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THE DOCTOR IS IN!
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.
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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.
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Episode 1
Bob receives a telegram saying that his old college chum, The Peeper, is coming to Chicago and bringing a surprise. The surprise turns out to be a brand-new bride.
Directed by Michael ZinbergWritten by Gordon Farr, Lynne FarrGuest stars Jay Tarses, Tom Poston, Charles Thomas Murphy, Jean Palmerton
Episode 2
The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July Bicentennial party celebration when they become trapped in a storage locker.
Directed by Michael ZinbergWritten by Gordon Farr, Lynne FarrGuest stars Jack Riley, Will Mackenzie
Episode 3
Bob's therapy group has an unexpected visitor when a friendly homosexual joins in the sessions.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by Patricia Jones, Donald ReikerGuest stars John Fiedler, Florida Friebus, Jack Riley, Howard Hesseman, Renée Lippin
Episode 4
The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality.
Directed by Alan MyersonWritten by Hugh WilsonGuest stars Leonard Stone
Episode 5
The Hartley apartment becomes a hot and cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord.
Directed by John C. ChulayWritten by David LloydGuest stars Jack Riley
Episode 6
Both Bob's receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel give the psychologist a hard time.
Directed by Alan MyersonWritten by Gary David GoldbergGuest stars Larry Gelman, Howard Platt, Shirley O'Hara
Episode 7
Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience.
Directed by Michael ZinbergWritten by David LloydGuest stars Fil Formicola, Sorrell Booke, Michael LeClair, Tierre Turner
Episode 8
Bob turns amateur detective when he believes that his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.
Directed by John C. ChulayWritten by Sy RosenGuest stars John Fiedler, Florida Friebus, Jack Riley, Oliver Clark
Episode 9
Bob and his friend The Peeper take a trip down Memory Lane and wind up in the slammer.
Directed by Michael ZinbergWritten by Gordon Farr, Lynne FarrGuest stars Lucy Lee Flippin, Rhodes Reason, Tom Poston, Jean Palmerton, Bobby Ramsen, Kim O’Brien, David Himes
Episode 10
Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.
Directed by Alan MyersonWritten by Hugh WilsonGuest stars John Randolph, Howard Morris
Episode 11
Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by Gordon Farr, Lynne FarrGuest stars Lucy Landau, Fred D. Scott, Steven Anderson
Episode 12
Bob undergoes a shock when his mother announces that she has separated from his father after 47 years of marriage.
Directed by Peter BonerzWritten by Sy RosenGuest stars Martha Scott, Florida Friebus, John Holland
Episode 13
Bob takes on the role of Christmas peacemaker when he attempts to reconcile his parents.
Directed by Harvey MedlinskyWritten by Gordon Farr, Lynne FarrGuest stars Barnard Hughes, Martha Scott, Will Mackenzie
Episode 14
Bob watches in amazement as one of his patients supports a blossoming romance with a tissue of lies.
Directed by Will MackenzieWritten by Gary David GoldbergGuest stars Jack Riley, Mary Ann Chinn
Episode 15
Bob's invitation to lecture at a prestigious sex seminar results in distress when the audience shows up nude.
Directed by Peter BonerzWritten by Phil DavisGuest stars Max Showalter
Episode 16
Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter.
Directed by Peter BonerzWritten by Bruce KaneGuest stars John Fiedler, Betty Kean, Jack Riley, Oliver Clark
Episode 17
Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and desperately seeks employment of a small rural college.
Directed by James BurrowsWritten by Michael ZinbergGuest stars Craig Wasson, Richard Libertini, James Burrows, Addison Powell, Tresa Hughes
Episode 18
Bob thinks that Veronica Kidd, a student trainee, has fallen in love with him.
Directed by Dick MartinWritten by Sy RosenGuest stars Tovah Feldshuh
Episode 19
Bob strikes out against a friend's fear of falling, but succumbs to the same phobia himself when he is subjected to a harrowing elevator experience.
Directed by Michael ZinbergWritten by Sy RosenGuest stars Oliver Clark, Lieux Dressler, Tom Patchett
Episode 20
Bob's memory is taxed to the limit when he forgets that April 15 is the Federal income tax deadline—and also the date of the Hartleys' seventh wedding anniversary.
Directed by Peter BonerzWritten by Sy RosenGuest stars Will Mackenzie, Vince Martorano, Drew Michaels
Episode 21
Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber.
Directed by Dick MartinWritten by Michael Zinberg, Michael DavidsonGuest stars Jack Riley, Robert Pine, Walker Edmiston, Ron Vernan, Richard Dioguardi, Andrea Adler
Episode 22
A despondent friend accepts Bob's suggestion and turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village.
Directed by Michael ZinbergWritten by Gary David GoldbergGuest stars Will Mackenzie
Episode 23
Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger. Then he proceeds to blow up himself.
Directed by Peter BonerzWritten by Sy RosenGuest stars Florida Friebus, Jack Riley, Oliver Clark, Robert Ridgely, Marsha Kramer
Episode 24
Hot baby news is the order of the day when Carol, Bob's receptionist, announces that she's expecting a baby. Then, Emily drops her bombshell—and Bob nearly comes unglued at the prospect of becoming a father.
Directed by Peter BonerzWritten by Gordon Farr, Lynne FarrGuest stars Tom Poston, Jean Palmerton, Bobby Ramsen
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