Bob Hartley: "That's good.
Mr. Carlin: "But I'm still skitish around oats."
Bob Hartley: "Yes, ah, oats can be a killer."
From The Bob Newhart Show
Bob Newhart on the Bob Newhart Show was Bob Newhart's alter-ego; Carlin was Bob newhart/Bob Newhart's alter-ego.
I liked Bob Newhart best when he was Sir Walter Raleigh trying to explain to the king the merits of the wonderful American Indian product called tobacco.