Had a record when I was very young, The Driving Instructor? ,I think. As a 10 year old I laughed out loud, and now 60+ years later still laughing at this sketch. Brilliant man.
First time I heard Bob Newhart was in Driver's Ed, during a rainy spell and teacher kept us inside. He put Bob Newhart's driving instructor audio skit and I was crying with laughter. The teacher was laughing from how hard I was laughing! I will never forget it and it's still one of my favorites! God Bless, God Speed, Thank you for all the good laughs Bob Newhart you were one of a kind.
My wife and I had the chance to see him live about a decade ago ate Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ. Age had not dimmed his mastery of the long-form joke - the timing, the inflections, all were as impeccable as they were hysterical!
I can remember watching the Ed Sullivan Show and seeing him on there. If memory serves, I think he did the bus driving instructor and another time Sir Walter Raleigh calling back to England. Hilarious!
He was a master of the one-sided phone conversation. My favorite is the brand-new security guard working his first night in the Empire State Building the night King Kong climbed the building.
When anybody asks me what colour my eyes are I always quote Bob, " One's kind of a bluish grey and the other's kind of a greyish blue" RIP Bob, thanks for all the laughs!
My father was a driving instructor, and brought "The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart" home because of the "Driving Instructor" routine. I was 11 years old at the time. I loved that album then, and 60+ years later I still love it, and all of Bob Newhart's routines. Others have said 'genius'. It is a big word, but I agree with them, Bob Newhart is a comedic genius.
As my father got older he found it hard to drive and mom had to do the driving. My father called her Mrs. Webb every time she made a mistake, which was quite often. Aw now Mrs Webb, you should have turned right there.
Sadly, he just died today, July 18, 2024 - age 94. RIP Mr. Newhart, you gave me so many laughs in 70s, I grew up with you as one of my favorite comedians.
Bob Newhart was a true original. These monologues where he is the 'straight man' and the clown is the unheard person (usually, but not always, on the other end of a phone) are his unique invention. And they are brilliant. 'Genius' is not a word to throw around, but I don't think it would be out of place talking about Bob Newhart.
Newhart's album The Button Down Mind Of Bob Newhart was the first comedy album to go to #1 on the pop charts. Also, it won best album at the 1961 Grammy Awards. And, it was the first and only time a comedian won best new artist. Bob put comedy on the map in the recording industry. Credit given where credit is due.
'My folks bought me that Newhart comedy album for my birthday the year it came out & one of Newhart's comedy skit routines was the 'Uncle Freddie Show' a take-off on Kid's shows of that era... & Was a Riot!......
I think of all Bob Newhart's wonderful work this is the greatest. Almost every line is perfect. I must have listened to this a hundred times. Never tire of it.
Have been watching Bob for most of my 53 years of life. He has been in so many television programs and has never missed a beat. Great comedian and actor.
Absolutely love this sketch. Takes me back to my teens and would sit and listen to these 'monologues' for many pleasant hours. Brilliantly funny, requires imagination and not a bit of crudity or offense.
Oh I'm in stitches here, this is the first time I've heard this sketch. Bob Newhart really was one of the best comedians ever. I never tire of listening to him 😂😂😂
Notice how Bob Newhart, and many others of his generation, can make you laugh so danged hard without saying one word you would be embarrassed to hear with your grandmother.
We saw him at the 'Ice House' in Glendale, California years and years and years ago. He was so funny, we couldn't catch our breath. He is just so clever and smart, a very funny man.
There was also an "Ice House" in Pasadena Ca where, newer comedians would try out their new routines with a Live audience & The Horn on Wilshire Blvd & TheComedy Store in Hollywood & 'The Improv on Melrose in West Hollywood Ca, I made the rounds back in the day & caught em all... 'Was a Kick' !!
@@christelheadington1136 Maybe but unexploded shells were very common at that time. They were still recovering WW2 shells in England and Germany up till the 1990s. Unexploded shells were common on the battle fields of every 20th century war.
