"Newhart" - Series Finale

[tromar68]

Genius.

[tmvolk00]

I like how you can see the boom mike near 2:45.

[armysupertroop]

It's Mimi!

[Leathercowboy55]

Someone heard you!!! and I am gald they did its now on the Hallmark channel

[dedbusted]

"Wear more sweaters" is right! Both women were gorgeous.

[timrs2001]

I remember this well. It was a great ending.

[kristell9]

Newhart turned into a great series but it started weak. It was allowed to continue and it was a break most shows don't get.

[qwertyduel]

the brothers can speak! I forgot about that! u have to be a fan of the show to really appreciate that... best ending to a series ever.

[bayareafan217]

Hey one of the sisters is Lisa Kudrow

[TroyOi]

@bayareafan217 OMG! Thank you for pointing that out!

[bertmustin]

Great ending, I just wish the audience had waited to applaud until the scene was over.

[DaveWollenberg]

QUIET!! Said by, Darryl, and, Darryl!

[PhillyCopsAreCorrupt]

THE GREATEST SITCOM EVER AND THE BEST SERIES FINALE BY LIGHT YEARS! I remember watching reruns for this and the old Bob Newhart shows when I was a kid. Notice that the moment that the set from the old show is shown at 7:12, some audience members instantly recognize it and cheer. Judging by the audience reaction at 7:34 (when Bob's wife from his old series is shown) one would think that a rock star had entered the room. Bob Newhart and Suzanne Pleshette truly had rock star status.

[JohnBoy918]

That definitely was the best series finale in the history of television. So totally unexpected.

[TroyOi]

@JohnBoy918 Amen! Unfortunately it's been so many years since then that I suppose many people viewing today don't understand that it had its genesis in that silly season of the TV series Dallas, in which we learn at the end that the entire year had all been a dream of one of the protagonists.

[zapkvr]

Tom Poston is pure gold!

[TheCheezhead15]

Best Ending EVER!!!!!!

[CSXer]

How many of you know Suzanne Pleshette and Tom Poston were married in real life??

[rtds9fan]

@CSXer I did.....BUT...only YEARS after the show ws off LOL

[eyezonmen]

@CSXer  I did not know that. sweet

[mydesirescometrue]

One guy looks like Billy Ray Cyrus

[trinigurl98]

Best season finale ever. Hands down!

[WHS1985STINKS]

QUIET! Who would have thought saying one word, would make television history!???!!

[bored1ca]

LOL @ 2:50 - check out the boom mic overhead!

[Burtick2483]

well, it's official; having Lisa Kudrow and Kathy Kinney in small parts makes this the best series finale of all-time!!!

[bornbrit777]

Love this. THE BEST season finale EVER,. Loved the cheers for the late, great Suzanne Plashette

[Kirby33311]

I was living in LA at the time, and my sister called me from the east coast and told me to make sure that I saw the show, and not to let anyone tell me the twist. I'm so glad she did.

Rarely does a sitcom leave one as stunned as I was.

[pucciniverdi777]

I actually had this one figured out before the episode was shown.

[msmithstud]

too bad DALLAS didn't get this kind of reception from the 85-86 ''dream season''.

[StukInBuf]

@msmithstud Could you imagine Tony waking up, Jeannie next to him, and a similar exchange between them... then he says something like, "You know, I wish I didn't (do whatever brought this dream on)."

Just as she's about to blink back to that "moment," he'd stop her: "Jeannie, don't do that... at this point, I think I'm too old for this," then turn over and go back to sleep.

Jeannie then turns to the camera with, "At least I can blink us all good night." BLINK!!! Go to black, and end credits.

[bostonbruinsfan100]

The best ending ever for a sitcom, hands down.

The local station that I was watching it on didn't run the final scene because they didn't get the memo from CBS corporate that this episode was 30 seconds longer than normal. A news anchor broke in and started teasing stories for the 11 o'clock news just as Bob was waking up next to Emily! They ran the full ending during the 11 o'clock newscast.

Thanks for all of those wonderful Monday nights, Newhart!

