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Aside from Newhart himself, props are due to the writers. As always, The Bob Newhart Show's humor is mostly low-key, with none of the raunch, tasteless sexual innuendo, and flamboyant idiocy of today's sit-coms. What's more, subjects as serious as death ("The Longest Good-bye" and "Death of a Fruitman"), obesity ("Heavyweights," in which Bob presides over a workshop for "people of the hefty persuasion"), professional ethics ("Who is Mr. X?"), and jealousy on the job ("A Matter of Vice-Principal") are broached without ever becoming sententious or heavy-handed. Of course, three decades after the fact, some things will seem a little dated: the clothes are cringe-worthy, and it's hard to imagine anyone these days getting away with describing Beirut as a place where "everybody looks like Danny Thomas." Still, Newhart's show remains one of the best of the several great sit-coms that emerged in the '70s. Bonus features include commentary (by Newhart and others) on five episodes, a gag reel, and a featurette. --Sam Graham
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 16 September, 1972 |
| MANUFACTURER: | 20th Century Fox |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Box set, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Comedies, Movie, TV Shows, Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 3 |
| UPC: | 024543267256 |
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Customer Reviews of Bob Newhart - The Complete Fourth Season
Perhaps The Best The fourth season (1975-1976) of "The Bob Newhart Show" is right up there with the second season, and perhaps even a bit better. Some of the funniest episodes from the fan polls are from this season, and while there are perhaps a few fewer recognizable faces as guest stars, you will still see a few. The writers and cast by this point have both hit their stride, and the chemistry is phenomenal. <
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>The Season is book ended by appearances by Tom Poston as The Peeper, Bob's college buddy whom Emily can't stand. Of course, Tom would go on to be a regular in Bob's next sitcom "Newhart", and then there is the irony that Tom and Suzanne Pleshette would eventually get married. In-between, there are many events, including the death of Mr. Gianelli ("Death of a Fruitman"), Carol gets married ("Carol's Wedding"), Bob hosts an arrogant French psychologist ("Shrinks Across The Sea"), Bob forms a short-lived partnership with another psychiatrist ("Seemed Like a Good Idea At the Time") and many more. <
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>Two of the funniest episodes ever are in this season with "Who Is Mr. X?", where Bob is ambushed by a morning talk-show host and is so flustered he reveals that one of his patients is a public servant. The other classic is "Over the River and Through the Woods", in which Bob gets out of a trip to Seattle over Thanksgiving by claiming that his patients need him. He ends up hosting a party with Jerry, Howard, and Mr. Carlin in which they all drink too much watching William and Mary's worst college football defeat, and make the funniest call for Chinese food ever recorded. I also very much like "Bob Has To Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve In The Hospital", and the title explains the plot to that one. <
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>All in all, there are 24 episodes on three 2-sided DVDs, just the same as the first three seasons. Also like seasons 2 and 3, there are five episodes with commentary, but I have to say that the commentary has improved this season; perhaps because they have more people participating in them. I would still not call them great commentaries, but they are significantly better than the prior seasons. There is a short season 4 feature, and there is also a gag reel. In all, this is probably the best set of features they have included, but more importantly this is the season with the funniest episodes. <
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New Wallpaper!
In Season 4, things really go 70s. The Hartleys have new wallpaper, and the reception area gets painted bright orange. I always watched this growing up, and am so happy to see them on DVD, some with commentary. I love the opening this season, Bob getting passed an empty coffee cup. The look when Carol gives him an empty cup, well, no one does a "What the H is going on" look better than Bob Newhart. You'll hurt with laughter at the Guys, left alone at Bob's for Thanksgiving, try to cook a turkey then give up and order Chinese, all while drunk. "Don't look in the dishwasher..."
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>Is it me or is Howard getting even dumber this year?
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>I can't wait for season 5.
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>Oh, one of the shows has an opening that might be from a later series, as I didn't recognize Suzanne with longish hair.
Let's all put our feet up and listen to the Conalrad alert
The show centers on Bob Newhart's character as psychiatrist Dr. Robert Hartley. We follow his marriage to Emily (Suzanne Pleshette). Together with their friends and coworkers we can see our selves in many of the situations. This is a comedy with depth of emotion and a few surprises.
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>Bob Newhart just keeps getting better. This season contains some of my favorites, including "Over the River and Through the Woods"; everyone gets drunk you have to choose which is more funny "more goo" or "Hi Emily, what's happing?" or "what ever you do, don't look in the dishwasher!"
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>Then there is the Christmas program when bob has his tonsils out and deals with Mrs. Henderson.
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>The fun just keeps going on and on.
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