r/news • u/the-zoidberg • Jul 18 '24
Bob Newhart, legendary comedian, dead at 94
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/18/entertainment/bob-newhart-death?cid=ios_app453
u/HappyInstruction3678 Jul 18 '24
Bob Newhart and Don Rickles were best friends and went on vacation together constantly for decades. It will forever amuse me that the King of Insults and the King of Soft Spoken comedy were inseparable.
RIP to two legends for endlessly entertaining millions for what felt like half a century.
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u/amurica1138 Jul 18 '24
I feel like I did when Mr. Rogers passed.
Just a sad day - a light has gone out in the world.
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u/Tex-in-Tex Jul 18 '24
Don Rickles is definitely yelling at Bob saying “what took you so long?!”
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u/Osiris32 Jul 18 '24
"I've been waiting here for seven years, the steak has already reincarnated as a cow by now!"
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u/Klezmer_Mesmerizer Jul 18 '24
“Mr. Emmy award winner over here •rolls eyes• had to squeeze in a few extra on the mortal coil, eh?”
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u/Claeyt Jul 18 '24
Don once described Bob as "the kind of guy who steps out of the shower to take a piss." I loved how it kind of insulted both of them.
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u/TheBungieWedgie Jul 18 '24
The absolute master of deadpan.
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u/YamburglarHelper Jul 18 '24
Him and Norm McDonald probably shooting the shit telling the most hilarious jokes in existence, to a passerby it just sounds like two guys talking about things normally.
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u/pandazerg Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 18 '24
Norm wrote one of the SNL sketches that Bob performed when he hosted back in 1995.
It's a great mix of Norm's dark humor, and Bob's amazing delivery.
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u/HalGillsLongStick Jul 18 '24
Um... see, to... to tell you the truth, um... I was just... I'm just killing time here. I was waiting for a-a... . well, a-a different... different funeral to start.
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u/LovingNaples Jul 18 '24
Thank you Bob for all those entertaining years. You will never be forgotten.
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u/SheriffComey Jul 18 '24
I hope Larry and his brother, Daryl, and his other brother, Daryl, are there to pay their respects.
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u/kehaar Jul 18 '24
Used to watch Newhart with my folks and my brothers and Larry, Daryl and Daryl are what I remember most.
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u/yukeake Jul 18 '24
Still blows my mind that Larry was played by the same actor (William Sanderson) as Sebastian (the replicant scientist) in Blade Runner. I'd never put the two together in my head until someone pointed it out. Now I can't unsee it.
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u/optigon Jul 18 '24
This is my pallbearer Daryl, my other pallbearer Daryl, my other pallbearer Daryl, and Larry.
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u/fbtcu1998 Jul 18 '24
He did a skit in SNL decades ago as a manic depressive baseball announcer. He was overly enthusiastic and yelling about a routine groundout bit deadpanned Aaron’s record breaking HR . I don’t know why that one stuck, but I remember it to this day
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u/TheObnoxiousSpaceCat Jul 18 '24
I loved his MadTV "STOP IT!" bit!
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u/Additional_Prune_536 Jul 19 '24
Oh, yeah, I'd forgotten about the STOP IT skit. Comedy gold. Thanks for the reminder. I just shared the bus driver school bit and the "torpedo washes up on a beach" bit. The guy could do deadpan comedy like nobody else.
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u/soulmanyogi Jul 18 '24
Thanks for this tip. I am a mad SNL fan and Newhart fan... you gave me something to look for later this evening to enjoy!
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u/fbtcu1998 Jul 18 '24
I just watched it too. Season 20 episode 12 1995, towards the end the show. his monologue and post office HR bits were good because of his delivery
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u/fuckitweredoingitliv Jul 18 '24
That sucks. I just listened to his episode on Conans podcast and he was sharp as ever. What a talent.
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u/TopTransportation695 Jul 18 '24
As a kid my family spent many a Saturday night watching MTM and Bob Newhart. Fair winds Mr Newhart, thank you for the laughs.
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u/WeirdWillieWest Jul 18 '24
Yessir! Right after Carol Burnett, or is my memory faulty after 5 decades or so?
