The Bob Newhart Show: My Business Is Shrinking

The Bob Newhart Show: My Business Is Shrinking
CBS
February 1, 1975
Sitcom
DVD
B

Arnie Kogen and Ray Jessel's second of two BNS stories is funny but with an undercurrent of depression, since Bob's practice is in a temporary lull.  I like that Bob has ups and downs in his profession.  As for the humor, the Howard scene is my favorite, from hammering the tape on a note to getting away with the old "tree surgeon who fell out of a patient" gag.

Phillip R. Allen makes his first of two appearances as Dr. Frank Walburn.  And, yes, that's Mary Jo Catlett as the near-sighted Mrs. Englehart; she's probably best known as Peal on Diff'rent Strokes, but we'll next see her on M*A*S*H.