Well I've no wish to sound mean, but - seriously - this man shows no sympathy for the ape. Animals have feelings, and the distress he - one can only hope it was a male, right - must have felt, alone on West 34th street on a dark night, desperately trying to escape from some mob of humans (who to this day loiter around 5th avenue), is barely hinted at by the witness, whose testimony the audience itself of laughs at. We can only hope that some of the audience was crying. J.
One time, as an actor, we were doing a tech rehearsal for a play. And while the lights were off, I started doing this bit. I got the lead actress laughing like mad before the stage lights came back up.
R.I.P. Bob Newhart. Your comedic genius will live on long after your final day of July 18, 2024. May your children and grandchildren be comforted in your loss, knowing how much laughter and joy you brought into the world.
I love his understated humour - the driving lesson sketch is brilliant
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99th floor;“There’s a giant eye peering in the window!” 10th floor;”There’s a giant foot in the window!” 35th floor.........”You ain’t gonna believe this!......”
How can one man calmly, with a slight hesitation in his voice, maintaining a serious non emotional demeanor turn everyday or common things into such classic humor. We see these things all the time but we don’t “look” at them. Bob looked and saw the illogical and the “what if “factor and turned them into comedic gold. Nothing nasty, insulting, degrading, no foul language, no picking on things to hurt people’s feelings or make them uncomfortable no political or special groups rants. Just humor. Gentle humor that almost comes out as a whisper and then has us laughing hysterically No matter how many times we heard him do these routines, we could ever look at things objects or situations the same way again. What a great legacy to be remembered. We will always miss you, Bob.
No profanity or ridicule just clean funny and talented humor something that’s lacking today and the reason comics and night shows are losing viewership.
Similar to George Carlin, Bob Newhart at the amazing gift of taking the most simplest and obvious situations and finding the humor. He will be greatly missed.
Check Shelley Berman and his early comedy albums. I might be wrong but I think he's the first comedian to release records. He did a lot of phone comedy. His bit with a hungover guy calling his buddy asking what happened at the party the night before is hysterical.
Get more Bob Newhart here: th-cam.com/play/PLzPUx_37p4YKOxUY0SVyb4jF5sAaIHVxl.html&si=I1yEfWziv1SUAriG
I like that his humor was never mean. A lot of it was based on sympathy for ordinary people in funny situations like this.
Well I've no wish to sound mean, but - seriously - this man shows no sympathy for the ape. Animals have feelings, and the distress he - one can only hope it was a male, right - must have felt, alone on West 34th street on a dark night, desperately trying to escape from some mob of humans (who to this day loiter around 5th avenue), is barely hinted at by the witness, whose testimony the audience itself of laughs at. We can only hope that some of the audience was crying. J.
One man. One phone handset. Comic genius... 💕
When he first started, comedy was just people being silly; he changed all that.
I genuinely thought that professor Proton was a real kids tv show.
One time, as an actor, we were doing a tech rehearsal for a play. And while the lights were off, I started doing this bit. I got the lead actress laughing like mad before the stage lights came back up.
R.I.P. Bob Newhart. Your comedic genius will live on long after your final day of July 18, 2024. May your children and grandchildren be comforted in your loss, knowing how much laughter and joy you brought into the world.
"Shoo ape" is still the funniest bit in this.
Shoe size 999 😂
Shoe size 999 😂
Genius! Newhart and Conway were priceless and made the world so beautiful.
Tim Conway on The Carol Burnett Show is priceless ❤️
Is there anyone who's listened/watched Bob Newhart in action, and doesn't love him?
Nope.
"Thay say" that the best thing about the Empire State Building is the view of the Crysler Building.And I agree.
The Chrysler building is more aesthetically pleasing.
Depending on whether we have a 13th floor or not...😁😁
Bob Newhart was the greatest. I first heard this routine way back when, and several times since, and it still works for me. He was just terrific!
I love his understated humour - the driving lesson sketch is brilliant
99th floor;“There’s a giant eye peering in the window!”
10th floor;”There’s a giant foot in the window!”
35th floor.........”You ain’t gonna believe this!......”
How can one man calmly, with a slight hesitation in his voice, maintaining a serious non emotional demeanor turn everyday or common things into such classic humor. We see these things all the time but we don’t “look” at them. Bob looked and saw the illogical and the “what if “factor and turned them into comedic gold. Nothing nasty, insulting, degrading, no foul language, no picking on things to hurt people’s feelings or make them uncomfortable no political or special groups rants. Just humor. Gentle humor that almost comes out as a whisper and then has us laughing hysterically
No matter how many times we heard him do these routines, we could ever look at things objects or
situations the same way again. What a great legacy to be remembered.
We will always miss you, Bob.
The phone bits were Bob Newhart at his best.
I know I never met him but he was a big part of my life
Genius!! ❤
No profanity or ridicule just clean funny and talented humor something that’s lacking today and the reason comics and night shows are losing viewership.
I’d never seen this one before. I love it
Glad you found something new!
His timing is perfect 😂
Legend ❤️
RIP Professor Proton.
One of my favorite movies one of my favorite comedians, what's not to love
Oh I do so miss him!🥰
Fantastic
"ape's toes" 🤣
Brilliant
Classic
Brilliant Bob!
I love that
Similar to George Carlin, Bob Newhart at the amazing gift of taking the most simplest and obvious situations and finding the humor. He will be greatly missed.
Priceless 😂 ( minus the cost of ba na na sssss 😅 😊
You can really hear the Bernard coming out
Jada was totally sincere. Jim Byrne, Jr.
💜
Hi Bob, oops, gotta drink. You gotta keep drinking until you see the ape fall by.
😇♥️
30,000 pounds of bananas?
RIP
Ellen DeGeneres is the only other comedian I know of who has done phone humor like this.
Yes, her phone call to God ❤️
Lily Tomlin as 'Ernestine' also did phone call comedy:
th-cam.com/video/FI0rfv6Cw1M/w-d-xo.html
Check Shelley Berman and his early comedy albums. I might be wrong but I think he's the first comedian to release records. He did a lot of phone comedy. His bit with a hungover guy calling his buddy asking what happened at the party the night before is hysterical.
@@stevengabbard930 I know we had some of his albums, too. Don't recall the phone humor.
Of course we also had lots of Bill Crosby albums...
Lilly Tomlin has paid homage to Bob.
Flat-wounds!
Genius.