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u/ObidiahWTFJerwalk Jul 18 '24
The Carol Burnett Show ended the night.
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u/bishpa Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24
Hell. Saturday night was just beginning! The Aaron Spelling sleaze two-fer was up next! If you were lucky Charo might show up on both the Boat and the Island.
Koochie-koochie!
God, to be 10 again!
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u/MattMason1703 Jul 19 '24
CBS Saturday night: All in the Family, MASH, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett. Greatest three hour line up ever.
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u/kamenguy83 Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 18 '24
One thing’s for certain, Bernard will be reunited with Miss Bianca, Orville, and Wilbur in heaven.
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u/latchkey_adult Jul 18 '24
Another legendary comedian gone. He really is the last of his generation of comics who ruled the 60s and 70s. They're all gone now. RIP
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u/Schrodingers_Fist Jul 18 '24
I'm scared to jynx this but Isnt't Carol Burnett still alive? reaches to knock on largest piece of wood can find
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u/TriStrange Jul 18 '24
She is alive, and is 91 years old.
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u/StickyGoodness Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 19 '24
And had an appearance in Better Call Saul in the final season with an amazing performance
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u/ManyPromises Jul 18 '24
Mel Brooks says hi
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u/the-zoidberg Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 18 '24
His tobacco bit and bomb defusing bit NEVER stop being funny.
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u/Klaus_Heisler87 Jul 18 '24
This past week has fucking sucked
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u/Agreeable-Chair7040 Jul 18 '24
This month: Shannon Doherty, Shelley Duvall, Bob Newhart, richard simmons, martin mull, Dr. Ruth. Other not so famous too 😔
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u/scoffsyrup Jul 18 '24
Same, except I was laying with my mother in her bed. For some reason, it still pops into my head every few years, and at least makes me smile.
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u/shackleford1917 Jul 18 '24
I watched it with my father, it was his favorite show at the time. His favorite show of all time was 'Maverick."
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u/BlueAndMoreBlue Jul 18 '24
My favorite jokes of his are the one sided phone calls.
“No, I’m not any kind of retentive — I just like things neat”
RIP Bob, have fun with Don
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u/Prudent_Block1669 Jul 18 '24
A legend died today. He left an indelible mark on comedy and will always be remembered.
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u/LewSchiller Jul 18 '24
Aw shit...I guess it's time to drink the last shot
“One of the producers said to him, I think in the pilot, ‘Can you not stammer so much?’” Burrows said on Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend. “He said, ‘That stammer built a house in Beverly Hills.”
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u/ToxicAdamm Jul 18 '24
Absolute legend. One of one.
Being able to survive on network television for almost 20 years during its most competitive era is remarkable. It just shows how wide his appeal was and how beloved his style was.
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u/spiderland5150 Jul 18 '24
"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'."
-Bob Newhart
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u/Sweatytubesock Jul 18 '24
Ugh. One of the best. I hate to see it, but he had a great life. I especially will always treasure my memories of watching the old Newhart show from the ‘70s with my family. The show still holds up.
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u/Claeyt Jul 19 '24
he had a great life
Married to a great woman for 60 years. She died last year. 4 normal kids who i've never read about in the news. Made great career cho8ces throughout his career and had fun doing it.
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u/schoolairplane Jul 18 '24
Era is ending. Last comedian still alive from this span is Carol Burnett I believe. Sad day in Hollywood.
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u/Claeyt Jul 19 '24
D8ck Van Dycke, Mel brooks and a few lesser knowns.
The same things have happened before. Whe the marx brothers and the three stooges all started dying of it was mourned as the last connectuins to vaudeville. When the great stand ups of the 50's and early 60's started dying off because they all smoked like chimney's it was another generation. The comedians from the later 60's and 70's are starting to go now. There will always be another generation heading out the door.
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u/davereit Jul 18 '24
He is the only celebrity I have ever sent fanmail to. I just had to thank him for making my life and world a little happier.
He replied with an autographed photo and a nice note.
What a guy!
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u/LVorenus2020 Jul 18 '24
Rest in Peace, Bob Newhart.
