What Happened to the Cast of NEWHART (1982-1990) After the Show Ended

[@jchapman8248]

I'll never forget the final episode of NEWHART when Bob Newharts wakes up in bed and looks over to his wife and it's Suzanne Pleshette (from the original Bob Newhart Show) not Mary Fran! So, the entire NEWHART show was all a dream! Hilarious lol

[@sonyafox3271]

Yes, that would actually be his first series and, that was in the 70s, wouldn’t call it the original since, the 2 are very different and, well a little bit,of what, I was going to say, he said it, about Sam Posten!

[@EDKguy]

Definitely a better ending than Lost!

[@tebelshaw9486]

I understand the idea for that ending came from Newhart's wife, Virginia, who died this year.

[@peggypieters661]

How great was that; really imaginative writing.❤️

[@DebbieandEddieBFF]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@SMtWalkerS]

I love this show and watch old episodes when the state of the world frightens me. So relaxing. I LOVE Larry, Darryl, and Darryl, and the entire cast is great. Bob Newhart has out-survived almost everyone!

[@Gappasaurus]

My favorite post-Newhart role for Bob was a throwaway appearance on Mad TV where he played a psychiatrist who tells his patients to just “STOP IT!!!” 😂 Wise advice that has helped me get over some of my own issues 😁

[@EDKguy]

... or I'll bury you in a box!

[@Gappasaurus]

@@EDKguy LOL yes! 😆

[@dawng.8836]

Best ending of a show ever .

[@karenhackney9920]

I loved this show!

[@jamesreynolds6719]

Newhart was always one of my favorite shows, I still listen to it practically every night when I go to bed…

[@classrockin]

Loved this show, and The Bob Newhart show. Newhart's deadpan is some of the all time greatest. I had no idea that Peter Scolari had passed away. That story must not have gotten that much media coverage.

[@bertram_oredrock]

His character on Newhart was quirky, unusual, and very funny. May he also Rest Peacefully in God's Kingdom.

[@FlexibleFlyer50]

My mother was always "picky" about the tv shows she watched. She fell in love with "Newhart" for years, and never missed an episode. She even had her quilting and rug braiding groups change their meeting nights so she could be home to watch "Newhart." Good acting, sometimes corny plots, dry comedy, and memorable characters (who could forget Joanna in those sweaters or the three brothers or the cleaning lady???). No foul language, no sex, no violence----just good shows, week after week, year after year. They just don't make shows like "Newhart," and judging from what's on tv today, I doubt that they ever will.

[@Gamble661]

RIP Mr. Newhart, Godspeed. And belatedly, Mary Fran, Tom Poston and Peter Scolari. As you get older you must watch the performers you've enjoyed over the years pass away.

[@lazzyfare4721]

Great video, I loved that show and it's characters. I was thinking about how I remember the many roles "Larry" played after the show and he was a good actor but I had to laugh when you mentioned he lives in Harrisburg, Pa. since I also live in the area.

[@DaveTexas]

Fun fact: Newhart’s first season was shot on videotape, while the rest of the seasons were shot on film. The show was retooled after the first season, getting rid of Leslie the maid and replacing her with Stephanie. The look of the show changed dramatically, going from the harsher look of videotape to the softer, more refined look of film. It was highly unusual for any show to change from one format to another, but the network believed Newhart would be successful enough to warrant the more expensive production costs of shooting on film. They were right.

[@johnmc67]

One of the funniest shows of all time.

[@mathewfullerton8577]

Always enjoyed the original a bit more, but both were good!

[@scarpfish]

With Bob's passing yesterday, only Julia Duffy remains of the five longtime cast members credited in the intro. She recently turned 73. Jennifer Holmes and Steven Kampmann from the early seasons are still with us, as are William Sanderson, Tony Papenfuss and John Voldstad of Larry, Darryl & Darryl fame.

[@lagarde2011]

Isn't that something? Mary Frann's been gone for 26 years. Way too young.

[@MarkTEwing]

You missed Kirk from Seasons 1 and 2, the compulsive liar who was the original owner of the Minuteman Cafe.

[@KTVH12]

He was way funnier than Larry, Darrell and Darrell.

[@davidroberts351]

Kirk

[@freddyfurrah3789]

Kirk

[@xerxestelevision6666]

@@KTVH12Incompletely agree. I find most people didn’t enjoy the first two seasons as much as the later season, but I’ll take season one all day.

[@DebbieandEddieBFF]

I like him

[@bertram_oredrock]

Sadly, Bob Newhart passed away July 18, 2024. He was 94. He led a great life and made people laugh for decades. He made many appearances on Johnny Carson and was best friends with Mr Personality, Don Rickles. I loved when he did his hilarious one sided phone conversation. May the wonderful Bob Newhart rest peacefully in God's Kingdom.