I remember my grandparents had this album. Every now and then they would play it and all the adults would laugh their asses off. Us kids never understood what was going on.
I actually looked this guy up purely because he played professor proton in The Big Bang theory. I wondered what all the fuss was about, they seemed to really admire him. I can see why God he's talented.
What’s unexpected is that one of his best friends if not his best friend was Don Rickles. Now, if you don’t know who that is (which is feasible if you didn’t know who Newhart is), look him up. His comedy is rather different from Newhart’s.
Have you seen him in his two different shows? Bob Newhart show where he's a psychologist in 70s Chicago (his wife Suzanne Pleshette married an actor on this show and he was also on the later Newhart show of the 80s, playing a handyman. He's a Vermont innkeeper then...
I couldn’t help but cheer with the studio audience when ProfessorProton was revealed to be Bob Newhart, my son and his friend had a real WTF look on their faces at my reaction.
Bob taught me adult humor before Bob it was the Three 😊Stooges 😅and the like. Thank you Bob and rest in peace I'm sure your reunited with all those loved ones that passed before you.
+Pelican1984 Yes, given the QUALITY of this piece, it's amazing it didn't join "The Driving Instructor" and "The Introduction Of Tobacco" as an all-time Newhart CLASSIC.
Just the line "You found a SHELL on the beach." cracked me up. But the Introduction of Tobacco" is the one I couldn't stop laughing at when I first heard it (gosh, 50+ years ago! God bless him)
I seen Bob Newhart year's ago, ( maybe 40 year's ago? ) at Loyola medical school in Chicago. It was the absolute best comedy routine I'd seen. Hilarious.
I loved this guys humour. my first membery was the bus driving lessons. i think i did myself permenant damage laughing so hard. a true genious and gentleman if i can still say that, but he was a gentleman, some thing to be proud of.
I remember enjoying Bob Newhart and his stories, as he had the talent (mostly lacking with today's comedians) to make people laugh, like me, without having to use profanity. I miss his humour and how he comes across doing it. Great chap!
I remember these monologues from the 60's and thought they were brilliant, the driving instructor was my favourite. it's a shame we don't have this sort of humour now.
@@jameskoch7190 Wow, a true genius, and not one profanity. You can't do comedy now without the f word, I think they call it "edgy" lack of inspiration I call it.
Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby are two comedians that could entertain anyone without using a single bad word. They're living legends. This recording has to be older then I am and it's still amazingly funny.
I'll drink to all three. I have Jonathan riffing on "Life With Bonnie" on another channel. Bill was superb on Jimmy Fallon a couple of weeks ago - and this is my favourite Bob piece. It's immortal.
hafiz bahar Rowan Atkinson is very much akin to Newhart, more of a performance artist then a tradition stand up, but Newhart sort of painted stories inside your head with duologue whereas Atkinson laid his jokes bare physically.
An American Icon.....superb comedy with no swearing or derogatory remarks
Had a record when I was very young, The Driving Instructor? ,I think. As a 10 year old I laughed out loud, and now 60+ years later still laughing at this sketch. Brilliant man.
Tobacco is my favourite " You put a bunch of leaves in your mouth and what?.... You set fire to it??"
As a former smoker, this made my day! 😂😂😂
love it bob was brill
That and the coffee, you get it from beans?😢😅
Tobacco: it’s a leaf, and you shipped 80 tonnes of it. You know, come Fall
"Hey, come in here -it's Mad Wal on the phone again......what's that Wal? Did we get the Turkeys???"
This is another brilliant one, this bring backs memories listening to Bob in the 70’s on an LP 🤣
First time I heard Bob Newhart was in Driver's Ed, during a rainy spell and teacher kept us inside. He put Bob Newhart's driving instructor audio skit and I was crying with laughter. The teacher was laughing from how hard I was laughing! I will never forget it and it's still one of my favorites! God Bless, God Speed, Thank you for all the good laughs Bob Newhart you were one of a kind.
