 "Oh Bob" | 2008-07-28 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3K2NVQXHG3ZNY |
| I always loved the Newhart show, but never got to experience The Bob Newhart Show. It's a start and you can see as it goes on the characters developing. I'm almost halfway through and I can see Suzanne's character change to what we all remember her as, so savvy, not the typical housewife. One thing I do notice, the interaction and admiration between the husband and wife. As far as the other characters I am not too impressed, you see too much of the airline navigator/neighbor stopping by too much and too much of Jerry Robinson, the Dentist. It's usually Bob's patients that will generally make you laugh and I hope to see more of them in the upcoming seasons. I am not so happy with the way it was restored. The color seems very brown and the audio is terrible compared to most shows, but it is the 1st season. And as far as I can see, no great special features on this one. But like I said, it's a start and part of a collection set to improve. |
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 "The Bob Newhart Show-The Complete First Season (DVD)" | 2008-05-16 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3PM0IXB4B8FN |
| I loved this sit-com when it was on TV. It is still just as funny. I am enjoying viewing all the episodes again. |
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| "I never missed this show..." | 2008-04-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1MUTOOOSAUT6A |
| Whenever this show aired, I was in front of the tube. This was must not miss television. Bob Newhart's character was so hilariously understated against a cast of wonderfully oddball characters--Howard the neighbor, Mr. Carlin(the best of the recurring patients), Jerry the orthodontist, and others. And who could forget a ravishing young Suzanne Pleshette(another great reason to watch this show, at least for me!).If you cannot enjoy this series you are humor impaired. |
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| "Great Laughs with Bob and Suzanne" | 2008-04-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1TENZRS98C732 |
| I remember enjoying this show when I was young but had forgotten what a great comedian Bob Newhart was on this show. Suzanne Pleshette is lovable as Emily and together they are very entertaining. |
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| "Bob Newhart Show-1st Season" | 2008-01-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: ATRYZ45CULLKS |
| This made for an awesome Christmas gift for my father. He can watch these at any time and enjoys the whole series. |
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| "This program is addictive" | 2008-01-01 |
| - Reviewed By bernie-at-nationwide-net |
Whether this is your first time or you are purchasing old times, this series is a lot of fun to watch and afterwards speculate on what the outcome would be. Many short programs have created a situation and solve it all in the span of the episode. Where as the Bob Newhart show many times steps right into the middle and does not necessarily wrap up all the loose end.
I am not convincing that the episodes are in the correct order. It seems strange that Fly the unfriendly skies would be the first episode as it does not really introduce the characters or give much of a background. I also notice that Suzanne Pleshette's hair style keeps changing back and forth.
Something strange that I have not been able to figure out is why every time Bob comes home and Margaret Hoover (Patricia Smith) is just leaving he just says "Hello Margaret" in a deadpan voice without looking at her.
One of the main things that add to the viewing comedy is the nuances and glances each character gives each other.
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 "Try one of the other seasons first" | 2007-10-18 |
| - Reviewed By kayxm |
If you're a fan of the old Bob Newhart sitcom, as I am, these DVDs are a lot of fun. That said, I would recommend purchasing one of the other seasons rather than this one.
The show takes a while to find its feet, and Bob's character starts out a bit nastier than the friendly man most of us remember. In the episode "The Man With the Golden Wrist" he humiliates Emily, who has just given him an expensive present, by pointing out how little money she makes; in another, later episode, he flat-out tells her that he wants her to turn down a full-time job so she can have dinner on the table when he comes home.
There are also a few notes that come out odd when you're familiar with the series as a whole - Carol dates both Howard and Jerry, for example, and the pilot episode features Bob and Emily desperate to have a baby, a shock when you're used to seeing them happily child-free. There are also a lot of peripheral characters that never made it, for good reason - a patient who is a bad Woody Allen rip-off, Love Boat doctor Bernie Koppel as Bob's obnoxious doctor colleague, a couple of stock sitcom neighbors.
If you've seen all the other episodes and want a complete set, then this season is worth ordering - there's plenty of enjoyment to be found amid the problems. But if you watch this one first, you could be disappointed. |
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| "Under-rated and under-seen comedy of our time!!!!" | 2007-10-14 |
| - Reviewed By sylviastel |
| Okay, until I bought the DVD for the first season, I was skeptical about the show. I knew little of it. Although it ran in the 1970s, it never surfaced in syndication as other shows did of it's era. Finally, last week I saw it's first season and already purchased second and third seasons as well. It's worth the cost because this show is not only funny but smart and intelligent and cast with a first rate group of actors including the wonderful Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette as his long-suffering wife, hilarious Marcia Wallace as his receptionist, and a cast of interesting characters. Here, Bob's character plays the straight man to everybody else. This show should be shown again as a testament that good comedy does not always have to be about sexuality, superficiality, or bathroom humor. In this series, the cast of characters is treated with the same reverence that should be across the board on television these days. Sadly, the minority of us appreciate the intelligent, witty humor of shows like Bob Newhart as it sets a good example of great sitcoms today. |
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| "The good old days" | 2007-08-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3TVIU1O7IN8UF |
| The Newhart series brings back the uncomplicated days when a certain degree of morality existed in our land. People are odd, but pleasant. Watching an episode of Newhart makes one forget the evil dimension of life which is so front and center in today's culture. |
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| "WONDERFUL" | 2007-04-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3IQAK3ZVFKVCO |
| THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SERIES. A MUST HAVE FOR, LET'S SAY, THE OLDER SET. LOL |
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