The Bob Newhart Show: Easy for You to SayCBS
February 11, 1978
Sitcom
DVD
C+
This is the weakest of the three BNS stories by Andrew Smith (who did "Carlin's New Suit" and "Group on a Hot Tin Roof"). Part of the problem is that I don't find stuttering funny, and Bob is counseling a stutterer, Paul Billingham (Jerry Fogel, who previously played Paul Hollander). The rest is that I just don't find it plausible that he would be able to not only get a radio show but spin it off onto television, without someone (a producer or whoever) finding out about his stuttering and either putting a halt to the project or getting him more help than Bob seems capable of. Still, the ink-blots scene is cute and we later get to see Jerry dressed as a dog and Bob as a scarecrow.
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