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Mark Smith

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Mar 24, 2024, 10:16:17 AM3/24/24
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Re: Newhart

He was never much of a sexual aggressor and they had an average long term marriage.
Also there was so much tension in the office scenes and more interaction with the secretary/receptionist,
it's a lot to carry the home story line in a 30 minute show. Some episodes did, but not that many.

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 5:21 AM <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
jbelkin <jbelk...@gmail.com>: Mar 23 09:26PM -0700

So, I just finished watching the entire run of the Bob Newhart Show - the
1970's were before my time but I'm curious about one thing - how come the
show doesn't seem to acknowledge that Suzanne PLeshette was gorgeous? Did
everyone in the 1970's just feel she was not unattractive but some sort of
run of the mill attractive? I mean, there were a couple eps where she was
jealous about Bob's old college girlfriends who were apparently super
attractive (one was shown but others were not), I'm thinking - in that era,
was Pleshette considered "average" or so she was more relatable to the avg
viewer? - also, is there a backstory to Newhart only making cameos
appearances in a handful of eps in season 5 and 6, was he just bored??
Curious what you think? Thanks.
 
JB
 
"Kevin M." <drunkba...@gmail.com>: Mar 23 09:30PM -0700

Pleshette was a frequent guest on Carson’s Tonight Show back in the day.
Between that and Newhart and Columbo, I always carried a torch for her.
 
Kevin M. (RPCV)
 
 
Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com>: Mar 23 12:15PM -0700

Those algorithms are creepy. I was thinking about looking up the skit after
reading this post and it just popped into my feed.
I guess it doesn't sound politically correct, but this doesn't seem like
something Dana Carvey should apologize for.
https://youtu.be/_6Y52JHN-LA?si=dGAxIk9kxw_E31WE
 
On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 7:56 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
"Kevin M." <drunkba...@gmail.com>: Mar 23 09:05AM -0700

Watching the first episode was exhausting. So much overacting. As a woman
in a coma, Carol Burnett should be grateful she didn’t have to regurgitate
any of the predictable dialogue.
 
Kevin M. (RPCV)
Dave Sikula <dsi...@yahoo.com>: Mar 23 03:26AM -0700

To see the opening ceremonies in real time on a huge screen with good sound
and no ads, even if it is the Usual Gang of Idiots doing commentary?
 
Count me in.
 
--Dave Sikula
 
On Friday, March 22, 2024 at 6:29:22 AM UTC-7 Bob Jersey wrote:
 
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PGage

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Mar 24, 2024, 10:31:51 AM3/24/24
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Thought I remembered an entry from Ken Levine’s blog about her when she died that touched on this a little - found it here:


In our house, like I imagine many others, every week someone would comment on how unbelievable it was that a guy like Bob would end up with a wife as hot as Emily. They did not okay up how sexy she was on the show (set in Chicago, not Southern California) but I think she was known as a combo of hot/sexy/funny/smart.


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Melissa P

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Mar 24, 2024, 1:11:39 PM3/24/24
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Guess I'm puzzled.  The television sitcom business has a long history of pairing its ordinary looking (at best) male stars (mostly stand-up comics, I guess) with beautiful wives.

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