The fourth season of The Bob Newhart Show came out on DVD nearly eight years ago. Fans began to wait for the final two seasons. They kept posting petitions. Viewers wanted more of the classic sitcom about a Chicago shrink and his patients. It was driving them nuts. They can cancel their therapist appointment. A cure is on the way. Shout! Factory is putting out The Bob Newhart Show: The Complete Series on May 27. Even more exciting news is that if you order from Shout! Factory’s website, they’ll ship it to you on April 22. That’s an extra month of playing the “Hi Bob” drinking game. Here’s the press release from Shout! Factory:
Dr. Hartley will see you now…and you will see Dr. Hartley in The Bob Newhart Show: The Complete Series. This sitcom classic stars the incomparable Bob Newhart as Dr. Robert Hartley, a Chicago psychologist who finds himself surrounded by some unusual and neurotic characters on the job, as well as at home! Hartley faces an uphill battle to not lose patience with his patients, but with the support of his quick-witted wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette), you can count on him to conduct a healthy session of laugh therapy in all 142 episodes of The Bob Newhart Show.
An outstanding supporting cast is on call to back up Newhart and Pleshette, including Bill Daily (I Dream of Jeannie), Peter Bonerz (Murphy Brown), Jack Riley (Rugrats, Spaceballs), and Marcia Wallace (The Simpsons). Originally airing on CBS from 1972 to 1978, The Bob Newhart Show is often cited among the best-loved situation comedies in history, with TV Guide and Time naming it one of the greatest television shows of all time. Get ready to lie back on the couch and laugh with Bob – you’d be crazy not to.
