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At the time Newhart was one of comedy's hottest stars, renowned for his dryly understated standup persona. Who better to field the role of an uptight psychologist than the guy whose biggest hit album was ''The Button-Down Mind''?
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* [[The Danza]]: Bob Newhart as Bob Hartley.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: A Newhart trademark. The supporting characters (especially Emily and Mr. Carlin) often responded in kind.
* [[Directed
** Will Mackenzie (Larry Bonderant) directed one episode and then went on to direct episodes of ''[[Taxi]]'' and ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''.
* [[The Ditz]]: Howard
* [[Drop in Character]]: Howard
* [[The Eponymous Show]]
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: No matter how many breakthroughs Bob has with his regular patients, they never even come close to getting better. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in an episode where Bob becomes frustrated at his lack of progress with Mr. Carlin.
** Also lampshaded in a [[Christmas Episode]] in which Bob's gift to Mr Peterson was that he was cured and Bob was "letting him go free". Mr Peterson was less than thrilled.
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* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Bob's therapy-group regulars include [[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis|Dobie Gillis' mom]] and [[WKRP in Cincinnati|Dr. Johnny Fever]].
** Bob and Emily are marriage-counseled in one episode by none other than [[Whos the Boss
** [[Barney Miller|Sgt. Ron Harris]] is an elevator repairman.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Rather retconned but still works. You have [[The Rescuers|Bernard]] working as a psychologist and married to [[The Lion King|Zira]]. His receptionist is [[The Simpsons|Mrs Krabappel]] and his two most notable patients are [[Rugrats|Stu Pickles]] and [[Winnie the Pooh|Piglet]].
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** Referenced in an episode of ''[[Taxi]]'' in which Jim Ignatowski - a big ''Bob Newhart Show'' fan - finds himself set up on a date with Marcia Wallace [[As Himself|playing herself]]. He insists on regaling her with the [[With Lyrics|lyrics he's composed]] for the theme:
{{quote| '''Jim''': Here comes Bob and Carol/His wife Emily really likes him/He has five people in his group...(repeat)}}
* [[Locked in
* [[Man Child]]: Howard is this through and through, more childish than his young son. The show [[Lampshade Hanging|frequently hints]] that Bob and Emily see him as the child they never had.
* [[Marathon Running]]: Two for [[Nick
* [[Mandatory Motherhood]]: Deliberately subverted. Newhart's response when the producers told him that 'Bob & Emily were going to have a baby' that season has passed into legend: "Sounds great. Now, who are you going to get to play Bob?"
* [[Miniseries]]: In one episode Howard wants to watch a show called ''Sick Man, Well Man'' (''Rich Man, Poor Man'').
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Jerry was raised in an orphanage, and one season 5 episode involves his efforts to locate his natural parents.
* [[Peking Duck Christmas]]: Or, in this case, Moo Goo Gai Pan Thanksgiving.
* [[Pie in
** Also featured in the final [[Christmas Episode]] entitled "'Twas the Pie Before Christmas" in which Mr Carlin puts a hit out on Bob ... with a professional pie thrower.
* [[Post Script Season]]: Newhart originally planned to stop the show after the fifth season, so the writers all took new jobs and wrote a [[Grand Finale]] where Emily and Bob would finally become parents. Then Newhart agreed to come back for one more year, so the episode became [[All Just a Dream]] and a sixth season was produced with an entirely new team of writers.
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* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: When Howard sees a therapist and gets cured of his dependency on Bob and Emily, the Hartleys do everything they can to bring the old Howard back and make him helplessly dependent on them again.
** Justified in that the therapy has given Howard an entirely new personality that's even more unhealthy than his old one.
* [[What Happened to
* [[The Windy City]]
* [[You Look Familiar]]: The Peeper (Tom Poston) would return as Handyman George Utley {{spoiler|in Bob's "Newhart" dream, although Bob doesn't seem to recognize him when he wakes up}}.
** The actor who occupied the position of wacky neighbor in the pilot would later play the role of Howard's brother Warden Gordon Borden.
** Comedian Archie Hahn (from the British [[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]) made his television debut in one episode of this show, playing a hotel bellhop. He appeared again in a later episode, this time playing a cruise director.
* [[Your Favorite]]: For Bob Banana Cream Pie, for Emily Blueberry Cheesecake.
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