[kaptainkaraoke]

one of the great moments in television history

[quarf53206]

one of those dream sequences in a tv series that actually worked. Most dream sequences just leave the audience feeling screwed over. This one actually worked

[PaladinValmir]

I agree, this is the best ending ever!

[rct0725]

I cannot possibly agree more that this was the best finale ever. I will never forget the utter shock I felt when that bedroom light went on. Sheer brilliance! Thank you for the upload.

[TubinBM]

Instead of just reruns of Steinfield and Raymond all over the place, Why cant Newhart and the Bob Newhart Show find a few slots?

Pure comedy gold that is always funny.

It can teach the younger gen what funny and good writing is all about.

[abnervheggs]

@TubinBM - I watch Newhart and Bob Newhart Show online at Hulu and Crackle. Theyre awesome shows.

[calliopeblink]

@abnervheggs If you have the channel FamilyNet, both shows are on daily at 9 and 9:30.

[zapkvr]

@calliopeblink I wish, the show hasn't been on in Australia for over twenty years.

[dwilsonjr78]

@ 3:15, the girl in black is Lisa Kudrow in one of her early role before playing Phoebe in "Friends".

[badCowfish]

lol boom mic at 2:51

[Shelver92]

@badCowfish very good observation

[trubib]

Totally agree that this is the "best ending to a series...ever!"

[SebaRecord]

Unbelievable. The girl in black is actually Lisa Kudrow, Phoebe from Friends.

[MrAboriginaloriginal]

Tears and jubilation on this final episode that was made. It was an awesome show loved it. Finale one of the best ever I don't know if any can top that:)

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[triviafreak1]

I can only describe this in one word-CLASSIC!!!!!

[kirkoa]

utterly brilliant ending

[TheBlueyedblond]

best ending to a series ever!

[TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

The original show was much funnier then this one. Also, This ending was kept under wraps and nobody knew it was going to end this way. 

[gjm1953]

Absolutely outstanding! And the late, great Suzanne Pleshette was, in my opinion, one of the sexiest women on television.

[JoeSmithStuff]

As far as I'm concerned, all other shows are fighting for the title of second best ending - this cannot be beaten.

[Seththebeaver]

This was, without any doubt, the cleverest thing ever done by any television show, ever!

[darthgeekboy]

oh my god!!!!! that's PHOEBE!!!

[artie1959]

It was an excelleny way to end a series .. tied into the old one .. a classic :)

[1977SOUTHERNBOY]

7:39 what a pop for Suzanne!

[MsMercury]

This is probably the best season finale I've ever seen. I haven't seen this in years. Thanks for posting it.

[landrykkb]

@MsMercury It was certainly one you'd have never seen coming if you were watching it at the time.

[kenjohnsonmusic]

This was one of my favorite shows and until today, I never saw the ending. Thanks for posting.

[BreastsInspector]

Seven people are useless new age kids.

[kellyadmirer1]

I think this is probably the most brilliant episode of TV ever made. To have watched "The Bob Newhart Show" in the '70s - the funniest show of its time, and tremendously missed after it went off - then have this show run all those years, then it turns out to be from the better show of the '70s, is just awesome stuff. Having the end theme music from the earlier show, that was the crowning touch.  Can't believe they actually did it, pure genius.

[Ididnotwanttojoin]

@kellyadmirer1 Unless they switched after this clip ended, they didn't use the Bob Newhart Show theme. What we hear on this post is the Newhart theme.

[LiquidCrystalEyes]

I was just reading about this in Bob's book "I shouldn't even be doing this". They kep this ending top secret and even had a decoy set arranged as well as another phony ending where Bob dies and goes to heaven to meet God played by George Burns. The episode was 35 minutes... 5 minutes too long and they couldn't cut it tighter. So when it aired some afiliate stations apparently went to commercial and many viewers missed this last 5 minute clip we see here so they aired it again the next week.

[NFitalianGuy]

This was GREAT!

[westcrew4ever]

i will never forget that episode...i remember laughing and crying. it was the best show for its time and signalled the end of an era.  great post!!

[swordser2]

"QUITE!"

"I guess they've never been this P.O'd before."

