A classic Newhart bit involved making imaginary phone calls, such as in his 'Abe Lincoln' bit. AP Photo/Jerome T. Nakagawa If you knew Bob Newhart only as an actor – most notably as the star of the ...
Bob Newhart, the deadpan accountant-turned-comedian who became one of the most popular TV stars of his time after striking gold with a classic comedy album, has died at 94. Jerry Digney, Newhart's ...
The host of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" honored his friend, fellow comic, and late-night guest during TV's big night. Kimmel arrived on stage after the Emmys' "In Memoriam" tribute to declare Newhart "one of ...
He basically invented the stand-up special in 1960 and continued to be a source of comic brilliance until his final years. By Jason Zinoman Bob Newhart, who died on Thursday at the age of 94, has been ...
“I’m a stand-up comedian, but I don’t inform people,” Bob Newhart told Marc Maron a decade ago, as the comedy statesman recorded his two-hour conversation with the legend for his podcast “WTF with ...
When The Bob Newhart Show premiered on CBS in 1972, it quickly became one of the most innovative and most beloved sitcoms of the decade. The series followed psychologist Dr. Robert Hartley, played by ...
When you're a kid obsessed with comedy, your personality quickly gets defined by the comics you love. For me, that comic was Bob Newhart, but it didn't start with Newhart. I was in fifth grade reading ...
Conan O’Brien has befriended a number of comedy legends over the course of his career, one of the biggest being the late ...
The host of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" honored his friend, fellow comic, and late-night guest during TV's big night. Nick Romano is a senior editor at Entertainment Weekly with 15 years of journalism ...