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** Not necessarily. Maybe they came back, because the small-town college experience was too goofy for words, thus providing much of the material for the subsequent dream? The later ''Murphy Brown'' cameo supports this idea too.
* [[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|Mona Robinson]]!
** [[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]].
** Howard Hesseman, who appeared on the show as Mr. Plager (and was later used by MTM as a regular on ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''), also did a number of offscreen voices on the show.
** [[The Flintstones|Fred Flintstone]] is a $65 a half hour plumber treating the Hartly's garbage disposal.
* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]: "Home to Emily", composed by series co-producer (and future [[Garfield and Friends|Garfield voice]]) Lorenzo Music with his wife Henrietta. Two different arrangements were used over the course of the show's run.
** 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:
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