Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The Bob Newhart Show: Old Man Rivers

The Bob Newhart Show: Old Man Rivers
CBS
October 27, 1973
Sitcom
DVD
B-

Martin Cohan wrote and directed this episode where Carol dates the title character, the doctor who removes the butterfly tattoo from her butt.  Bob at first assumes that Carol's "minor surgery" is pregnancy-related, but they soon clear that up, unlike the episode-long complications when Jack Tripper has his posterior tattoo removed over a decade later.  Interestingly, both Howard and Jerry know about her tattoo, suggesting she did at least go to third base with each of them in the first season.

Don Fenwick, who plays the Young Doctor, would be Fred Sanders on The Brady Bunch.

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