I just watched that for the first time the other day.
I don’t think we will ever have another Bob Newhart but his humour will enthrall us for ever. Many thanks Bob and RIP.
Bob you were the greatest. You never needed to curse in your routines. You were a good actor, too. RIP. You will be missed.
Heaven must be rocking
My wife and I had the chance to see him live about a decade ago ate Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ. Age had not dimmed his mastery of the long-form joke - the timing, the inflections, all were as impeccable as they were hysterical!
Bob Newhart: one of the best comedy duos ever.
this comment is gold!
No one can replace Mr Newhart! I'm 70 and I've been listening to him most of my life!
I can remember watching the Ed Sullivan Show and seeing him on there. If memory serves, I think he did the bus driving instructor and another time Sir Walter Raleigh calling back to England. Hilarious!
I'm going on 75 and feel the same!
These situational bits of his were just fantastic. What a wonderful comedian he truly was. Rest in Peace, Mr. Newhart.
The man made the funniest one-sided phone conversations of all time. LOVE his stuff.
"Greetings, Bwana. {pause} "Oh, uh, is that what that means?"
He was a master of the one-sided phone conversation. My favorite is the brand-new security guard working his first night in the Empire State Building the night King Kong climbed the building.
He 17 or 18 stories tall, depending on whether you count the 13th floor
When anybody asks me what colour my eyes are I always quote Bob, " One's kind of a bluish grey and the other's kind of a greyish blue" RIP Bob, thanks for all the laughs!
70 yr old black man,: simpler times, troubling times, but , Bob Newhart😊, soooo relaxing. A smooth criminal 😅😅😅😅❤❤❤!!!!
Bob Newhart----a classic and clean comedian. Something you don't see today.
I love it when they have nuance. They can tell a dirty joke without telling a dirty joke. Classy
...may I suggest you look for Trevor Noah standup?
@@kidmohair8151 Trevor Noah is far from funny
@@davebowler7410 your loss
Seinfeld
May you rest in peace Bob. I'm 75 years-old, and Bob Newhart has always been one of my favorites. He was one of the best!
I just love listening to him, each subject is brilliant! My favourite is The Driving Instructor. Absolutely amazing. 😊😊
My father was a driving instructor, and brought "The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart" home because of the "Driving Instructor" routine. I was 11 years old at the time. I loved that album then, and 60+ years later I still love it, and all of Bob Newhart's routines. Others have said 'genius'. It is a big word, but I agree with them, Bob Newhart is a comedic genius.
As my father got older he found it hard to drive and mom had to do the driving. My father called her Mrs. Webb every time she made a mistake, which was quite often.
Aw now Mrs Webb, you should have turned right there.
Everyone has a favorite line,but for me it has to be..' If that thing goes off it's me they're going to want to talk to'. Sheer brilliance.
"Use a coin..." is my favourite.....
I think, "Use a coin, Willard" is even better
Typical management mentality!
That is the level of humour I aspire to…..
Mine is "If we can save one human life... that's the way you feel about it, huh."
Wonderful that, at 92, this genius is still with us....
Sadly, he just died today, July 18, 2024 - age 94. RIP Mr. Newhart, you gave me so many laughs in 70s, I grew up with you as one of my favorite comedians.
@@egrogan6482 I know - I just heard, my heart is crushed....
Bob's delivery and timing is probably the best of any comedian, anywhere, ever.... timeless.
His timing is .................perfect.
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Comedy gold. He's a legend.
Even on Big Bang Theory as Professor Proton, he was absolutely brilliant. Never lost his edge.
Underrated genius...Thanks for the upload!
"You found a shell on the beach?" I remember this one from when I was a kid. Too funny. RIP Bob Newhart.
Evocation of so many bouts of laughter listening to him on radio as a barely 2 digit girl in central Africa in the 60s.
