• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Fifities Web
  • Fashion
    • 1950s Women’s Fashion
    • 1950s Men’s Fashion
    • 1960s Women’s Fashion
    • 1960s Men’s Fashion
  • Celebrity Deaths
    • 2023 Deaths
    • 2022 Deaths
    • 2021 Deaths
    • 2020 Deaths (Covid-19)
    • Other years..
  • Cars
    • 1950s Cars
    • 1960s Cars
    • 1970s Cars
  • TV
    • Classic Directory
    • TV Westerns
    • Wagon Train
  • Music
    • 1950s Music
    • 1960s Music
    • Elvis 50s
  • Pop History
    • 1950s Pop History
    • 1960s Pop History
    • Fads / Toys
    • 1950s Slang
    • 1960s Slang
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
Fifities Web

Fifities Web

1950s and 1960s Music, TV, History, Fashion, Slang, Cars and so much more...

  • Fashion
    • 1950s Women’s Fashion
    • 1950s Men’s Fashion
    • 1960s Women’s Fashion
    • 1960s Men’s Fashion
  • Celebrity Deaths
    • 2023 Deaths
    • 2022 Deaths
    • 2021 Deaths
    • 2020 Deaths (Covid-19)
    • Other years..
  • Cars
    • 1950s Cars
    • 1960s Cars
    • 1970s Cars
  • TV
    • Classic Directory
    • TV Westerns
    • Wagon Train
  • Music
    • 1950s Music
    • 1960s Music
    • Elvis 50s
  • Pop History
    • 1950s Pop History
    • 1960s Pop History
    • Fads / Toys
    • 1950s Slang
    • 1960s Slang
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
FiftiesWeb.com » TV » The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show

by Michael Rich — Updated: August 3, 2023 Comment

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit

Buy Bob Newhart on DVD

Complete 1st Season (1972)
Complete 2nd Season (1973)
Complete 3rd Season (1974)
Complete 4th Season (1975)
Complete 5th Season (1976)
The Final Season (1977)
The Complete Series

Contents

  1. The Bob Newhart Show
  2. CAST
  3. Opening Theme
  4. STORYLINE
  5. Video Clip of Opening
  6. Passings

The Bob Newhart Show

9/16/1972 — 3/19/1978 on CBS, 142 episodes in color
Created by David Davis and Lorenzo Music
Produced in Chicago by MTM Enterprises

CAST

Bob Newhart ….. Dr. Robert ‘Bob’ Hartley
Suzanne Pleshette ….. Emily Hartley
Peter Bonerz ….. Dr. Jerry Robinson
Bill Daily ….. Howard Borden
Marcia Wallace ….. Carol Kester
Jack Riley ….. Elliot Carlin

Opening Theme

“Home to My Emily”, composed by series co-creator Lorenzo Music with his wife Henrietta
The theme was an instrumental piece that started with a ringing telephone.

STORYLINE

Bob is a successful Chicago psychologist who shares secretary Carol with Dentist Jerry. Part of the show revolves around his (usually comic) dealings with his patients.
The rest involves his school teacher wife Emily and others in their apartment building, which includes Howard Borden his madcap airline pilot neighbor.
There is always a situation which calls for Bob’s quiet voice of reason and very dry wit.

Bob’s patients also played a prominent roll in the series, here are a few of the fan favorites:

Jack Riley as Mr. Elliot F. Carlin (76 episodes)
Renée Lippin as Michelle Nardo (17)
Florida Friebus as Mrs. Lillian Bakerman (the knitting lady) (17)
Amzie Strickland as Mrs. Bakermen (2)
John Fiedler as Mr. Emil Peterson (15)
Oliver Clark as Mr. Ed Herd (8)

Video Clip of Opening

Passings

Suzanne Pleshette died in 2008 of lung cancer she was only 70
Marcia Wallace died of breast cancer in 2013 she was also 70
Jack Riley passed in 2016 of pneumonia he was 80Bob Newhart Show
Season One (1972)

Bob Newhart Show Cast

Bob Newhart & Suzanne Pleshette

Bill Daily & Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart ShowSuzanne Pleshette

TRIVIA:

Bob & Emily lived at:
Thorndale Beach North condominiums,
5901 N. Sheridan Road on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago’s Edgewater community,
it was used for exterior shots of the Hartley’s apartment building. They lived in unit 523.

The building used for exterior shots of Bob’s office is at 430 N. Michigan Avenue

TRIVIA:

Bob Newhart had a second series (1988 – 1990) called simply “Newhart” in which several characters from the previous show had guest spots.
In the final episode Suzanne Pleshette reprised her role as Emily Hartley and she and Bob wake up back in time and their Chicago apartment with Bob talking about the really strange dream he had where he was an inn keeper in Vermont.
In another episode Bill Daily appears again playing Howard Borden who also talks about a dream he had where he was astronaut in Florida for five years referring to his role on “I Dream of Jeannie”

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit

Did I miss anything? If so, please send me a message or leave a comment below!

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Classic TV

  • TV Ratings - US & UK
  • Quiz Shows
  • Variety Shows
  • News Shows
  • Mickey Mouse Club
  • Wagon Train Website

Western TV

  • TV Main Page
  • Index of All TV Shows
  • Horses and their Riders!
  • TV Ratings - US & UK
  • See how the TV Western Stars look today!

Wagon Train

Footer

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

SEARCH THIS SITE

NEVER MISS A POST

Categories

  • Cars
  • Celebrity Deaths
  • Fashion
  • TV
  • Music
  • Fads & Toys
  • Pop History
  • Slang
  • Privacy Statement
  • Useful Links
  • Sitemap
  • About
  • Contact
  • Bibliography

Fifities Web
Online since 1996

FiftiesWeb is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Pictures, clips, and other media on FiftiesWeb are used fairly. The original creator keeps all copyrights. Unless noted, FiftiesWeb doesn't claim to own any of it.
FiftiesWeb is not endorsed or sponsored by or affiliated with any of the products, services, programs, celebrities or entities mentioned on the website. We try our best to offer good educational information.

© Copyright 1996-2023. FiftiesWeb.com All rights reserved.

DMCA.com Protection Status