[@yooperlooper]

Most stars seems to have only one hit show that tops all the other ones they have. Bob Newhart had 2 equally as good. RIP Bob

[@bujmoose3992]

William Sanderson also played the character of J.F. Sebastian in Blade Runner (1982). Whenever I see him in any other performance, I always remember him in that role.

[@farfignewgenfrackenheimer8865]

Thank you Bob

[@phild8095]

I would have payed to see a movie of Larry, Darryl and Darryl.

[@jamesreynolds6719]

I remember Larry Darrell and Darrell appearing as brothers again on the last episode of coach when coach and Christine came back to the cabin after leaving Orlando and they had been sleeping under the cabin and wanted to stay there😮

[@bethtyree6346]

Great show

[@ChrisBre1]

Back in the mid '80s when I was a broadcast major at Arizona State University who's goal was to become a sitcom writer, I was given permission to visit MTM Studios and the set of Newhart. One day Bob was standing at the audience railing looking at the set. I was standing just a couple feet away, but was too star struck to speak to him. Several years later when I was working as a humor writer for Hallmark Cards, I wrote to Bob and told him about that experience. He sent me a nice note and an autographed photo that read "From one comedian to another. Bob Newhart." It's one of my most cherished possessions. I got to visit the Newhart set about five times during my last two years of college. Everybody I met there treated me extremely well. They were truly a great group of people!

[@bloqk16]

I have a feeling that actor Peter Scolari had fun with the 'Michael Harris' character; which for me was a relatable character as he was a slight exaggeration of the shallow Yuppie types I worked with in an office setting back in the 1980s; and earlier when I was in the retailing sector of the music records industry when dealing with music company reps. I can imagine Scolari's inspiration of the Harris character came from those he was acquainted with in Hollywood back then.

[@tod3msn]

I was a very famous music company rep of great importance in the 80's and 90's. I treated all music retail personnel with tremendous dignity. I was known to be a terrific and cordial music company rep.

[@georgehartler3423]

Say, thanks a bunch for filling in the blanks

[@alvincash3230]

How could you omit William Sanderson's other famous role as J.F. Sebastian in Bladerunner?

[@bujmoose3992]

3 days late but I posted pretty much that same comment.

[@alanmcneill2407]

Mary Fram was the most beautiful actress ...period!!!

[@m1t2a1]

It's a shame his next two series didn't last long. Even Betty White couldn't save Bob. All of his shows have his name. Even George and Leo. His given name is George.

[@slim-oneslim8014]

Young to die at 55. Too young.

[@stevereber3358]

One of my life's minor regrets is that in 1986 or 1987 I did not pay $10 and drive 25 miles to have my picture taken with Larry Darryl and Darryl for charity.

[@mrnobody2683]

Available on KZbin

[@timmy-the-ute2725]

I loved the Bob Newhart show of the 70s, but I never watched Newhart. I guess because I was in the Navy and it never fit my schedule.

[@tebelshaw9486]

Bob as a psychologist was far funnier than as an inn keeper. CBS did a reunion show of that series, including a lot of great clips. Nothing could top that 70's humor.

[@KTVH12]

You got the better of the Bob Newhart shows. After the first couple of seasons, Newhart just became the Larry, Darrell and Darrell show to me.

[@chuckgrenci6404]

I think Bob did a fantastic job in the NCIS episode as Ducky's' predecessor (as MI) while battling Alzheimer's disease.

[@bloqk16]

Say! I was wondering if the two Darryls: Tony Papenfuss John Voldstad; since they didn't have speaking roles, were they paid a straight scale for their non-speaking parts? I've heard that the pay scale for actors does increase when they have a speaking role; otherwise they are paid scale per SAG regulations.

[@electronron1]

Bob Newhart was also in the Liberian movies and the first episode of the TV series the Liberians.

[@LouieInOK]

William Sanderson had a big role in the original 'Blade Runner.'

[@timboslice1979]

Rest In Peace, Bob❤

[@davidmitchell6873]

I used to smoke a pack of Newport menthols and drink a couple of six packs of Mickey's big mouth while me and the old lady watched Newhart.

[@KTVH12]

Wow. Sounds like fun.😑

[@TheDavid77829]

❤ the best new heart was the movie cold turkey where a whole town was supposed to quit smoking he was an exact and he wanted them to keep smoking

[@geminiecricket4798]

I could not watch it ! I kept looking for Susanne Pleshette .

[@stevereber3358]

To see Suzanne Pleshette you have to stick around for the final episode

[@jamescarter3196]

Uh, you "couldn't watch it" so where were you looking for Suzanne Pleshette and what made you so stupid that you blubber idiotic comments about sitcoms after they're off the air for 30+ years? You soft-brained people need to pull your entitled heads out of those cozy clouds of comforting stupidity.

[@don66hotrod94]

And her bar room gravelly, smokers sultry voice

[@johnfnoone3164]

Bob Newhart just passed away

[@imisstoronto3121]

RIP Bob

[@YS-by7wy]

I love this show! Kirk was a WAY BETTER character than Michael though. Hated to see him written out of the series.