TRUE HUMOR!! No shock, no profanity, no racial innuendos. RIP, Bob. I grew up to you and George Goebel.
Well, I'll be a dirty bird! 😂😂
Hilarious, indeed. A comedy classic! Thanks for sharing this with us. 🙂
Bob Newhart was a true original. These monologues where he is the 'straight man' and the clown is the unheard person (usually, but not always, on the other end of a phone) are his unique invention. And they are brilliant. 'Genius' is not a word to throw around, but I don't think it would be out of place talking about Bob Newhart.
Is an original!! As of Oct 2017 He is still with us!!
Still here in November 2019
@@wardmccreery4692 August 2020 still with us!
September 2020, still here!!
An amazing man - not one profane word in his monologue. Today's 'comedians' can't speak a single sentence without using a least 2.
"Ah, use a coin then, Willard." Heard it a million times and it still makes me smile.
Yes: sheer brilliance.
RIP Bob - you gave us so many laughs over the years
Probably one of the best stand-up comedians of all time.
Newhart's album The Button Down Mind Of Bob Newhart was the first comedy album to go to #1 on the pop charts. Also, it won best album at the 1961 Grammy Awards. And, it was the first and only time a comedian won best new artist. Bob put comedy on the map in the recording industry. Credit given where credit is due.
'My folks bought me that Newhart comedy album for my birthday the year it came out & one of Newhart's comedy skit routines was the 'Uncle Freddie Show' a take-off on Kid's shows of that era... & Was a Riot!......
I would imagine that now Bob has passed away that album could be in demand. RIP Bob - the quiet genius.
Clever story telling……no cussing, no accusing, no political BS…..just comic genius
I think of all Bob Newhart's wonderful work this is the greatest. Almost every line is perfect. I must have listened to this a hundred times. Never tire of it.
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How can you not love Bob Newhart no matter your age? Simple honest humor.
Have been watching Bob for most of my 53 years of life. He has been in so many television programs and has never missed a beat. Great comedian and actor.
Classic Newhart! He was brilliant.
My dad had this album. I listened to it all the time when I was a little kid.
I'm just now revisiting this after several years. Always love when he would throw the stammer or the stutter in there! What timing what precision
one of the few American comedians that I find very funny.....loved this
Love you Bob. You've been my favourite comedian since the 60's.
This made me laugh out loud three times. One of his best (and they're all masterpieces!).
Quite simply, he was brilliant. He was my late wife's favourite comedian. RIP Bob.
As a Brit I find Bob Newhart truly brilliant and very funny.
It’s almost like comedy is universal!
Bob "the man with the button-down mind" is nothing short of brilliant!
This was often played in the mess of a British Ordnance base. We al loved it.
Good, clean humor, I miss him May he Rest in Peace
I used to hear those many years ago.
They are still great.
He was a genius
He still is! He’s 91 years old.
Absolute classsic, no matter how many times I listen it still cracks me
Absolutely love this sketch. Takes me back to my teens and would sit and listen to these 'monologues' for many pleasant hours. Brilliantly funny, requires imagination and not a bit of crudity or offense.
Oh I'm in stitches here, this is the first time I've heard this sketch. Bob Newhart really was one of the best comedians ever. I never tire of listening to him 😂😂😂
What an incredibly clever and funny man he was. Unique. R.I.P
My dad had his records used play them with me when l was younger happy times thanks for the laughs Bob ❤
Thanks for sharing this great wit and humor with us all, in these most trying times.
Notice how Bob Newhart, and many others of his generation, can make you laugh so danged hard without saying one word you would be embarrassed to hear with your grandmother.
Absolutely brilliant 👏
One more cost of atheism right there.
@@peterbassey9668 how is atheism n good comedy related?
We saw him at the 'Ice House' in Glendale, California years and years and years ago. He was so funny, we couldn't catch our breath. He is just so clever and smart, a very funny man.