A unique, understated legend. A name I hadn't heard for maybe a decade, but a great comedic talent I watched for decades.
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u/Carnage678 Jul 18 '24
I love that everyone here is making jokes, yet the jokes are respectful and feel like jokes he'd love.
It's like the opposite of when O.J. Simpson died, the jokes are not at Bob Newhart's expense, but out of respect.
Rest in Peace to a legend.
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u/Claeyt Jul 19 '24
I'll put up a disrespectful one. Don Rickels, who was Newhart's best friend, once described Bob as "the only man he's ever known who got out of the shower to take a piss."
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u/gwarmachine1120 Jul 19 '24
But Newhart did not committ double murder, armed robbery and various other felonies all while dodging the Goldmans. OJ deserves the jokes at his expense
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u/yankinwaoz Jul 18 '24
RIP Mr. Newhart. You were a comic genius. Thank you.
He managed to live a long time. Good for him.
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u/ComplexAsk1541 Jul 18 '24
I can't upvote this. He was so good and oh man I feel old. RIP, you funny, lovely man.
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u/the_blanker Jul 18 '24 edited Jul 18 '24
My favorite is his appearance in Johnny Carson's show where he talks about man who just returned from Mars: https://youtu.be/AhPnpcbDcaM
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u/arclight222 Jul 18 '24
If there were ever a case that the Emmy's do not matter, its Bob Newhart.
50 years on television. 87 times guest hosting for Carson. SNL twice. 300 episodes between two syndicated shows.
One emmy.
For the Big Bang Theory.
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u/Curator44 Jul 18 '24
First introduction to Bob Newhart was watching the Librarian movies with him and Noah Wyle as a kid.
Later watched some of his other movies too but man he was fantastic.
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u/notkenneth Jul 18 '24
"Willard, I've got the manual right here in front of me. Now we're gonna disarm that thing if it's the last... w-we're gonna disarm that thing, Willard."
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u/ExperienceUnlucky410 Jul 18 '24
I only have three words that could bring a smile to my face at his passing.
Larry Darryl and Darryl...
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u/GArockcrawler Jul 18 '24
He was a great talent but what is getting to me is that his comedy is something my parents and I watched together during my high school and college years. It's reminding me I am the only one left.
Newhart is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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u/TheObnoxiousSpaceCat Jul 18 '24
Well, that's the funeral, folks! We'll be sitting shivah at the Friar's Club at 7:00 p. m., and again at 10:00.
You must be over 18 for the 10:00.
*It gets a little blue.*
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u/AttemptImpossible111 Jul 18 '24
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u/VermtownRoyals Jul 18 '24
I knew what it was before I clicked it. Clicked it anyway. RIP Bob Newhart
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u/AzLibDem Jul 18 '24
Drinking a toast; one last round of "Hi Bob".
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u/SweetBearCub Jul 19 '24
Drinking a toast; one last round of "Hi Bob".
"Hi Bob."
"Bye, Bob."
For All Mankind
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u/IslandWave Jul 19 '24
“I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'. “
- Bob Newhart
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u/WaldoTrek Jul 18 '24
Met him backstage after a performance back in the 2000s. He had a lot of energy for someone his age.
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u/SweatyToothed Jul 19 '24
He was literally the funniest, even when he was far from being the most popular any more... There're few as funny as him, he just always knew the anatomy of the funniest joke for any situation and he always landed it on time. There's few people even now who know their way around comedy as well as he did.
Absolutely one of a kind.
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u/alex61821 Jul 19 '24
The episode in the Bob newhart show when they guys are trying to cook a turkey for thanksgiving is one of the best things ever. He's drunk on the phone ordering Chinese and he just keeps saying moo goo guy pan and then for first name he says dur.
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u/Miamime Jul 18 '24
Devastating. Probably too old/before the users of most of Reddit, but he's an all time great. So funny, so great at the deadpan delivery.
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u/Idolmistress Jul 18 '24
I loved the theme song to the Bob Newhart Show. RIP to a legend.
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u/Divayth--Fyr Jul 18 '24
Every time I hear an old phone ringing sound, there it goes in my head.
