He has a very dry sense of humor. Good for him, it's about time.

but I was surprised to see he never won.

bad so called sitcom.He also lost to Family Ties,twice. He was robbed.

and Newhart was funnier. But Robert Guillaime was a funny guy.

Also not sure what you mean by saying Benson is a "so-called" sitcom? In what way wasn't it a Sitcom?

Now if the Emmy voters could make good on snubbing 'The Wire' all those years ...

What this man has done for sitcoms and TV is immense.

Not that he won. The episode in question was hilarious.

Stunned that he's never won before now.

Both of his shows were more than deserving of multiple Emmys, especially that last episode of "Newhart" Never saw that ending coming!

he should have gotten it for the original Bob Newhart show. And I will never forget the Newhart show where they lived in the Inn and had those Daryl, Daryl and Daryl neighbors ... that show was hilarious!

Mad TV... one of his greatest bits among others

I had taken the cover from a Newhart record (The Button-Down Mind on TV) I owned since I was like 6 years old hoping I could get him to sign it after the show. As it happened for whatever reason, Bob had to leave as soon as the show ended and I didn't get a chance to ask him.

I did not know it, but after we returned from the trip, my girlfriend wrote to Bob and told him my story. He replied with an autographed photo, and a very apologetic note saying that he was on a very tight schedule after that show, otherwise he would have been happy to hang around for signings.


It was an awesome show; Bob performed many of his old stand-up standards, and I still laugh as hard as when that stuff was all brand new.