There was also an "Ice House" in Pasadena Ca where, newer comedians would try out their new routines with a Live audience & The Horn on Wilshire Blvd & TheComedy Store in Hollywood & 'The Improv on Melrose in West Hollywood Ca, I made the rounds back in the day & caught em all... 'Was a Kick' !!
pure subtle genius, Bob always puts the punch line in the listeners mind. such an original approach, great stuff
Damn near 60 years later and it still holds up...
He may have given the writers on M*A*S*H* the idea for their unexploded shell episode.
@@christelheadington1136 Maybe but unexploded shells were very common at that time. They were still recovering WW2 shells in England and Germany up till the 1990s. Unexploded shells were common on the battle fields of every 20th century war.
That's right, try and imagine today's 'comedy' material in sixty years - imagine it'll be viewed as even more pathetic than it is now
Not many Americans can make non-Americans laugh.
This bloke does it in spades.
there are so many, its actually the other way around.
Trump.
The bluish-grey, greyish-blue line kills me every time and I first heard it 40 years ago.
"It's ok as long as it's ticking" Hahaha
Part of that is in the delivery, no irony whatsoever
@@emansnas The whole thing is based on irony.
@@colinp2238 I was talking about the nature of his delivery to the audience, not the comedic content which yes involves irony and is hilarious.
@@emansnas Bob Newhart relied a lot on irony in his routines, not always subtle either.
Thanks for making my day! “It’s not that kind of shell.” LMAO
Someone suggested for me to check Bob Newhart old sketches and monologues. I am literally laughing out loud.
He's one of the best -classic Midwestern dry delivery.
Me to , laughing out loud sounds and feels like doing the best I can do.
Joel Dinis His monologues are ridiculously funny. Check out the "U.S.S Codfish" bit. So good.
Feels good, doesn't it?!
I remember my grandparents had this album. Every now and then they would play it and all the adults would laugh their asses off. Us kids never understood what was going on.
I left home at 21 and my flatmate had his album.. we used to fall about laughing.
One of the greatest comedians ever!
I actually looked this guy up purely because he played professor proton in The Big Bang theory. I wondered what all the fuss was about, they seemed to really admire him. I can see why God he's talented.
What’s unexpected is that one of his best friends if not his best friend was Don Rickles. Now, if you don’t know who that is (which is feasible if you didn’t know who Newhart is), look him up. His comedy is rather different from Newhart’s.
@@koshersalaami yeah, he played the Mr. Potato head voice in Toy Story and was in Casino with DiNiro, too.
Have you seen him in his two different shows?
Bob Newhart show where he's a psychologist in 70s Chicago (his wife Suzanne Pleshette married an actor on this show and he was also on the later Newhart show of the 80s, playing a handyman. He's a Vermont innkeeper then...
I couldn’t help but cheer with the studio audience when ProfessorProton was revealed to be Bob Newhart, my son and his friend had a real WTF look on their faces at my reaction.
He is one of the funniest comedians of all times.I love his serious style, he can have you in stitches
"under no conditions..." Brilliance.
This is the way comedy should be. The ultimate comedy show for me would have Bob and Tim Conway.
That would be great. Well, we have UA-cams. That’s good.
Bob and Tim would have been a good team.
Fun Fact: Bob would often spell his name backwards, just to confuse people.;-)
That would be a brilliant combination. Doesn't get much better than those two !!
This brings back memories. The first time I heard this was on a plane going to England in the 70's. It still cracks me up 40+ years later.
"It's my responsibility too, Willard. If that thing goes off, it's me they're gonna want to talk to, not you!"
I've worked for some bosses who had that attitude!
@@funquay2219 Haven't we all!
'There's nothing to worry about as long as it's ticking'...
Hahaha lol...
Yet another great and inspiring video and what a beautiful piece of wood. Thank you !
omg i just saw him on big bang and he's still got it, at 80 years old. from bob newhart show, to the rescuers to big bang. i love this man.
