Name: The Bob Newhart Show
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette, Bill Daily, Marcia Wallace, Peter Bonerz

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Bob Newhart

Suzanne Pleshette

Bill Daily

Marcia Wallace

Peter Bonerz

Jack Riley

Florida Friebus

John Fiedler

Pat Finley

Renée Lippin

Lorenzo Music

David Davis

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.

The Bob Newhart Show

Paul Gossett

The Bob Newhart Show (1972) Opening Sequence

Bob invites Emily to join his fear of flying group on a trip to New York City. Much to Bob's surprise he finds that Emily also has a fear of flying and refuses to go. After a conversation with Howard she decides to go only to back out after boarding the plane.

Fly the Unfriendly Skies

It's Vocation Day in Emily's class, and Bob feels left out when he's not invited. At the last minute, he's asked to fill in, but Emily's worst fears are confirmed when Bob fails to excite the kids' interest.

Tracy Grammar School, I'll Lick You Yet

Bob experiences pangs of jealousy when Emily's handsome new tennis instructor comes to see him with an emotional problem, namely, his inability to turn down the women who are all uncontrollably attracted to him.

Tennis, Emily?

Bob finds it extremely difficult to tell his mother that he loves her.

Mom, I L-L-Love You

Bob's old girlfriend comes to Chicago with her husband and calls on Emily and Bob.

Goodnight Nancy

Carol tries to get Bob to approve her moving in with her new boyfriend Roger, who has just separated from his wife. Bob refuses, telling her she will have to make her own decision.

Come Live with Me

Bob's divorced neighbor, Howard Borden, is convinced that his son, Howie, doesn't really like him. Later, Howard's ex-wife convinces him that Howie thinks he is the greatest guy in the world.

Father Knows Worst

Bob wants to watch football every Monday night. Emily feels this is unfair: their other activities allow the couple only two nights each week to be together, and she thinks they should do something that they both enjoy. This leads to an unresolved, all-night argument that ends only when the two participants become exhausted.

Don't Go to Bed Mad

Bob and Emily have been trying for some time to have a child. When they attend a party where the conversation turns to the subject of children, they feel so left out that they decide to adopt a child.

P-I-L-O-T

As soon as Bob returns to the office from his vacation in Mexico, Jerry announces that he is about to be married to a girl he met nine days ago. Cynthia, a beautiful but domineering oral hygienist, becomes too much for Jerry, and he realizes that he has made a mistake.

Anything Happen While I Was Gone?

Bob decides that for his own mental well-being, he needs some peace and quiet. He moves into a hotel room by himself, leaving a confused Howard Borden thinking that Bob and Emily have split up.

I Want to Be Alone

Howard "floats" into Bob's office on Cloud Nine after having a tooth pulled. He is so poetic that Carol tells Emily, "I want him." Emily agrees to help Carol get him, and the two have an up-and-down romance.

Bob and Emily and Howard and Carol and Jerry

Jerry decides there is something wrong with him because he never becomes serious about any of the girls he dates. He asks Bob if he can become one of his patients. Bob agrees, but they have to abandon the plan when it begins to interfere with their friendship.

I Owe It All to You... But Not That Much

Christmas becomes a sad memory for Bob's group therapy session, and it's evident that "'tis not the season" for everyone to be jolly. Bob decides to invite the group over for Christmas Eve.

His Busiest Season

Bob and Emily travel to a ski lodge that's nearly deserted except for the annoying couple with whom they share a bathroom. After sitting through a disastrous dinner, the Hartleys decide to leave only to find themselves caught in the spotlight of the abominable floor show they're trying to escape.

Let's Get Away From it Almost

Feeling unfulfilled as a woman, and having just passed her 29th birthday, Carol quits her job as Bob's receptionist. After having been gone for a while, Carol suddenly shows up at one of Bob's group-therapy sessions and creates a situation in which Bob finds himself more of a patient than a doctor.

The Crash of 29 Years Old

Bob refuses to wear the beautiful gold watch Emily gave him for his 40th birthday after he learns just how expensive it was.

