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  • Audio CD (January 24, 1995)
  • Original Release Date: 1960
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Live
  • Label: Warner Bros / Wea
  • ASIN: B000002MSU
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,844 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic low-key comedy, May 12, 2003
By Craig Clarke (New England) - See all my reviews
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The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart is a classic for a reason--it's still funny. But timelessness is a hallmark of Newhart's brand of comedy, however. Otherwise, people would not still have been watching his hit sitcoms The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart all these years.

The format of this album is simple: Bob on stage in front of an audience, generally enacting one side of a conversation. His ideas are what is termed "high-concept," which means they can be summarized in one sentence, or in his case, in a few words. Case in point, track one, "Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Avenue." Now from the beginning you know exactly what this is about, and just in case Bob introduces each skit with an explanation.

It's low-key (hence "button-down") and it's clean, so the whole family can listen (although as you can tell from the track listing, a basic knowledge of history is helpful). Only the Krushchev skit may be entirely unfamiliar to modern listeners.

Button-Down Mind holds up to repeated listenings, but at just over 30 minutes, this price may be too much to spend. Something Like This...The Bob Newhart Anthology is a much better deal, as it contains a lot more material and is not much more expensive.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Pleasant Surprise for a Younger Generation, February 12, 2005
By Daniel R. Sanderman (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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Unlike many who have commented on this CD, I am not familiar with the Bob Newhart show simply because I am only twenty one years old. When I received this album, I was skeptical at first. The title sounded dry and the picture of Bob Newhart on the cover led me to believe that I was in for some of the most conservative comedy I'd ever listened to.

I must say that, after listening to the album half a dozen times, "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart" is a comedic smash. For someone who grew up listening to Bill Cosby, Bob Newhart's hilarious "one-sided conversational" style of comedy is a scream. While an understanding of history is necessary in order to soak up every ounce of this album, even one who is not familiar with, say the Kruschev landing, will enjoy Newhart's style and absolutely perfect sense of timing.

This album has truly sparked my interest in his work and I hope to soon be adding more Bob Newhart albums to join my already growing collection of Bill Cosby.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Standup from Another Era, October 17, 2002
Recorded more than forty years ago, "The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart," will not be a big surprise to anyone who anly knows Newhart as a television actor. Newhart's standup routines had the same kind of dry wit that he would later use to perfection as a comedic actor. The six lengthy stories included on this album all have the same basic structure. One character is speaking while others are engaging in unheard conversation or just listening. The high point comes with "Nobody Will Ever Play Baseball," in which a befuddled Abner Doubleday tries to sell the unknown game to a modern toy company executive. The brilliance of the piece is that we only hear the toy executive's end of the telephone conversation. "Abe Lincoln Vs. Madison Avenue" and "Merchandizing and the Wright Brothers" both have a similar themes.

The album's only drawback is that parts of it are quite dated. The Krushchev bit will baffle anyone under age fifty and the Driving Instructor routine is quite sexist. Nevertheless, this recording is a great relic for fans of Bob Newhart.

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Bob's landmark album of low-key skits - Shelley Berman like phone calls and Robert Benchley style speeches -- is an interesting curio mainly in light of how successful it was... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Still funny after all these years
I bought this for a friend who is writing a skit for our high school reunion. We graduated in the 60's when this album was popular. Some of us had portions memorized. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
I loved this CD of Bob Newhart doing some of his funniest routines. (It contained the one I wanted specifically, which is the imaginary phone call with Abner Doubleday, creator... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great replacement of original album
I think my title says it all! Loved Bob back when he began and still love him and his routines today.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bob Newhart's Comical Mind
I still enjoy Bob Newhart..whether on reruns of his two outstanding tv series or in any comedy special where he is featured.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great stuff
It was just as I remembered from my father's record collection that is long gone, only better. Its hard to believe these skits were written over 40 years ago and that the... Read more
Published on April 14, 2007 by Donna

5.0 out of 5 stars OLD BUT NOT DEAD
THIS IS JUST AS FUNNY AS WHEN IT FIRST BECAME A HIT MANY YEARS AGO. HIS TALENT JUST OOZES THROUGH THE SPEAKRS.
Published on February 13, 2007 by POLLY J. OAS

4.0 out of 5 stars Still Funny After All These Years
Not quite crazy, Bob was and is too buttoned-down and low-key for that. Times have changed, but part of Bob's appeal in Elf and on TV is that he hasn't. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, Not Great
Wish I'd bought the video. Material is funny - it just seems short.
Published on November 9, 2006 by Mo Baker

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