Bob Newhart Quotes


Chuck Lorre and I had been talking about doing one of his shows for a while. I said I'd like to do 'The Big Bang Theory,' because I think it's the best written, most intelligent show on television.


Citations

Newhart, Bob. "Bob Newhart on His 'Big Bang Theory' Guest Stint." Interview by Lesley Goldberg. The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2013.

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Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart
  • Born: September 5, 1929
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Comedian

Newhart's most notable exposure on television came from two long-running programs that centered on him. In 1972, soon after Newhart guest-starred on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, he was approached by his agent and his managers, producer Grant Tinker, and actress Mary Tyler Moore (the husband/wife team who founded MTM Enterprises), to work on a pilot series called The Bob Newhart Show, to be written by David Davis and Lorenzo Music. He was very interested in the starring role of dry psychologist Bob Hartley, with Suzanne Pleshette playing his wry, loving wife, Emily, and Bill Daily as neighbor and friend Howard Borden.