What About Bob? On the Legacy of One of the Best-Loved Comedians, Bob Newhart (1929-2024) | Tributes
Some of Newhart’s most fondly remembered routines hilariously skewered Madison Avenue. In “Lincoln vs. Madison Avenue,” an increasingly flustered imagemaker tries to get Abe to stick to the Gettysburg Address script (“You changed four score and seven to eighty-seven? Abe, that’s meant to be a grabber.”) That routine kicks off The Button-Down Mind of Bob … Read more
