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Bob Newhart’s lasting legacy in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood
WGN ^ | 07/19/2024 | Dana Rebik and Alonzo Small

Posted on 07/20/2024 6:33:39 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

CHICAGO — From 1972 to 1978, ‘The Bob Newhart Show,’ featuring Bob and Emily Hartley, put Chicago in the spotlight.

Featured in the open was the Edgewater-area condominium at Sheridan and Thorndale, where the couple lived.

“Every week, the opening credit sequence showed Bob walking up to this building and I think it would have to qualify as one of the most overexposed buildings in Chicago,” said John Holden, president of the Edgewater Historical Society.

(Excerpt) Read more at wgntv.com ...


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KEYWORDS: chicago; edgewater; legacy; newhart
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1 posted on 07/20/2024 6:33:39 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

An enjoyable article for first thing on a Saturday morning. Many thanks for posting. Cheers!


2 posted on 07/20/2024 6:39:58 AM PDT by glennaro (2024: The Year of The Reckoning, lest our Republic succumb to the "progressive" disease of the Left)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I hear the theme song in my mind.


3 posted on 07/20/2024 6:41:50 AM PDT by lysie
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He was fun to watch.

May he be with God.


4 posted on 07/20/2024 6:43:23 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: glennaro

You’re welcome


5 posted on 07/20/2024 6:43:39 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My dad had his first album. The only skit I remember was The Bus Driver’s School. They were all good, though.


6 posted on 07/20/2024 6:45:56 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
On a related note, here’s the real Vermont inn that was used for the exterior shots on ‘Newhart’.

http://www.wayburyinn.com/newhart-connection/

The inn as it appeared on the show:


7 posted on 07/20/2024 6:47:48 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

Thanks for sharing


8 posted on 07/20/2024 6:48:58 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: lysie
”I hear the theme song in my mind.”

I did not notice it until I read your comment, but I also had the theme song running in my head.

9 posted on 07/20/2024 6:50:51 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: lysie

Loved it when Rev Jim in a Taxi episode put lyrics to the song.


10 posted on 07/20/2024 6:52:07 AM PDT by joesbucks
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m Darrell and this is my other brother Darrell.

Still makes me laugh.


11 posted on 07/20/2024 6:52:41 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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Oh...STEPHANIE!!!


12 posted on 07/20/2024 6:54:48 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: joesbucks

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zOeRSfzkV0E&pp=ygUcSmltIGlnbmF0b3dza2kgc2luZ3MgbmV3aGFydA%3D%3D


13 posted on 07/20/2024 7:01:41 AM PDT by buckalfa (Gut feelings are your guardian angels)
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To: joesbucks

I’ll have to find that episode.


14 posted on 07/20/2024 7:23:43 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: wally_bert

It’s the one where Jim arranges ideal dates for all the cabbies. His was Marcia Wallace.


15 posted on 07/20/2024 7:32:59 AM PDT by joesbucks
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To: joesbucks

Thank you.

One of my favorite Jim episodes is when Jim joins the network.


16 posted on 07/20/2024 7:35:56 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

America needs more Bob Newharts in it.
Woody Allen had some of those same qualities before he was socially ruined by random rumor mills.


17 posted on 07/20/2024 7:46:16 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: ConservativeMind

Suzanne was a lot more fun to watch. But, yeah, he was entertaining.


18 posted on 07/20/2024 8:58:13 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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To: lysie

Years ago I was in Chicago with a co-worker. It was my first time there. He pointed to the building and asked if I recognized it.

I hummed the theme song out loud.


19 posted on 07/20/2024 9:37:28 AM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Not really what I'd call "iconic."

Surely Chicago has other buildings that are more memorable and recognizable.

20 posted on 07/20/2024 9:41:34 AM PDT by x
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