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Overview

George Robert Newhart known professionally as Bob Newhart, is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...

and actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. Noted for his deadpan

Deadpan

Deadpan is a form of comic delivery in which humor is presented without a change in emotion or body language, usually speaking in a casual, monotone, solemn, blunt, disgusted or matter-of-fact voice and expressing an unflappably calm, archly insincere or artificially grave demeanor...

and slightly stammering delivery, Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart is a 1960 live album by comedian Bob Newhart. The debut album by Newhart, the album was number one on the Billboard Pop Album chart, topping an album by Elvis Presley and the cast album of The Sound of Music....

was a worldwide bestseller and reached #1 on the Billboard pop music charts—it remains the 20th best-selling comedy album in history. The follow-up album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Again! was also a massive success, and both albums held the Billboard #1 and #2 spots simultaneously, a feat unequaled until the 1991 release of Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by the American rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the first of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, the other being Use Your Illusion II. The two are thus sometimes considered a double album. In fact, in the original vinyl...

and Use Your Illusion II
Use Your Illusion II
Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Guns N' Roses. It was one of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, and as a result the two albums are sometimes considered a double album...

by hard rock band Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...

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Newhart later went into acting, starring in two long-running and prize-winning situation comedies, first as psychologist Dr.

Unanswered Questions

Where can I view a copy of Herman Hollerith done by Bob Newhart for IBM?

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Quotations

All I can say about life is: Oh God, enjoy it!

I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do; and for the people who like country music, denigrate means "put down".

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.

This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now.

Some people wonder if it isn’t unusual for an accountant to become a comedian. It’s unusual for a good accountant to become a comedian. I was a very poor accountant.

I think it might go something like this . . .

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