The Man with the Golden Wrist

When one of his patients falls in love with him, Bob has problems at the office and at home.

The Two Loves of Dr. Hartley

Howard Borden's 22-year old sister Debbie arrives to spend the week with him. Emily arranges a blind date for her with Jerry Robinson and Howard suddenly turns into an overprotective big brother.

Not With My Sister You Don't

Bob and Emily try to decide if they should give up their apartment and buy a house.

A Home is Not Necessarily a House

Bob is upset when Emily takes a full-time job with the Board of Education. Emily explains that working full-time makes her feel wonderful, while quitting would make her miserable. Bob decides to leave well enough alone.

Emily, I'm Home... Emily?

When a star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs credits Bob with saving his career, the endorsement brings Bob a new patient, Moose Washburn, a second-string player whose career is beyond a mere psychologist's help.

You Can't Win 'Em All

Afraid that his practice, as well as his patients, will fall apart if he leaves, Bob keeps resisting Emily's plans for a two-month European cruise.

Bum Voyage

Recovering from another broken romance, Jerry Robinson accepts Bob's invitation to spend a couple of days at his apartment. Bob soon comes to regret his kindness.

Who's Been Sleeping on My Couch?

Bob's therapy group insists that he accept an invitation for the group to conduct one of its weekly sessions on television.

Last TV Show

A trip to Peoria turns into one long embarrassment for Bob when Jerry introduces him to a pretty girl named Janine. Janine doesn't seem to care that Bob is a married man.

Motel

One of Bob's more masculine patients enthusiastically slaps him on the back—and, unfortunately for Bob, it throws his back out. Even more unfortunately, Bob and Emily were supposed to be going to Mexico for a vacation.

Backlash

Rev. Dan Bradford seeks professional advice from Bob then makes a startling announcement in his Sunday sermon.

Somebody Down Here Likes Me

With Carol on vacation, Emily is elected to fill in as the receptionist. Everyone loves the idea—except Bob.

Emily in for Carol

Marilyn Dietz, a very attractive divorcee, creates a feud between Jerry and Howard when she starts dating both of them.

Have You Met Miss Dietz?

A rather embarrassing operation leads to romance between Carol and her doctor. Everyone questions the relationship due to the new couple's age disparity.

Old Man Rivers

Bob suffers an inferiority attack when a test reveals that Emily's IQ is higher than his.

Mister Emily Hartley

Bob decides to meet the rising cost of living by raising his rates. But the members of his therapy group revolt when he picks the most inappropriate moment to tell them.

Mutiny on the Hartley

Bob turns out to be an uncooperative patient when Emily makes an appointment for them to see a marriage counselor.

I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?

Determined to lose eight pounds from around his middle, Bob goes on a strict diet. With Jerry's help, he joins a weight-reducing class that seems to be populated mostly by women.

Fit, Fat, and Forty-One

Howard's son, Howie is visiting. Howard tells Bob he and his ex-wife, Lois, are getting along really well lately, and he thinks she wants to get together again, but Howard's upset to find out she's getting married, and wants Howard's approval.

Blues for Mr. Borden

Emily's parents pay a surprise visit that makes Bob terribly uncomfortable. Emily's father is gregarious, well-traveled, a war hero, an outdoors man—in short, everything that Bob isn't.

My Wife Belongs to Daddy

Bob's patient Elliot Carlin parades all his phobias and insecurities as he prepares to ask Carol Kester for a date. He then finds it even harder to accept her answer—which is "yes."

T. S. Elliot

Christmas Eve is almost spoiled when Bob is trapped in the office because of a power failure.

I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas

Jerry Robinson's brother shows up in Chicago after finishing dental school. He takes over Jerry's life, his apartment, and his dental practice.

Oh, Brother

Emily decides to update her image with a kicky new wardrobe that she says is youthful and Bob says is childish.

The Modernization of Emily

Depressed after losing his job with the airline, Howard accepts Bob's offer to join his "out of workshop," a special therapy group for the unemployed. (Bob extends the invitation at Emily's insistence when Howard's attempts to help her around the apartment begin driving her up the wall.)

