Product Details

• Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Mtm Video
• VHS Release Date: August 31, 1999
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 0767018982
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #362,635 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Life got you down? Don't worry--the cure is a remote control away. Get ready to say "Hi Bob." The Very Best of the Bob Newhart Show: The Doctor Is In features four of Bob's classic group-therapy sessions with the lovable cast of neurotics that always seems able to turn the tables (or should we say couch?) on the good doctor. In "Mutiny on the Hartley," the group attempts to go it alone without their fearless leader when Bob attempts to assert himself and raise his rates. In "The Battle of the Groups," the setting isn't the only thing that shifts. When Bob brings Emily along with his group to the great outdoors for a weekend-long session, it's the Hartley's relationship that gets put under the microscope. "Death of a Fruitman" has the ever-caustic Mr. Gianelli meet his maker, leaving the group to wallow in their guilt about kicking him out of the group. Even from beyond the grave, Gianelli finds time for a few final words of love for twerpy Mr. Peterson. Closing out the collection, Mr. Plager (WKRP's Howard Hesseman) stages a play in "Group on a Hot Tin Roof." The group takes some exception to the blatant use of their personalities as characters. If Bob can't help, maybe a little heady fame can. --Bob Michaels

Product Description

As Dr. Bob Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show, Bob Newhart was above all else a "funny listener" and nowhere was he better able to do this than in his group therapy sessions. For six critically acclaimed seasons, Dr. Hartley and friends engaged in hilarious discussions of private neuroses, from fear of flying to fear of humidity. The four episodes in this set celebrate the range of the show’s humor and the extraordinary writing that made The Bob Newhart Show one of America’s most loved and most watched series of all time. So pull up a couch and join Bob and friends as they take on their own mental health, each other, and their beloved psychiatrist, Dr. Bob Hartley.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of the Best, February 5, 2003

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J. T. Fortney (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of the Bob Newhart Show: The Doctor Is In [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Bob Newhart Show, was (and still is) one of the smartest, funniest, and classiest comedies in television history. This edition, consisiting of four episodes focusing on Bob's interactions with his group therapy patients, contains some wonderfully funny episodes. "Battle of the Groups" is my favorite of the four. Bob's two groups decide, against his better judgement, to go on retreat together. As expected, the two groups end up competing for everything. The presence of Bob's wife, Emily, further complicates the situation, as does Mr. Carlin's propensity for streaking. Each of the four episodes is well written, well acted, and quite funny. Despite being almost 30 years old, the show and its characters are timeless. Still, only a few episodes of the show have ever been released, even on VHS. In view of the tendency to put more television series on DVD, my one question is why The Bob Newhart Show has not yet been released on DVD?! It would certainly occupy a prominent place in my video library.