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Newhart - The Complete First Season | 
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Directors: Jim Buck, John Tracy (ii), Ellen Falcon, Peter Scolari, Lee Shallat Chemel
Actors: Steven Kampmann, Rebecca York, Cliff Bemis, Todd Susman, Linda Carlson
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  69 reviews
Sales Rank: 3402
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 546
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 2249909
UPC: 024543499091
EAN: 0024543499091
ASIN: B000YKYT1M
Theatrical Release Date: October 25, 1982
Release Date: February 26, 2008
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Product Description
Bob Newhart returns to the TV as Dick Loudon as he and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." System Requirements:TRT; 660 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543499091 Manufacturer No: 2249909
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Looking for the perfect getaway? Check in to Newhart, finally open for business on DVD. Let's consult the travel guide: "Nestled in a grove of majestic maples just a stone's throw from the ivy covered walls of Dartmouth University lies the authentic colonial comfort of the Stratford Inn. Your jolly and congenial hosts are well known author Dick Loudon and his wife, Joanna." It's the ideal setup for the understated Newhart who is right at home in this quaint and bucolic setting. Between the guests and the colorful town characters, he has ample opportunities to do what he did so expertly on The Bob Newhart Show; deal with the crazies (as he so elegantly puts it in one of this set's bonus featurettes). Newhart stars as Loudon, a successful New York writer of how-to books, who, with his more reluctant wife, Joanna (Mary Frann, who rises to the unenviable challenge of following Bob's first TV wife, Suzanne Pleschette), uproots their lives to buy and run the venerable Stratford. The place comes with some colorful history (in the pilot, it is revealed that the inn once served as a house of ill repute, and in another episode, Bob learns that a woman hung as a witch is buried in the basement). It also comes with George Utley (Tom Poston), the handyman, who may have more than one screw loose. Newhart's first season provided the series with a solid foundation. It just needed a little tinkering. Kirk (Second City veteran Steven Kampmann), owner of the neighboring cafe, is introduced as a habitual liar, a character trait that is thankfully phased out as the season unfolds (his character would exit the show after two seasons). Pam-pretty and sweet Leslie (Jennifer Holmes), the maid, an heiress who wants "to experience the real world," would be replaced in season two by Julia Duffy, who is introduced as her cousin in the episode, "What is This Thing Called Lust?" But the series' most welcome additions are backwoodsmen Larry (William Sanderson) and his silent brothers Darryl (John Voldstad) and Darryl (Tony Papenfuss), who make their auspicious debut in the second episode. An instant hit, they were brought back for another before becoming regulars in season two. Newhart is four-star character-based comedy. There is nary a cheap or easy laugh in these episodes. Lines such as "There go the dregs of society," "I haven't got $80," and "What would you say if you weren't a college graduate," aren't funny out of context, but spoken by these characters, they're boffo. The DVD box lists four extras, but there are only three. The best is "Getting to the Heart of Newhart," in which cast members Newhart, Duffy, Sanderson, and Voldstad reflect on the series and pay moving tribute to the late Poston and Frann. Considering how much fun they all say it was to work on the show, a gag reel (including the classic blooper in which Newhart accidentally calls Frann's character, "Emily") would have been a nice amenity. --Donald Liebenson
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 Bob is in full Swing August 18, 2008
I've been waiting years for this sitcom to be released and it was well worth the wait! Bob and his "new" gang have done it again!
oldie but goodie August 13, 2008
This series really stands up well over time. I had forgotten how truly funny it was. The episodes are staged in front of a live audience and it gives the show a very theatrical feel. It's worth your time to watch this show again.
Another Classic from Bob Newhart August 1, 2008
Bob Newhart is one of comedy's most talented members. The original Bob Newhart Show was a superbly written and wonderfully casted classic and Newhart is no exception. Bob's classic timing and dead-pan stares are unbelievably funny. He proves that his talent is not limited to or dependent on anything but the sheer talent that he personifies. I do hope that the subsequent seasons will not be withheld from fans. Despite an enormous outpouring of demands for the final seasons of The Bob Newhart Show--it is yet to be released. It truly amazes me that shows with less viewers and much less talent can be brought out in their entirety--and shows like The Bob Newhart Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show can be left to obscurity.
Great comedy July 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this comedy with Bob Newhart. It had a great supporting cast and very funny episodes. Glad to see the shows again. Now, when is season 2 coming out?
This is great and so funny, Thank you so much July 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is so funny I forgot how much I enjoyed it before and now without commercials it is even better, I watch it when I want or have time to.
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