The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.
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3x01 Big Brother is Watching
14 September, 1974 8:00 am
Bob is faced with the possibility that his younger sister, Ellen, may move in with Howard, her boyfriend.
3x02 The Battle of the Groups
21 September, 1974 8:00 am
Bob takes two of his therapy groups to a rustic retreat for a marathon session that never progresses further than everyone's complaints about the primitive conditions of their accommodations.
3x03 The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment
28 September, 1974 8:00 am
Jerry Robinson suggests that all the doctors in the building form a co-op to treat each other for free. This leads to chaos and hostility that find expression in Bob's special all-doctor therapy group.
3x04 The Separation Story
05 October, 1974 8:00 am
For the sake of their marriage as well as Emily's Master's Degree and Bob's heavy work schedule the Hartleys decide that it would be best if they took up separate residences.
3x05 Sorry, Wrong Mother
12 October, 1974 8:00 am
As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen, he tries to remold Ellen into an image the boy will like.
3x06 The Gray Flannel Shrink
19 October, 1974 8:00 am
Bob gives up most of his private practice to become the staff psychologist with a major insurance company. He soon learns that it's possible for a man in the corporate world to do his job too well.
3x07 Dr. Ryan's Express
26 October, 1974 8:00 am
Bob's office routine becomes a wreck when Jerry hires a temporary receptionist. She's a very nice but very vague woman who can't even get Bob's name straight.
3x08 Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley
02 November, 1974 8:00 am
Having preached honesty in relationships to his patients, Bob decides to follow his own advice. Immediately he offends two dinner guests and starts an argument with Emily.
3x09 Ship of Shrinks
09 November, 1974 8:00 am
Bob's first literary venture turns out to be less than triumphant. His embarrassment makes him reluctant to join a convention of psychologists on a flight to Hawaii, especially when he finds out that Howard is the navigator.
3x10 Life is a Hamburger
16 November, 1974 8:00 am
Carol's announcement that she's going to marry Don Fesler an unpublished poet with bad feet brings negative reactions from her friends.
3x11 An American Family
23 November, 1974 8:00 am
Emily's plans for a wonderful turkey dinner go downhill when Bob's mother and Emily's father begin insulting one another the night before Thanksgiving.
3x12 We Love You... Good-Bye
30 November, 1974 8:00 am
Bob forms an all-women consciousness-raising group. He gets kicked out after Emily joins and inadvertently points out some of the unliberated areas in their own marriage.
3x13 Jerry Robinson Crusoe
07 December, 1974 8:00 am
After renewing an acquaintance with the beautiful and free-spirited Courtney Simpson, Jerry decides to give up his dental practice: he wants to follow his dreams of romance and adventure by taking Miss Simpson to Tahiti.
3x14 Serve for Daylight
14 December, 1974 8:00 am
Bob thinks his chances of winning a doctor's tennis tournament are pretty good until he learns that his doubles partner will be Emily.
3x15 Home is Where the Hurt Is
21 December, 1974 8:00 am
Facing the depressing prospect of returning home to Iowa to spend the holidays with her domineering parents, Carol brings her troubles to Bob's apartment. There she spends Christmas Eve pouring out the disasters of her childhood.
3x16 Tobin's Back in Town
04 January, 1975 8:00 am
Ellen's ex-fiancee, John Tobin a tall, handsome egomaniac in suede and leather arrives in Chicago to win Ellen back. The situation plays havoc with Howard's basic insecurities.
3x17 Think Smartly--Vote Hartley
11 January, 1975 8:00 am
Before he has a chance to say no, Bob finds himself running for the chairman of the local school board against an incumbent who hasn't attended a board meeting for six months.
3x18 The Way We Weren't
18 January, 1975 8:00 am
Emily is more than a little curious about Bob's reluctance to talk about a girl he used to date. Then Howard inadvertently spills the beans.
3x19 A Pound of Flesh
25 January, 1975 8:00 am
Bob and Jerry have a falling-out when Jerry demands that Bob lend him money for a new motorcycle.
3x20 My Business is Shrinking
01 February, 1975 8:00 am
With his confidence fading as fast as his list of patients, Bob decides to follow Emily's advice and see a psychiatrist about his problem.
3x21 The New Look
08 February, 1975 8:00 am
Emily redecorates the apartment in antiques. Bob finds her choice of furniture uncomfortable, unappealing, and hazardous to his health.
3x22 Bob Hits the Ceiling
15 February, 1975 8:00 am
Bob breaks a long-standing rule against treating friends when he agrees to counsel Emily's chum, whose marriage to a muscular gym teacher seems to be breaking up.
3x23 Emily Hits the Ceiling
22 February, 1975 8:00 am
Emily agrees to help operate a children's summer camp and tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors.
3x24 The Ceiling Hits Bob
08 March, 1975 7:00 am
Bob becomes the "oldest permanent psychologist in Chicago" when the ceiling in his office collapses and he has to set up shop wherever he can find the space.
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