One
of television’s most successful comic actor’s Bob Newhart, stars as Dick
Loudon - writer of How-To-books, host of his own television show, and majordomo
of a Vermont country inn. As an average guy surrounded by life’s peculiarities,
it’s a role tailor-made for Newhart’s extraordinary comic talents.
Mary Frann stars as Janna Loudon, who has joined her husband in the
pursuit of the American Dream. When the Loudons purchased their country
inn, it came with George Utley, a dependably daft handyman played with
perfect comic timing by Tom Poston.
The country inn’s housekeeper, played by Julia Duffy, is a spoiled rich
girl trying with limited success to understand how the other half lives.
Peter Scolari portrays her boyfriend, the producer of Dick’s television
show, a perfectly self-centered product of the ‘Me’ decade.
Adding to the local color are Larry, Darryl and Darryl - three brothers
with two names - who occupy a rung of their own on the evolutionary ladder.
‘Newhart is America reflected in a cracked mirror. The understanding
timing and befuddled double-takes of Bob Newhart resonate wonderfully off
the crazy characters and comic situations of each episode. This series
is a classic! |