Description
His routines are as hilarious today as when his first LP The Button-Down Mind was issued. It actually beat Elvis to No 1 in the US charts. Newhart worked as a copywriter for a film producer and whiled away the time writing imaginary telephone calls. Some he sent to radio stations and also tried out at comedy clubs. Bob made his mark as a solo straight man – the rather nervous half of an imaginary dialogue with an inept learner driver or a life-guard who has found an unexploded bomb (‘You think that’s unusual do you, finding a shell on the beach?) or the sceptical recipient of yet another Raleigh life-changing discovery etc– but the beauty of Newhart’s performance is that one can so easily speculate what the other participant in the dialogue is saying.” (James Murray)
- 1. Introducing Tobacco to Civilisation 1962 6:01
(Newhart/Kaufman/Rosen/Hargrove/Sharp/Hinkley)
- 2. Bus Drivers’ School (Newhart) 1960 6:10
- 3. Kruschev Landing Rehearsal (Newhart) 1960 4:44
- 4. Driving Instructor (Newhart) 1960 8:05
- 5. Defusing a Bomb (Newhart/Kaufman/Rosen/
Hargrove/Sharp/Snyder/Hinkley) 1962
7:03 - 6. An Infinite Number of Monkeys (Newhart) 1960 1:31
- 7. Abe Lincoln v Madison Avenue (Newhart) 1960 7:31
- 8. The Cruise of the U.S.S. Codfish (Newhart) 1960 5:00
- 9. Merchandising the Wright Brothers
(Newhart) 1960 3:05 - 10. The Grace L. Ferguson Airline
(and Storm Door Co.) (Newhart) 1960 9:23 - 11. Retirement Party (Newhart) 1960 8:05
- 12. Ledge Psychology (New hart) 1960 5:15
