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“The Bob
Newhart Show-Season-2”
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Reviewed
by: |
Wayne
Klein |
| Genre: |
Comedy |
| Video: |
1.33 Full
Screen |
| Audio: |
Dolby Digital
1.0 |
| Languages |
English |
| Subtitles |
English |
| Length |
Approximately
650 minutes |
| Rating |
NR |
| Release Date |
11/8/05 |
| Studio |
20th Century
Fox Home Video |
| Commentary:
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Five audio
commentaries by Bob Newhart, creator David Davis and actress
Marcia Wallace |
| Documentaries:
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None |
| Featurettes:
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None |
| Filmography/Biography:
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None |
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Interviews: |
None |
| Trailers/TV
Spots: |
None |
| Alternate/Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
| Music
Video: |
None |
| Other:
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None |
| Cast
and Crew: |
Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette,
Bob Daily, Peter Bonerz, Marcia Wallace, Jack Riley, Sharon
Gless
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| Written
By: |
David Davis,
Lorenzo Music, Carl Gottlieb, Gary David Goldberg, Jay Tarses,
Susan Silver |
| Produced
By: |
Glen Charles,
Jay Tarsese, Lorenzo Music |
| Directed
By: |
Alan Rafkin,
Alan Myerson, Jay Sandrich, James Burrows |
| Music:
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Lorenzo Music
and Henrietta Music |
| The
Review: |
For five glorious years “The Bob
Newhart Show” kept comedy idiosyncratic and fun. Bob Hartley
(Newhart) is a psychologist in Chicago. “Hi Bob” became the
catch phrase for comedy when this series premiered in 1972.
The Id would be delighted to be a fly on the wall in Bob’s
psychology practice. Why? Because his patients let their Ids
run free and wild and the world rocks with hilarity as a result.
Despite his best Freudian coach side manner, Bob’s patients
never really get better. Lucky for us he seems to be a pretty
lousy psychologist. This classic TV series got plenty of airtime
in sndication years after it ran its last original run episode
(that would be 1978 for those of you that don’t have any wrinkles
around the eyes). During its hilarious six year run Bob managed
to be baffled, befuddled and generally lost as to why people
acted the way they did (and do) in the real world. With his
beautiful wife Emily (the under rated Suzanne Pleshett), their
pilot neighbor Howard (the very funny Bill Daily) and his
strange neighbors in the office building where his office
is located (Peter Bonerz as his often clueless dentist friend
Dr. Jerry Robinson receptionist Carol played by the droll
Marcia Wllace) as foils, it’s a wonder that Bob Harley hasn’t
been committed yet. Oh, and just in case you wondered where
“Seinfeld” borrowed Kramer’s burst through Jerry’s apartment
door, Howard did it here first with much the same reaction.
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| Image
and Sound: |
The second season of “The Bob Newhart”
show looks about the same as the first. Colors are a bit bolder
than on the syndicated versions that have shown for years
but the image quality is solid considering the age and condition
of the source material for the show. Could it have used additional
restoration? Sure but it’s not likely to happen. The good
news is that these appear to be the uncut original run episodes.
The mono sound delivers the dialogue well and that’s what’s
important in a comedy. ---
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| The
Extras: |
No extras per se but we do get to
see Bob uncut.
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| Commentary:
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Five delightful
commentary tracks with Bob, Marcia Wallace (who played the receptionist
on the show and does voiceover work for “The Simpsons”) and
creator David Davis. The commentary tracks are fun just to hear
these three discuss the making of the show and what they thought
while shooting it. --- |
| Final
Words: |
A delightful comedy finally makes
its appearance on DVD with five funny, informative and interesting
commentary tracks. These commentaries won’t take the place
of the comedy of the series but they are a nice extra providing
additional background on the show.
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