The Bob Newhart Show: Son of an Ex-Con JobCBS
January 21, 1978
Sitcom
DVD
C+
As with the earlier episode about the five ex-cons (Taurean Blacque as Arthur Tatum, Allen Case as Steve Kopelson, Ric Mancini as Al Brolio, and Bert Rosario as Reuben Ortiz), this plays like a back-door pilot for a short-lived '70s sitcom. (I'm thinking of 1975's On the Rocks, which is not one of the more memorable entries on the resumes for Mel Stewart, Tom Poston, and Hal Williams.) And like before, Howard's antics save this from being a C or C-, this time with him trying to follow in Houdini's footsteps and Bob & Emily under-reacting after all these years of his craziness.
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