
Not to be confused with Newhart's eponymous 1961 variety show, "The Bob Newhart Show" finds the comic playing Bob Hartley, a Chicago psychologist living with wife Emily in a highrise. Bob is forced to deal with crazy patients, his wife and their friends.

Bob turns amateur detective when he believes his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.

Bob and his friend "The Peeper" take a trip down memory lane and wind up in the slammer.

Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.

Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents.