Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart
George Robert Newhart, better known as Bob Newhart, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery, Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart was a worldwide bestseller and reached number one on the Billboard pop album chart—it remains the 20th best-selling comedy album in history. The follow-up album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! was also a massive success, and the two...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth5 September 1929
CityOak Park, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I don't have a show anymore. I don't have a check coming in every week. This is important to me, I got to score a million tonight or it could all be over.
Women are more emotional. They do get flustered. Which is not to say that men are better than they. It's simply the way it is.
You should have a value system. You can win if you stick with your value system.
Cell phones have gotten so small, you can't tell who's a cell phone user and who's a schizophrenic.
A collison is what happens when two motorists go after the same pedestrian.
There's a lot of cynicism. Let's really enjoy Christmas, with all that's going on in the world.
Doormen are kind of invisible, people don't know their names. They just say, Thank you, or Good morning. I'd never thought about doormen before. They're a vanishing breed. More electronic doors are being introduced.
This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now.
Comedians are never really on vacation because you're always at attention... that antenna is always out there.
Funny is funny is funny.
I think there are still words you can't use in family entertainment that you can use in a sitcom today.
I worked in accounting for two and a half years, realized that wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and decided I was just going to give comedy a try.
In today's world, you would call my father mostly unaccessible. I'm not sure that isn't true of most fathers at that time. He went through the Depression. I don't know what that would have done to my psyche.
It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.