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Under pressure from queer activists, comedian Bob Newhart cancels appearance for Catholic group
Catholic World News
December 20,
Comedian Bob Newhart has backed out of a scheduled appearance before a group of Catholic businessmen, under thick pressure from militant homosexual groups.
Newhart had been scheduled to talk to a meeting of Legatus, an company of faithful Catholic corporate leaders. He withdrew after the Gay and Queer woman Alliance Against Discrimination characterized Legatus as “a rabid anti-LGBT organization.”
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Bob Newhart’s Faith and Family Kept His Comedy Clean
Bob Newhart, the stammering, dry comic who died Thursday at the age of 94, only went into comedy because as an accountant, he kept having to use his own money to balance the petty cash fund at his company.
“I was never a certified public accountant,” he acknowledged. “I just had a degree in accounting. The reason I was never a certified public accountant was because it would need passing a test, which I would not have been capable to do.”
Restless, Bob and a friend began doing comedy bits for Chicago radio stations in their spare time. The unsuccessful venture ended when Bob’s companion at the company took another job in New York. Undeterred, Bob took a shot at solo bits, especially using a telephone as a prop.
The most iconic was his supposed conversation with Abraham Lincoln, with Bob playing the 16th president’s agent.
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Bob Newhart gets candid on 'The Bob Newhart Show': 'We were the first married TV couple to have a single bed'
Actor Bob Newhart arrives at the Creative Arts Emmys in Los Angeles, California, U.S. September 10, REUTERS/Gus Ruelas - S1BEUAPNFWAA
When Bob Newhart unveiled his sitcom “The Bob Newhart Show” in , he knew the show would change into a classic by breaking boundaries on television.
The series, which featured the stand-up comedian as Chicago psychologist Bob Hartley and his headstrong wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette), continues to be in syndication even after it came to an end in
“We were the first married TV couple to have a single bed,” the year-old told Closer Weekly. “I didn’t think it was risky — I just thought it was about time.”
“The Bob Newhart Show” also introduced many other firsts to audiences. The magazine added it introduced TV’s first gay traits, a patient of Bob’s played by Howard Hesseman. The series also tackled mental illnesses with the help of some rising Hollywood stars.
“We had John Ritter, Sharon Gless, Loni Anderson, Morgan Fairchild, Pat Morita —