Bob Newhart - Something Like This: The Bob Newhart Anthology *

Artist:

Newhart, Bob

UPC:

081227674229

Description:

Producers include: Jimmy Hilliard.
Compilation producer: Bill Inglot.
Engineers include: Lee Herschberg.
Recorded between 1960 & 1967.
Includes liner notes by Bill Inglot and Judy Brown.
Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Liner Note Author: Judy Brown.
Recording information: Freddie`s Club, MN; San Fernando State College, Northridge, CA; The Broadmoor International Center, Colorado Springs, C; The Crystal Room of the Desert Inn, Las Vegas, NV; The hungry i, San Francisco, CA; The Ice House, Pasadena, CA; The Tidelands club, Houston, TX; UCLA; University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
Editor: Wally Kamin.
Unique among even the most cutting-edge standup comics of the `60s, Bob Newhart entertained his audiences not with snappy patter and jokes, but with long monologues in which his voice represented one side of a conversation, the other side left to the listener`s imagination. This idiosyncratic format proved endlessly adaptable, as Newhart spun seemingly endless scenarios from it. Before he became a beloved TV star with the Bob Newhart Show, he released several popular comedy albums, from which the best moments have been culled for inclusion on this definitive two-disc compilation. Whether he`s advising Abraham Lincoln, confronting King Kong, or getting blitzed at a retirement party (among other comedic situations to be found here), Newhart employs his patented mild-mannered, "button-down" personality to subtle but sharp comic effect.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Abe Lincoln Vs. Madison Avenue
2. Cruise of the U.S.S. Codfish, The
3. Merchandising the Wright Brothers
4. Driving Instructor
5. Grace L. Ferguson Airline, The (And Storm Door Co.) [Live at the Hungry I
6. Bus Drivers School
7. Retirement Party
8. Ledge Psychology
9. Rocket Scientist
10. Uncle Freddie Show, The

DISC 2:

1. Introducing Tobacco to Civilization
2. Siamese Cat, The
3. Defusing a Bomb
4. Friend With a Dog, A
5. Expectant Father, The
6. On Poodles and Planes
7. Man Who Looked Like Hitler, The
8. King Kong
9. Returning a Gift
10. Buying a House
11. Ben Franklin in Analysis
12. Daddy of All Hangovers
13. On Trains and Planes
14. Modern Witch Doctor

Album Information

Release Date:

03/20/2001

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Comedy

Label:

Rhino

Catalog Number:

8122767422

Original Release Year:

2001

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Mixed

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

142 : 52

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