[@l.5832]

Endless debate but his character had a meanness and vindictiveness to him that did not fit with the rest of the characters.

[@YS-by7wy]

@@l.5832 I get that, but I really disliked the Michael character.

[@jkconstruction]

wasnt larry on lonesome dove?

[@cbaxel5784]

Yes. William Sanderson played Lippy Jones on Lonesome Dove.

[@my3dviews]

Nothing happened. They were all just part of his dream. 😂

[@MrMgray784]

what about the town mayor and his dim with side kick also the first cafe owner who insisted he was bobs best friend also the fat lady who was the town pyromaniac who would lady go own to play mimi on that show with th eguy who took over the price is right

[@tabathasheffroth7981]

I think you meant "nymphomaniac", a sex addict. A pyromaniac is one fascinated by fire.

[@jozsefizsak]

Damned robot voice.

[@geraldscott4302]

I never watched a single episode of this series. I grew up watching the original Bob Newhart Show, which will always be by far the best to me. I think making this series was a mistake. It's kind of like replacing a character on a show with a different actor and expecting it to work. Here they put an actor who was so well known from the original Bob Newhart Show into another series after he had already developed an identity on another show. You can do that on some shows, but not one where that actor is also the star and even the name of the show. Bob Newhart had already been typecast as Dr. Robert Hartley. The way they ended this series pretty much proved that. The first show was the real thing, this one was just a dream. And no disrespect to Mary Fran, but she was no Suzanne Pleshette.

[@paulcoulter4068]

Wow, you sound almost bitter about this. Bob Newhart was great in BOTH series. It's television. Actors play different characters !!

[@geraldscott4302]

@@paulcoulter4068 It may very well have been a great show, IF I hadn't already grown up watching the first one. When I think of Bob Newhart, I instantly think of The Bob Newhart Show. It was the first time I had ever heard of Bob Newhart, and quickly became a fan.

[@jamescarter3196]

@@geraldscott4302 LMAO, your bellyaching is so ridiculous, it's hard to believe. You're just an idiot freaking out about something you're entirely clueless about. Even funnier that you use the word 'typecast' to describe a standup comic who mostly takes roles that resemble his actual personality. That's not what 'typecast' means but I'm sure you feel like all your silly blurtings are really important when they're such laughable little-kid crap. Forty years later and you're still blubbering a bunch of stupid conspiracy theories about this shit, it's pathetic.

[@tebelshaw9486]

​@@geraldscott4302I agree. Dr Bob was far funnier than innkeeper Bob.

[@scarpfish]

Some of us too young to remember the original Bob Newhart Show when it aired grew up with this series instead. It's not the show, it's your perspective.

[@jeffreyharnden7523]

Actress mary fran appeared on days of our lives newheart was a better written show

[@neilm2794]

I preferred Kirk and Leslie to Michael and Stephanie. None of the four were great actors, but Scolari and Duffy were hams.

[@bearforce187]

Loved Newhart, but the final 2 seasons were not very good.

[@sonyafox3271]

The second Newhart Show was on for more than 2 seasons!

[@robertmartinez4174]

I don't get it. Bob Newhart is Not Funny.

[@alancrisp1582]

😢 Sad that some people simply have no sense of humor whatsoever !....

[@robertmartinez4174]

@@alancrisp1582 it's not that I have no sense of humor, it's just that I never got the Bob Newhart and The Monty Python humor. especially Newhart 's telephone thing.

[@mikerichardson60]

@@robertmartinez4174 well some people prefer intellectual humour like perhaps Seinfeld while others prefer dumbed down humour like Friends. If you don't find Bob Newhart funny I'd assume Friends is more your speed.

[@robertmartinez4174]

@@mikerichardson60 no. I guess that I favor the old time television character actors like Raymond Bailey. or Richard Deacon. Bailey played the part of Mr Drysdale and Devon played Mel Cooley on The Dick Van Dyke show. and Groucho Marx .

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

You are in the minority. Maybe it's you who has no sense of humor.

[@jamescarter3196]

Julia Duffy wasn't on Dark Shadows and it's confusing to hear that her husband was "a co-star from Dark Shadows". They didn't work there together, it's just one of many things he's done. It's like somebody saying "my husband is a co-worker at Merrill Lynch" and I ask how long they've worked together and she says "oh we've never worked together, but he's somebody else's co-worker". Ok, so we're just saying 'this person works with someone else'.

[@robertc.1958]

@jamescarter3196: Yeah, I caught that too. Jerry Lacy was on "Dark Shadows" in the 1960s - his appearance in the movie 'House of Dark Shadows' ( MGM, 1970. ) He was in his 30s at that time. By comparison Julia Duffy was only in her teens at the time "Dark Shadows" aired. She did not meet, and marry, Jerry Lacy until 1984. Jerry Lacy is 15 years older than Julia Duffy.

[@cbaxel5784]

Duffy and Lacy did get to work together on Newhart for one episode in season 6.