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

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. ABE LINCOLN VS. MADISON AVENUE
2. THE CRUISE OF THE U.S.S. CODFISH
3. MERCHANDISING THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
4. DRIVING INSTRUCTOR ( PILOT SCRIPT FOR A NEW TV SERIES )
5. THE GRACE L. FERGUSON AIRLINE (AND STORM DOOR CO.)
6. BUS DRIVERS SCHOOL
7. RETIREMENT PARTY
8. LEDGE PSYCHOLOGY
9. ROCKET SCIENTIST
10. THE UNCLE FREDDIE SHOW

Disc 2:

1. INTRODUCTING TOBACCO TO CIVILIZATION
2. THE SIAMESE CAT
3. INTRODUCING TOBACCO TO CIVILIZATION
4. THE SIAMESE CAT
5. DEFUSING A BOMB
6. A FRIEND WITH A DOG
7. THE EXPECTANT FATHER
8. ON POODLES AND PLANES
9. THE MAN WHO LOOKED LIKE HITLER
10. KING KONG
11. RETURNING A GIFT
12. BUYING A HOUSE
13. BEN FRANKLIN IN ANALYSIS
14. DADDY OF ALL HANGOVERS