Sunday, February 21, 2016

The Bob Newhart Show: Goodnight Nancy

MTM Enterprises was very fond of Richard Schaal.
The Bob Newhart Show: Goodnight Nancy
CBS
October 21, 1972
Sitcom
DVD
B

This episode, the first of two written by Susan Silver, offers an early glimpse of part of what made and still makes Bob and Emily such a great sitcom couple: they argue in a realistic way and then they make up believably.  There are also some funny moments with Bob and his ex-girlfriend Nancy, including how she always rejects him during the salad course.  Note that B & E have been married for three years at this point.  Bob dated Nancy "in college," but that must've included grad school as well, since they broke up when he was 25.

Jack Bernardi would play a Waiter on the show again.  James B. Sikking makes the most out of his role as Dick, the man Bob mistakes for Nancy's husband.  Nancy's husband, Chuck Brock, is played by Richard Schaal, who would return in a different role.

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