Comments on: Bob Newhart’s Comic Book Series Coming to DVD

By: El Santo

El Santo — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:29:27 +0000

Oh. My. God.

I am totally squealing like a fangirl over here.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!

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By: Steely Dan

Steely Dan — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:29:39 +0000

But when is the rest of “Newhart” going to be released beyond season one? That’s what I’m actually more interested in.

By: ~chris

~chris — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:33:31 +0000

Hooray! And don’t forget Otto the cat!

By: Richard J. Marcej

Richard J. Marcej — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:21:32 +0000

I remember really looking forward to this series when it was announced back in the early 90′s.
• It had the always great Bob Newhart who had not one but two previous excellent TV series (The Bob Newhart Show & Newhart)
• It was set in the world of comics, cartoonists and artists.
How could it not be great????

Unfortunately….. it was… while not terrible, not nearly as good as it should/could have been.

All the producers needed to do was surround Bob with odd, strong characters and let him do his stuff, there’s no reason why it couldn’t have followed the same blueprint of his earlier successes.
The writing was never there and with the exception of his daughter (Cynthia Stevens was very good) none of the rest of the cast stood out to me.

By: Toonsmyth

Toonsmyth — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:37:20 +0000

HOORAY! MAD DOG LIVES! Fingers crossed for bonus features and commentaries! This was an AWESOME show with great celebrity cameos before the needless retooling. Especially the episode with “the guy who played Norm on Cheers!”

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:05:20 +0000

I don’t recall seeing any episodes, and I know I wouldn’t have gotten the comic-related stuff back then, since that was before I got back into the medium as an adult. I’m looking forward to watching the show, knowing what I know now.

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:40:13 +0000

About time. I have a few episodes transferred to DVD from VHS, but I’m eager for a proper collection. And the comic was pretty good- nothing Earth-shaking, but fun!