The Jobless Corps

Hoping to make a contribution to society, Bob offers his psychological counseling services free to a parolee out on an armed-robbery conviction. But Bob seems to be more influenced by his patient's manner than the patient is by Bob's therapy.

Clink Shrink

At Jerry's urging, Bob hires a business manager to handle his money. He ends up living on a meager allowance that affords him only such luxuries as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch.

Mind Your Own Business

Howard falls head over heels in love with Bob's sister Ellen. Under most circumstances, Bob would find this perfectly acceptable—except that Ellen is getting married to someone else.

A Love Story

When Carol's new love interest interferes with her work, Jerry Robinson doesn't seemed too concerned. But when it disrupts his love life, he decides to fire her.

By the Way... You're Fired

While filling in for a fellow psychologist, Bob is surprised to find that his first patient is Jerry Robinson, who is reluctant to reveal his problem. A little prodding produces the startling admission that Jerry is in love with Emily.

Confessions of An Orthodontist

It's a matter of principal versus principle when Emily refuses to skip one of her students ahead two grades at the elementary school where she teaches.

A Matter of Principal

Bob is faced with the possibility that his younger sister, Ellen, may move in with Howard, her boyfriend.

Big Brother is Watching

Bob takes two of his therapy groups to a rustic retreat for a marathon session that never progresses further than everyone's complaints about the primitive conditions of their accommodations.

The Battle of the Groups

Dr Newman removed a wart from Bob's neck and charged him. Bob tells Jerry he should have done it for free since Bob had helped him with his marriage. Jerry agrees and sets up a plan where all the doctors treat each other for free.

The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment

For the sake of their marriage, as well as Emily's Master's Degree and Bob's heavy work schedule, the Hartleys decide that it would be best if they took up separate residences.

The Separation Story

As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen, he tries to remold Ellen into an image the boy will like.

Sorry, Wrong Mother

Bob gives up most of his private practice to become the staff psychologist with a major insurance company. He soon learns that it's possible for a man in the corporate world to do his job too well.

The Gray Flannel Shrink

Bob's office routine becomes a wreck when Jerry hires a temporary receptionist. She's a very nice but very vague woman who can't even get Bob's name straight.

Dr. Ryan's Express

Having preached honesty in relationships to his patients, Bob decides to follow his own advice. Immediately he offends two dinner guests and starts an argument with Emily.

Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley

Bob's first literary venture turns out to be less than triumphant. His embarrassment makes him reluctant to join a convention of psychologists on a flight to Hawaii, especially when he finds out that Howard is the navigator.

Ship of Shrinks

Carol's announcement that she's going to marry Don Fesler—an unpublished poet with bad feet—brings negative reactions from her friends.

Life is a Hamburger

Emily's plans for a wonderful turkey dinner go downhill when Bob's mother and Emily's father begin insulting one another the night before Thanksgiving.

An American Family

Bob forms an all-women consciousness-raising group. He gets kicked out after Emily joins and inadvertently points out some of the unliberated areas in their own marriage.

We Love You... Good-Bye

After renewing an acquaintance with the beautiful and free-spirited Courtney Simpson, Jerry decides to give up his dental practice: he wants to follow his dreams of romance and adventure by taking Miss Simpson to Tahiti.

Jerry Robinson Crusoe

Bob thinks his chances of winning a doctor's tennis tournament are pretty good until he learns that his doubles partner will be Emily.

Serve for Daylight

Facing the depressing prospect of returning home to Iowa to spend the holidays with her domineering parents, Carol brings her troubles to Bob's apartment. There she spends Christmas Eve pouring out the disasters of her childhood.

Home is Where the Hurt Is

Ellen's ex-fiancee, John Tobin—a tall, handsome egomaniac in suede and leather—arrives in Chicago to win Ellen back. The situation plays havoc with Howard's basic insecurities.

Tobin's Back in Town

Before he has a chance to say no, Bob finds himself running for the chairman of the local school board against an incumbent who hasn't attended a board meeting for six months.

