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{{quote| '''Bob:''' Well, I was an innkeeper in this crazy little town in Vermont! [[Lampshade Hanging|Nothing made sense in this place.]] I mean, the maid was an heiress. Her husband talked in alliteration. The handyman kept missing the point of things. And then there were these three woodsmen, but only one of them talked!<br />
'''Emily:''' That settles it. [[Acid Reflux Nightmare|No more Japanese food before you go to bed.]] }}
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: There were several references to [[Bob Newhart]]'s earlier sitcom throughout the show's run. [[All Just a Dream|Considering how it ended]], [[Fridge Brilliance|it all makes sense now]].
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Brilliantly played with; after the completely out-there finale, having that episode revealed to be a dream wasn't unexpected. Finding out ''whose'' dream, now...)
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* [[As Himself]]: [[The Tonight Show|Johnny Carson]], [[The Carol Burnett Show|Tim Conway]], Edwin Newman.
* [[Away in A Manger]]: Used in the season 1 episode "No Room at the Inn".
* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]: The Darryls to their wives in the finale (also their only line in the entire series; see [[The Voiceless]], below).
* [[Breakout Character|Breakout Characters]]: Larry, Darryl, and Darryl, to the point where their first appearance in a given episode would provoke a near-[[Happy Days|Fonzie]]-like reaction from the [[Studio Audience]].
** Larry, Darryl and Darryl were locally ''very'' popular in real-world Vermont, culminating in the actors appearing in character for an all-lard [[Food Fight]] staged in Burlington as part of a local festival in the late 1980s. Sort of a live, in-person [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]].
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* [[Sweater Girl]]: Joanna. Lampshaded in the [[All Just a Dream]] finale noted above, when Bob says to his "real" wife Emily, "You know, you really should wear more sweaters."
* [[Telethon]]: In one episode Michael convinces Dick into hosting a 72 hour telethon for the station ... even though it's a commercial station.
* [[Time Skip]] / [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] / [[Distant Finale]]: Employed, subverted, and inverted in the final episode.
* [[Twist Ending]]: Parodied, in one of the all-time great TV moments.
* [[The Voiceless]]: Larry's brothers Darryl and Darryl, at least until the [[Suddenly Voiced|grand finale]].
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