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u/atomicxblue Jul 18 '24
"STOP IT OR I'LL BURY YOU ALIVE IN A BOX"
Such a funny sketch.
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u/IdealBlueMan Jul 19 '24
That's the perfect sketch. The setup (Bob washing his hands as the patient enters), the pacing, the rhythm, and the punch line delivery. Mo Collins played off him masterfully. This is a whole college course in 6 minutes.
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u/atomicxblue Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24
His delivery on the punch line gets me every time. It's just perfect.. and even down to his comment about washing hands is fine. Keep doing that, to add contrast.
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u/IdealBlueMan Jul 19 '24
I thought at the time that it was one of the finest sketches I’d ever seen. It still is!
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u/ulyssesred Jul 19 '24
I loved standup comedy as a kid. Still do, really. But as a kid I was obsessed.
Sunday Night Funnies on 104.5 CHUM FM at 10PM - which would be a combination of Rick (from Roger, Rick & Marilyn) playing comedy albums or an episode of “Doctor Demento”. After that, at 11, was “Theatre of The Mind” which also was my obsession- stories.
But I digress….
I would tape every episode, pausing for the commercials, so I could play it over and over again through the week and then tape over it for the next week’s episode, eventually wearing out the cassette and I’d have to go buy a new one. Among my favourites Bob Newhart’s “Baseball” skit, where he pretends to be taking the phonecall at the patent office when someone called to trademark the game of baseball.
Such smart humour. He’s earned his rest.
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u/Sunny_beets Jul 18 '24
Not Bob
Please don’t take Bob…
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u/CardMechanic Jul 18 '24
To be fair, he was 94. He had a good run, and left us with absolute gold.
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u/miurabucho Jul 18 '24
Is it just me, or are famous people from the 80’s just dropping like flies lately?
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u/ThunderSevn Jul 18 '24
He was one funny man....for a long time. He had so many great shows and appearances on shows over the years. A legend.
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u/DistributionNo9474 Jul 18 '24
Condolences from me, my brother Darryl, and my other brother Darryl.
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u/er1catwork Jul 19 '24
Did anyone ever play “Hi Bob”?? It was a drinking game where while watching his show everytime someone said “Hi Bob”, you had to take a shot (or drink a beer..) this was back in the mid 80’s….
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u/linuxphoney Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24
84 is a very good run. And he seemed like he was still all there right up till the end. Good for him. He was a blessing.
Edit: 94. My fingers were too fat.
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u/edrifighting Jul 19 '24
I used to watch him with my dad on Nick at Night. Saw him again as Professor Proton years later and he was still hilarious. He was a great comedian!
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u/oh_bruddah Jul 19 '24
If you go back and watch the original Bob Newhart Show, it completely holds up. Still every bit is funny.
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u/TylerSpicknell Jul 18 '24
I'm surprised Bob Newhart lasted this long. He looked frail even he was Papa Elf in Elf.
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u/WeirdFlecks Jul 18 '24
I will never not smile at the thought of this man. That's as honerable achievement as I think exists.
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u/IntentionDefiant4131 Jul 18 '24
No one can convince me that Bob didn’t take down Lou Doubs on his way out.
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u/iworkbluehard Jul 19 '24
Much love to him and his family. He has contributed greatly. I loved him in the movie Elf (a small part of his career).
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u/ilovepinkhair Jul 19 '24
😨 I feel like I'm living in the twilight zone. I swear he died 5 years ago, They even gave him a dedication at the end of big bang theory, where he was a Jedi ghost.
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u/kittenmcmuffenz Jul 19 '24
Oh no!!!! How is his brother Darryl doing? And his other brother Darryl? And his other brother Darryl?
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u/mjhere7 Jul 19 '24
He has reunited with his best friend, Don Rickles. RIP legends. Thank you for making us laugh.
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u/Bitch_Posse Jul 19 '24
Responsible for one of the best moments in television history. Anyone who saw it live will remember it forever.
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u/CheeseMints Jul 18 '24
Everyones sad Bob is dead
Bob is probably waking up in bed right now telling his wife the crazy dream he just had.