Think Smartly--Vote Hartley

Emily is more than a little curious about Bob's reluctance to talk about a girl he used to date. Then Howard inadvertently spills the beans.

The Way We Weren't

Bob and Jerry have a falling-out when Jerry demands that Bob lend him money for a new motorcycle.

A Pound of Flesh

With his confidence fading as fast as his list of patients, Bob decides to follow Emily's advice and see a psychiatrist about his problem.

My Business is Shrinking

Emily redecorates the apartment in antiques. Bob finds her choice of furniture uncomfortable, unappealing, and hazardous to his health.

The New Look

Bob breaks a long-standing rule against treating friends when he agrees to counsel Emily's chum, whose marriage to a muscular gym teacher seems to be breaking up.

Bob Hits the Ceiling

Emily agrees to help operate a children's summer camp and tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors.

Emily Hits the Ceiling

Bob becomes the "oldest permanent psychologist in Chicago" when the ceiling in his office collapses and he has to set up shop wherever he can find the space.

The Ceiling Hits Bob

Bob's old school friend Murdock is in town for a day to sell a complex giveaway item to a Chicago cereal company. Bob invites him to stay overnight at his home. The brief encounter stretches out to a week when Murdock can't make his business connections. He gradually takes over Bob's car, clothing, and most of his home life.

The Longest Good-Bye

Howard insists on joining Bob and Emily's anniversary dinner at a fashionable Chicago restaurant in order to enlist their aid in popping the question to Ellen. But he chokes up in the clutch, and Bob is forced to do the proposing for him.

Here's Looking at You, Kid

Bob's patients observe tradition by planning a surprise party to honor the fourth year of the group's therapy sessions. When an unseen member, a Mr. Gianelli, threatens to turn the party into a disaster, Bob kicks him out of the group. His decision meets with instant group approval until Mr. Gianelli dies under a ton of zucchini.

Death of a Fruitman

Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities.

Change is Gonna Do Me Good

Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her "heavy" experiences with the "overweight workshop."

The Heavyweights

A blind-date-initiated, 12-hour romance culminates in Carol Kester's civil marriage to a handsome travel agent.

Carol's Wedding

Bob and Emily suffer international complications when they host a French psychologist in their home as part of a medical exchange program.

Shrinks Across the Sea

Bob is depressed by his seeming lack of success as a psychologist. He seeks help from his old college professor, who manages to heighten his despair by informing him that psychology is all nonsense.

What's It All About, Albert?

Bob accepts a seemingly innocent invitation to appear as the guest on a TV discussion program. He winds up in the jaws of a dilemma when the show host turns out to have the disposition of a shark.

Who is Mr. X?

Bob moves up in the world from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist.

Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

It's a stag Thanksgiving for Bob when Emily flies off to join a family reunion, leaving Bob to share the holiday with his male buddies.

Over the River and Through the Woods

Bob suffers family problems when his mother becomes a houseguest and an elderly patient involves him in a parent-child vendetta.

Fathers and Sons and Mothers

When she's given an assignment to see what makes a bunch of doctors tick, inquiring news reporter Ellen Hartley gives Bob and his medical cohorts the tell-it-like-it-is treatment.

The Article

Emily must contend with irate teachers, hamsters, and an escaped snake when she's unexpectedly upped to the position of school vice principal.

A Matter of Vice-Principal

Christmas Eve finds Bob in the hospital with tonsillitis and an impending operation. Meanwhile, his friends are all suffering from an attack of Christmas-itis.

Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital

Bob becomes his patient's partner in a get-rich-quick real-estate venture.

No Sale

Bob contends with a patient's delusion that her bingo game is fixed, staggers through a series of wild poker parties, and watches in wonder as his secretary slowly smothers under an attack of love.

Carol at 6:01

Howard's game-warden brother comes to Chicago to witness the mating of two whooping cranes—and stays to make a play for Howard's girlfriend.

Warden Gordon Borden

Jerry Robinson's depression turns to instant joy when a globe-trotting ex-flame suddenly re-enters his life and proposes.

My Boy Guillermo

A professional basketball team hires Bob to give a psychological assist to its superstar.

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