Newhart was a frequent guest on the era’s variety and talk shows, and a regular fill-in host on the “Tonight Show,” switching out for his friend Johnny Carson 87 times. Newhart never really ...

As I was driving home from the beach last summer NPR announced that Bob Newhart, actor and comedian, had just died. I immediately recalled that in 1977 I was Product Manager Millitron Contract for ...

Newhart became a stand-up comic after starting his career as an accountant in Chicago. He went on to guest-host Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show 87 times. More recently, he starred in classic ...