Bob Newhart
Linda Zabors
George Robert (Bob) Newhart had a famous television comedy show (1972-1978) which was based in Chicago; the opening credits featured Chicago sites. The Bob Newhart Show followed the daily life and foibles of a friendly psychotherapist named Bob Hartley, and his wife, friends, neighbors, and clients.
Bob Newhart grew up on the west side of Chicago. Chicago is where he developed the comic style which made him famous - a stammering conversational monologue. He performed at Chicago’s legendary variety venue - Mr. Kelly’s.
The Grammy Award winning album which launched his fame in 1960 is “The Buttoned-Down Mind of Bob Newhart.”
His other works include the television show Newhart, many appearances on the Johnny Carson show, The David Letterman Show, The Conan O-Brien Show, Saturday Night Live, What’s My Line, Hollywood Squares, The Big Bang Theory (2013) - for which he won an Emmy Award, and the movie Elf (2003). In 2002 he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Bob Newhart’s book is called “I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This.”
Alumni
Loyola University Chicago
St. Ignatius College Prep
St. Catherine of Siena Grammar School in Oak Park, IL
Veteran: Army 1952-1954
Honorary Bob Newhart Way
5800 to 5930 N Sheridan Road
Approved: March 2025
Ward: 48
Alderman: Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth
Neighborhood: Edgewater
b. September 5, 1929 in Oak Park, IL
d. July 18, 2024. Age 94 in Los Angeles, CA
Near the Thorndale Beach North Condominium building at 5901 N. Sheridan Road, which was featured in The Bob Newhart Show as the residence of the main character.
Source
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https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/13/edgewater-block-dubbed-honorary-bob-newhart-way/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Newhart
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/18/791345695/bob-newhart-dead
IMDB. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0627878/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
The Buttoned-Down Mind of Bob Newhart https://youtu.be/0MKtaWypdrs?si=A_0Y_XYw3QShYOim
The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back
https://youtu.be/K22qu730Rpk?si=Mk0aBncQvqtRv6lv
Interview about the Buttoned-down Mind
https://youtu.be/fEU9ro9t2BY?si=o9WOZ11YBdLPIdVI
Air Traffic Control Skit
https://youtu.be/hGZ3oVi1sUs?si=jAX5Ud7LqIZTll-E
Witch Doctor Skit
https://youtu.be/3wRrtcugEXI?si=xVEvl_t99v7bivO8