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      Season 5 – The Bob Newhart Show

      1976 Comedy List
      Reviews Not to be confused with Newhart's eponymous 1961 variety show, "The Bob Newhart Show" finds the comic playing Bob Hartley, a Chicago psychologist living with wife Emily in a highrise. Bob is forced to deal with crazy patients, his wife and their friends. Read More Read Less

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      Episode 1 Aired Sep 25, 1976 Enter Mrs. Peeper Bob receives a telegram saying that his old college chum, "The Peeper", is coming to Chicago and bringing a surprise. The surprise turns out to be a brand-new bride. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 2, 1976 Caged Fury The Hartleys miss a Fourth of July Bicentennial party when they are trapped in a storage locker. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 9, 1976 Some of My Best Friends Are ... Bob's therapy group gets a surprise when a patient (Howard Hesseman) announces that he is gay. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 16, 1976 Still Crazy After All These Years While Bob and Emily are on vacation, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 23, 1976 The Great Rent Strike The Hartley apartment becomes a hot-and-cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 30, 1976 Et Tu, Carol? Bob's receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel give him a hard time. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 6, 1976 Send This Boy to Camp Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 13, 1976 A Crime Most Foul Bob turns amateur detective when he believes his expensive tape recorder has been stolen. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 20, 1976 The Slammer Bob and his friend "The Peeper" take a trip down memory lane and wind up in the slammer. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 27, 1976 Jerry's Retirement Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 4, 1976 Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 11, 1976 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Bob undergoes a shock when his mother announces that she has separated from his father after 47 years of marriage. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 25, 1976 Making Up Is the Thing to Do Bob takes on the role of Christmas peacemaker when he attempts to reconcile his parents (Barnard Hughes, Martha Scott). Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 8, 1977 Love Is the Blindest Bob watches in amazement as Mr. Carlin (Jack Riley) spins a web of lies to impress his love-struck new secretary. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 15, 1977 The Ironwood Experience Bob's invitation to lecture at a prestigious sex seminar results in distress when the audience shows up nude. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 22, 1977 Of Mice and Men Bob runs into problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 29, 1977 Halls of Hartley Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and seeks employment at a small rural college. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 5, 1977 The Heartbreak Kidd Bob thinks that Veronica Kidd, a student trainee, has fallen in love with him. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 12, 1977 Death Be My Destiny Bob strikes out against a friend's fear of falling, but succumbs to the same phobia himself when he is subjected to a harrowing experience in an elevator. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 19, 1977 Taxation Without Celebration Bob's memory is taxed to the limit when he forgets that April 15th is the Federal income tax deadline, and also the date of the Hartleys' seventh wedding anniversary. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 26, 1977 Desperate Sessions After striking up a friendly conversation while waiting in line at the bank, Bob is held hostage when the man -- suspected of robbing the bank -- hides out in his office. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 5, 1977 The Mentor Bob offers to help Carol's husband, Larry, with his travel agency. In return, Larry turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 12, 1977 Shrinking Violence Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger. Then he proceeds to lose his temper when dealing with a garage mechanic. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 19, 1977 You're Having My Hartley Hot baby news is the order of the day when Carol announces that she's expecting a baby. Then Emily drops her bombshell and Bob nearly comes unglued at the prospect of becoming a father. Details

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      Season Info

      Director
      Peter Bonerz, Alan Myerson, John C. Chulay, Dick Martin, Will Mackenzie, Michael Zinberg, James Burrows, Harvey Medlinsky
      Screenwriter
      Gordon Farr, Sy Rosen, Gary David Goldberg, Michael Zinberg, Hugh Wilson, David Lloyd, Phil Davis, Patricia Jones, Lynne Farr, Bruce Kane, Donald Reiker, Michael Davidson
      Network
      CBS
      Rating
      TV-G
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date
      Sep 25, 1976