an actress, did some difficult acting jobs, and had children, so no surprise that he had good friends. Thanks for pushing me to look. John

"SOMETIMES A MAN SAYS MORE ;) WHEN HE ;) DOESNT ;) SAY ;) ANYTHING ;)" WINK WINK THINK

@newyorkayanna

Жыл бұрын

Roflmao... SO TRUE!

I’m laughing so hard I am crying 😅

Aw the better bosom buddy!

Michael lol. " ypu cam get anyone you want" Bob::" I d like so and so author. Mychael:" I ve got a chicken farmer it's the closest I could get"

Today the colonel would be making his rounds on various social media podcasts.

Hilarious!

I like how the guest seems stilted and not quite connected. “ And yes, the green rain forest..” as though he was answering some question that would naturally pop into the listeners mind. It didn’t. Then we find why he is so stilted. I suspected something, but not that. Newhart was a comic genius!

I thought by the end of it they would fire Dick and hire this guy instead

Looks like the Colonel is reading from a prompt card.

We was trying to do Art bell b 4 art bell. Lol That strait man was great 👍.

True stories

Wish theyd made the Col a recurring character!!

Great comedy lol

Bob guest hosted The Tonight Show many times. 2:28 This is season 2 episode 14.

This is so u to date. It's just like 2023 conspiracy theories.

Michael's persona has much in common with the Alastair character in the Britcom "As Time Goes By" but Alastair is a much better and more moral and decent person. However, the shallowness and deft manipulativeness exist in both. Michael is hands down more shallow.

Same thing as we can see on youtube to day when lecturers advertise their books and seriously talking about aliens, telepathic communication with spirits, conspiracy theories, russia, persecution (CIA wants to kill me) Only missing prehistoric dinosaurs.

@hoodatdondar2664

11 ай бұрын

Aw, we do not.

A classic show; real humour rarely changes! FYI, when you write ‘it's’, you are saying ‘it is‘, which I imagine was not your intention, Andrew…

@AndySaturn5

2 жыл бұрын

It certainly wasn't Dave thanks for pointing it out. You are the only person to have spotted this stupid mistake, well done! ( I don't know what got into me!) Now corrected I'm pleased that you did enjoy the clip.

@yeolefatdad8872

2 жыл бұрын

He didn't write "it's".

Dawning of the age of misinformation and delusion...

Isn't that Gary Seven?

@jessfrankel5212

2 жыл бұрын

No, different actor. The guest star here is Guy Boyd. Gary Seven was played by Robert Lansing.

Does anyone know when it originally aired?

@AndySaturn5

3 жыл бұрын

Jan 1984... Season 2...

@DieterZakel

3 жыл бұрын

@@AndySaturn5 Thank you very much!

10:34-10:50 😂

Bob Newhart, always had sexy girls

This is amazing

@AndySaturn5

Жыл бұрын

It is!..So glad you enjoyed it!

Wow! This is so realistic now in 2023! The world is full of these kolonels now 😂

Today this guest would be running in a Republican primary and would win.

@Jim_L

Жыл бұрын

He'd be a regular guest on the Tucker Carlson Show.

@hoodatdondar2664

11 ай бұрын

Today, he would lose. But some asshat running in the demo primary on a platform that aids was invented by the cia to kill black people would run, and win. At least, for state assembly. You, as a sane and sensible person, probably think that’s a made-up example.

... when you realize you aint know shit. 😄

This is so appropriate for today's conspiracy theorists.

So foreign and domestic /government interference in the media ...made out to be the rantings of a crazy person

He's right. The Soviet Union has some control over the major networks and PBS, if you know what I mean. ; )

@jerryware1970

10 ай бұрын

At least the Marxists have.

The Colonel now works for Donald Trump and Mike Lindell.

@marklentine8793

Жыл бұрын

Because nobody wants to work for the senile pedophile Biden

The blue print for Fox News

( TIME HAS RUN OUT !! John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Don't ignore this message... REPENT NOW !! TRUST that God raised Him from the dead !! By FAITH accept JESUS's blood alone as payment for your sins unto Salvation, to escape what's about to happen !!

This guest would be a great MAGA Republican candidate!

I never found him funny ever.