The Bob Newhart Show: My Son the Comedian

The Bob Newhart Show: My Son the Comedian
CBS
November 12, 1977
Sitcom
DVD
B-

David Lloyd's last BNS story has no longer so little Howie (Moosie Drier in his last appearance on the show), now about twelve, wanting to become a stand-up comic.  He attends a summer school (yes, this is not set in November) for comedians, run by Mickey Melnick (Bobby Ramsen again), and then is invited to perform in little Nevada towns.  Howard has to voice his disapproval before it's too late, although of course it's Uncle Bob who has the real impact.  The ending, with Bob onstage pretending to be a comic, is of course ironic, especially since it's not at all his button-down persona.

One of the other comics is Don Rickles wannabe Minnie Farber, played by 65-year-old Elizabeth Kerr, who the following year would gain fame as Mindy's wisecracking grandmother on Mork & Mindy.