This C D contains some great material,Newhart was and still is a one off,no one does these kinds of monologue's these days and even back then,most of these sketches come from the early sixty's,only Victor Borge comes to mind.Newharts idea's come from real life,in many ways he was an early leader ... Read review
Disc 1 Abe Lincoln Vs Madison Avenue The Cruise Of The U.S.S Codfish Merchandising The ... more
Wright Brothers Driving Instructor The Grace L. Ferguson Airline Bus Drivers School Retirement Party Ledge Psychology Rocket Scientist The Uncle Freddie Show Disc 2 ...
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Something Like This... is a generous sampling of Bob Newhart's best stand-up bits. Part of ... more
what Bob Newhart mastered, earlier on stand-up albums like The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart and The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! and later on his long-runni...
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what Bob Newhart mastered, earlier on stand-up albums likeThe Button-Down Mind of Bob NewhartandThe Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!and later on his long-running American television seriesThe Bob Newhart ShowandNewhart, was capturing a brand of Everyman neuroses and heightening it, bringing mundane, common scenarios into the realm of the absurd--and the absurdly funny. Newhart also perfected playing a character involved in a conversation with the other party in absentia, as in one of his most famous routines, "King Kong", in which he plays the part of an Empire State Building security guard who calls his boss the night King Kong makes his famous ascent. ("Yes, sir, I looked in the handbook index under "unauthorized personnel" and "people without passes" and "apes", and "ape's toes", but it's not in there...."). While some of his topics--airplanes, hating to fly--have now been so overdone as to be comic faux pas, rather than making his material seem dated they often serve to demonstrate just how rare a talent he is simply because the routines still elicit involuntary snorts of laughter some 30 years later.--Mark Hunstman
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Advantages: includes all best known newhart sketches Disadvantages: some items not so strong
This C D contains some great material,Newhart was and still is a one off,no one does these kinds of monologue's these days and even back then,most of these sketches come from the early sixty's,only Victor Borge comes to mind.Newharts idea's come from real life,in many ways he was an early leader in what became known as,"observational comerdy"although he is not as P.C. as most comedian's today,as in picking on women drivers in the Driving ... ...some are based on historic event's,such as Abe Lincoln vs Madison Avenue,Introduing Tobacco To Civilization and Merchandising The Wright Brothers.All are bacisially Bob Newhart talking to himself about thing's he finds humour in,that most others would not be able to find anything funny in at all.These subjects include bomb disposal,flying,bus driving,retirement and jumping off buildings.
I am not going to list every track as there are 10 on ... more
This C D contains some great material,Newhart was and still is a one off,no one does these kinds of monologue's these days and even back then,most of these sketches come from the early sixty's,only Victor Borge comes to mind.Newharts idea's come from real life,in many ways he was an early leader in what became known as,"observational comerdy"although he is not as P.C. as most comedian's today,as in picking on women drivers in the Driving Instructors .Much of the humour is set in it's time,although some are based on historic event's,such as Abe Lincoln vs Madison Avenue,Introduing Tobacco To Civilization and Merchandising The Wright Brothers.All are bacisially Bob Newhart talking to himself about thing's he finds humour in,that most others would not be able to find anything funny in at all.These subjects include bomb disposal,flying,bus driving,retirement and jumping off buildings. I am not going to list every track as there are 10 on CD1 and 14 on CD2,but i will list my personal favourites 1-Introducing Tobacco to Civilization-a pretend conversation between Sir Walter Raleigh's london office and Sir Walter in America. 2-The Cruise of the U.S.S Codfish-the captain addresses the crew at the end of a mission. 3-The Driving Instructor-how fast were you going when he jumped out of the car. 4-Defusing A Bomb-one wire is a blue'ish grey and the other is a greyish blue. 5-Abe Lincoln VS. Madison Avenue-Hows grettysburg Abe? a bit of a Drag,well you known those New England towns they're all pretty much the same. There are many good moment's on these C D,s, I don,think it's as funny or important as monty python,but if your interested in comerdy and even to some extent history you will enjoy these recording's.
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Product details
Title
Something Like This
Performer
Bob Newhart
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
23/04/2001
Recomended Retail Price
16.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2001
Label / Distributor
WEA / Cinram Logistics
Pieces in Set
2
Studio / Live
Mixed
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
81227674229
Catalogue Number
8122767422
Additional notes
Album Notes
Producers include: Jimmy Hilliard. Compilation producer: Bill Inglot. Engineers include: Lee Herschberg. Recorded between 1960 & 1967. Includes liner notes by Bill Inglot and Judy Brown. Unique among even the most cutting-edge standup comics of the '60s, Bob Newhart entertained his audiences not with snappy patter and jokes, but with long monologues in which his voice represented one side of a conversation, the other side left to the listener's imagination. This idiosyncratic format proved endlessly adaptable, as Newhart spun seemingly endless scenarios from it. Before he became a beloved TV star with the Bob Newhart Show, he released several popular comedy albums, from which the best moments have been culled for inclusion on this definitive two-disc compilation. Whether he's advising Abraham Lincoln, confronting King Kong, or getting blitzed at a retirement party (among other comedic situations to be found here), Newhart employs his patented mild-mannered, "button-down" personality to subtle but sharp comic effect.
Album Reviews
Q (6/01, p.132) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This excellent 140-minute anthology includes his classic routines 'The Driving Instructor' and 'Bus Drivers School'...along with less famous selections..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Abe Lincoln Vs Madsion Avenue
2.
Cruise Of The USS Codfish
3.
Merchandising The Wright Brothers
4.
Driving Instructor
5.
Grace L Ferguson Airline (And Storm Door Co)
6.
Bus Drivers School
7.
Retirement Party
8.
Ledge Psychology
9.
Rocket Scientist
10.
Uncle Freddie Show
Titles on disc 2
1.
Introducing Tobacco To Civilization
2.
Siamese Cat
3.
Defusing A Bomb
4.
Friend With A Dog
5.
Expectant Father
6.
On Poodles And Planes
7.
Man Who Looked Like Hitler
8.
King Kong
9.
Returning A Gift
10.
Buying A House
11.
Ben Franklin In Analysis
12.
Daddy Of All Hangovers
13.
On Trains And Planes
14.
Modern Witch Doctor
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