He was ahead of his time. I used to listen to his sketches when I was a child. By what medium, I have no idea now, 55 years later. Hilarious
One of the funniest stand up skits i have ever heard!
Bob taught me adult humor before Bob it was the Three 😊Stooges 😅and the like. Thank you Bob and rest in peace I'm sure your reunited with all those loved ones that passed before you.
What a surprise to hear a new-to-me Bob Newhart sketch. Thanks!
+Pelican1984 Yes, given the QUALITY of this piece, it's amazing it didn't join "The Driving Instructor" and "The Introduction Of Tobacco" as an all-time Newhart CLASSIC.
Just the line "You found a SHELL on the beach." cracked me up. But the Introduction of Tobacco" is the one I couldn't stop laughing at when I first heard it (gosh, 50+ years ago! God bless him)
Just a heads up, in standup it's called a "bit"
I have always loved this routine since I was a child. Love Bob Newhart!!
I seen Bob Newhart year's ago, ( maybe 40 year's ago? ) at Loyola medical school in Chicago. It was the absolute best comedy routine I'd seen. Hilarious.
Funny as hell. "You think it's strange finding a shell on the beach"
"NO Willard don't bring it in here!"😂😂😂😂
RIP Bob. You will be missed by all of us.
"Still could be one of ours" lol
I loved this guys humour. my first membery was the bus driving lessons. i think i did myself permenant damage laughing so hard.
a true genious and gentleman if i can still say that, but he was a gentleman, some thing to be proud of.
This guy is the all time master of timing!
I remember enjoying Bob Newhart and his stories, as he had the talent (mostly lacking with today's comedians) to make people laugh, like me, without having to use profanity.
I miss his humour and how he comes across doing it.
Great chap!
A Brit with Brit humor appreciated also. He was different from others.
@@geoffreybarnett4444
Well said mate....:)
Priceless. Excellent delivery.
I remember these monologues from the 60's and thought they were brilliant, the driving instructor was my favourite. it's a shame we don't have this sort of humour now.
We do in the UK! It's called sarcasm and irony. Honed to perfection over centuries.
You do, Newhart is still on tour, 91. Don Rickles and he were best friends. Imagine being at a party with them.🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😅😅
@@jameskoch7190 Wow, a true genius, and not one profanity. You can't do comedy now without the f word, I think they call it "edgy" lack of inspiration I call it.
@Wesley Sandel which, in my mind, shows a lack of ability.
Try Michael Jr on You tube clean and funny
Bob Newhart- truly funny without filth. Can come up with something out of nothing.
Absolute genius. My face hurts from laughing.
ONE OF A KIND FOR SURE. BRILLIANT COMEDIAN.
Absolutely Brilliant comedian, everything he did was hilarious 😂
Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby are two comedians that could entertain anyone without using a single bad word. They're living legends. This recording has to be older then I am and it's still amazingly funny.
***** He's another genius! Thankfully we still have Bob and Bill though. Jonathan is missed.
I'll drink to all three. I have Jonathan riffing on "Life With Bonnie" on another channel. Bill was superb on Jimmy Fallon a couple of weeks ago - and this is my favourite Bob piece. It's immortal.
rowan atkinson can do it without any words with mr bean
hafiz bahar
Rowan Atkinson is very much akin to Newhart, more of a performance artist then a tradition stand up, but Newhart sort of painted stories inside your head with duologue whereas Atkinson laid his jokes bare physically.
ahh,i see, i like eddie izzard
Fascinating how by only hearing one side of the conversation it's still possible to get the whole story.
Superb. Audiences don't have time to appreciate situation jokes from one comedian.
Bob Newhart is a genius !
Classic comedy from a truly great comedian!
I just love the grey-blue bit and the blue-grey bit.
After all these years Still Funny!!!
My Bro (RIP) once gave me a whole tape of these monologues; this was one of my favourites.
"...not that kind of Shell..." Hilarious !!! 😆