Bob Newhart - Something Like This... The Bob Newhart Anthology
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Free Music Review: If love Bob.......
Hit: 5 Stars
If you love Bob Newhart you will love this set. I bought for my husband and he has loved it.Free Music Review: Smart satires on everyday life
Hit: 4 Stars
Most performers evolve into comic stars. By contrast, Bob Newhart seemed to shoot out of the cannon overnight -- nailing down two consecutive Number One albums his first two times on record. Why his befuddled Everyman routines were popular throughout the early and mid 60s is captured here, the best of his Warner Bros. Records output.
In an era where big industry was being joined by Big Media, Newhart's recorded material reflect the tensions of existence during this age brilliantly.
He's not merely a comedian here, but a satirist...a slick media consultant transported back to the Civil War era ("Abe Lincoln vs. Madison Avenue"), a drunken accountant who's unexpectedly candid at his "Retirement Party," and a kiddie-show host who hates kids ("The Uncle Freddie Show"). One of his best routines, "Defusing a Bomb," on CD Two, has Newhart as a bumbling police supervisor on the phone, barking orders to his lieutenant who's found an explosive shell.
Much like "The Twilight Zone" was a morality play in the guise of science fiction, Newhart's style is to use comedy to reflect the frustrations (or amusement) of average people in a world that seems mad. He pulls it off brilliantly.
On this double album, he rings especially true sending up his real-life fear of flying, which he would also tackle through the Emily character in the first episode of the CBS "Bob Newhart Show" in 1972. And of course, throughout the CD is Newhart's brilliant use of the one-sided phone call (to which the CBS show would pay tribute with its Bob Hartley "Hello?" intro during most of its run).
The material is strongest on the first CD, with the Lincoln and Uncle Freddie routines and the classic Newhart "Driving Instructor" bit. It bogs down a little on CD Two, not because it's substandard but it's a hair less disciplined (the Expectant Father and King Kong bits are a little too long).
But for the most part. "Something Like This..." is something special.
Free Music Review: Very funny, but a little dated
Hit: 4 Stars
These pieces date back to the early 60's. Prop airliners were still common and women's lib really hadn't started yet. The jokes reflect a simpler, easier time. I really liked the "defusing a bomb" and driving instructor routines. It's sad that this funny for its own sake humor has been replaced by how-many-four-letter-words-can-you-fit-in-a-joke humor.Free Music Review: Still funny after all this time
Hit: 4 Stars
This has all his best sketches, and despite the passage of time are still very funny. Some of the sketches are dated, e.g. flying on a turbo prop plane, others such as "the introduction of tobacco" and "Driving instructor" you can listen to over and over and still laugh yourself silly.Free Music Review: funny
Hit: 4 Stars
Bob Newhart is a very funny person---very clever. I listened to him over 40 years ago because my mother use to listen to him. I wasn't sure I would still find him funny but he is!! I wish there was more humour like this today.