The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
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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5x01 Enter Mrs. Peeper

25 September, 1976 8:00 am
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.

5x02 Caged Fury

02 October, 1976 8:00 am
The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July Bicentennial party celebration when they become trapped in a storage locker.

5x03 Some of My Best Friends Are...

09 October, 1976 8:00 am
Bob's therapy group has an unexpected visitor when a friendly homosexual joins in the sessions.

5x04 Still Crazy After All These Years

16 October, 1976 8:00 am
The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality.

5x05 The Great Rent Strike

23 October, 1976 8:00 am
The Hartley apartment becomes a hot and cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord.

5x06 Et Tu, Carol?

30 October, 1976 7:00 am
Both Bob's receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel give the psychologist a hard time.

5x07 Send This Boy to Camp

06 November, 1976 8:00 am
Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience.

5x08 A Crime Most Foul

13 November, 1976 8:00 am
Bob turns amateur detective when he believes that his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.

5x09 The Slammer

20 November, 1976 8:00 am
Bob and his friend "The Peeper" take a trip down Memory Lane and wind up in the slammer.

5x10 Jerry's Retirement

27 November, 1976 8:00 am
Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.

5x11 Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson

04 December, 1976 8:00 am
Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents.

5x12 Breaking Up is Hard to Do

11 December, 1976 8:00 am
Bob undergoes a shock when his mother announces that she has separated from his father after 47 years of marriage.

5x13 Making Up is the Thing to Do

25 December, 1976 8:00 am
Bob takes on the role of Christmas peacemaker when he attempts to reconcile his parents.

5x14 Love is the Blindest

08 January, 1977 8:00 am
Bob watches in amazement as one of his patients supports a blossoming romance with a tissue of lies.

5x15 The Ironwood Experience

15 January, 1977 8:00 am
Bob's invitation to lecture at a prestigious sex seminar results in distress when the audience shows up nude.

5x16 Of Mice and Men

22 January, 1977 8:00 am
Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter.

5x17 Halls of Hartley

29 January, 1977 8:00 am
Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and desperately seeks employment of a small rural college.

5x18 The Heartbreak Kidd

05 February, 1977 8:00 am
Bob thinks that Veronica Kidd, a student trainee, has fallen in love with him.

5x19 Death Be My Destiny

12 February, 1977 8:00 am
Bob strikes out against a friend's fear of falling, but succumbs to the same phobia himself when he is subjected to a harrowing elevator experience.

5x20 Taxation Without Celebration

19 February, 1977 8:00 am
Bob's memory is taxed to the limit when he forgets that April 15 is the Federal income tax deadline—and also the date of the Hartleys' seventh wedding anniversary.

5x21 Desperate Sessions

26 February, 1977 8:00 am
Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber.

5x22 The Mentor

05 March, 1977 8:00 am
A despondent friend accepts Bob's suggestion and turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village.

5x23 Shrinking Violence

12 March, 1977 8:00 am
Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger. Then he proceeds to blow up himself.

5x24 You're Having My Hartley

19 March, 1977 8:00 am
Hot baby news is the order of the day when Carol, Bob's receptionist, announces that she's expecting a baby. Then, Emily drops her bombshell—and Bob nearly comes unglued at the prospect of becoming a father.

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