Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 256-page book was released by the comedian in 2006, shortly after he began a memorable guest arc on “Desperate Housewives.” ...

A classic Newhart bit involved making imaginary phone calls, such as in his 'Abe Lincoln' bit. AP Photo/Jerome T. Nakagawa If you knew Bob Newhart only as an actor – most notably as the star of the ...

Bob Newhart, the genteel but sharply satirical comic whose TV series “The Bob Newhart Show” and “Newhart” were huge hits throughout the 1970s and ’80s, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 94. Newhart ...

“I’m a stand-up comedian, but I don’t inform people,” Bob Newhart told Marc Maron a decade ago, as the comedy statesman recorded his two-hour conversation with the legend for his podcast “WTF with ...

Bob Newhart preferred his comedy to be neither shaken nor stirred but served dry — very, very dry. The influential stand-up comedian, renowned sitcom star, and periodic motion picture player put forth ...

For him, comedy became a form of therapy. By Susan Dominus People who met Bob Newhart weren’t always sure why he looked so familiar. Women on elevators often told him that he reminded them of their ex ...

Bob Newhart, the deadpan accountant-turned-comedian who became one of the most popular TV stars of his time after striking gold with a classic comedy album, has died at 94. Jerry Digney, Newhart's ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 10: Bob Newhart arrives at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 10, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Less than one week after his death, Bob ...

About the same time Chicago-area native George Robert Newhart was inching his way from an accounting job toward a career in comedy, his older sister Joan was professing her final vows as a Sister of ...

BEVERLY HILLS -- The Paley Center for Media honored five true television comedy legends: Norman Lear, Carl Reiner, Bob Newhart, Lily Tomlin and Carol Burnett. "It's all of us together and that really ...

Part-memoir and part-comedy routine, the book includes many of Newhart's classic monologues woven alongside anecdotes from his life and career. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or ...