Friday, April 29, 2016

The Bob Newhart Show: Shrinks Across the Sea

The Bob Newhart Show: Shrinks Across the Sea
CBS
October 25, 1975
Sitcom
DVD
B-

Despite an impressive performance by Rene Auberjonois as French psychologist Alan Durocher, this first of two BNS stories by Phil Doran and Douglas Arango doesn't quite work.  It's partly that there's a lot of redundancy, without it really building to anything (except with the running joke about Bob thinking Emily needs to dust more), and partly because I got tired of Durocher bossing around what we think is his wife.  The twist with her being his mistress is good though.

Richard Foronjy, who plays Artie Berkowitz (presumably the cabbie), would be a Sergeant on M*A*S*H the following year.

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