I love those brothers

And I love how everything was a dream XDD

[Ididnotwanttojoin]

One of Larry, Darryl and Darryl's wives was Lisa Kudrow!

[Scrumpilump2000]

@Ididnotwanttojoin Indeed! And did I notice that chick from Drew Carey?

[Ididnotwanttojoin]

@Scrumpilump2000 Yup, she was the town librarian. She looks different without all that makeup! HaHaHa

[budkin]

Most amazing series ending ever.

[KaptKan1]

The wittiest finale to the wittiest sitcom ever. Bob Newhart is a comedy genius.

[loydsheryl]

I think it's impossible to describe this to someone who "wasn't there." Two different shows in two different decades, beloved characters spanning over 14 years of programming and 18 years of time. And then...in the FINAL minute, seeing the two plots tied together, with the final music and credits reminiscent of the original show. No one saw THAT coming. :-) Pure genius.

If you "weren't there," it probably seems underwhelming. But if you WERE there, you'll never forget it. :-)

[butcherboy2008]

I liked the Bob Newhart Show reunion where Bob Hartley, as a psychologist, was trying to figure what the dream meant and Howard talked about this weird dream he had with a genie.

[MissLizaMay]

No series finale could ever top this one! Magic!

[MissHoov]

Suzanne Pleshette was married to Tom Poston in real life.

[imjunipernow]

@MissHoov

And Jerry VanDyke turned down the part of George!

[kullprit]

Wow, Lisa Kudrow. holy shit.

[kayontay]

I dont get it. Why is it so great?

[KenM66]

@kayontay

Haven't you seen the Original Bob Newhart show?

[miggidymark]

@KenM66 who's Bob Newhart?

[KaptKan1]

@miggidymark "Who's Bob Newhart?!?" We'd tell you, but you probably won't be staying long on our planet.

[kullprit]

@kayontay

Obviously before your time.

Bob Newhart had a sitcom prior to this one called The Bob Newhart Show. That woman waking up next to him was his wife from that sitcom.

So the whole Newhart series was just a dream.

[maskbear54]

I just watched an interview with Suzanne Pleshette done in 2006 before she died and she brought up how they came up with this ending....it actually was an idea during the 2nd year of "Newhart" thought up by Bob Newhart's wife....I'm glad they did it....it's the best ending ever of any sitcom.

[spareaxe]

isn't the girl in the middle the one who was also in Friends?

[tunapup1]

@spareaxe Yup, that was a then unknown Lisa Kudrow.

[kidfrombrooklyn66]

4:10 The only time those two actually talked.

[notyep6750]

I like the mic in the shot! ha

[ShadowTheHedgehog157]

xD I see a Boom Mic visible!

[AbbeyRoad52]

Wow, a very young Lisa Kudrow. 3:15

[jamdawg]

Certainly the Funniest (and Most Clever) Last Episode ever made.

[manzi71]

@jamdawg I married Dora was a second.

[mathmizz]

I have laughed over memories of this episode for years and am tickled to be able to laugh at it again. Bob Newhart is over the top funny without filth----what a guy!

[Mysfyt]

"it was all a dream, go back to sleep" is considered brilliant and the best ending ever to a show? **ahem** ........BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH what a joke.

[nazgulslayer74]

@Mysfyt You have no sense of humor.

[Pwells1]

@Mysfyt No, it is the best ending because not only was the show all a dream, it was all a dream of a character that Bob played IN A DIFFERENT SHOW.

[queenlvr46]

@Mysfyt Are you serious or do you really not know why this is brilliant? One can never tell nowadays.

[kaiulani88]

He looks TOTALLY CREEPY at 6:55

[rockyPants4000]

They should have awakened with Mary Frann's head in their bed. Suzanne Pleshette was 100X more talented than Mary Frann. The writing and chemistry was loads better in the 70's era show too. I eventually couldn't watch "Newhart" in the last few seasons, it was awful.

[600keith]

it may well be the best 'series finale' ever!!!

[SoonToBeAwesome]

Originally, the dude was going to die by getting hit with a golfball, but they changed it to have a better twist

[blacksultan85]

that's the wife from the Bob Newart Show back in the 70's WOW so lemme get this Bob Newart had a second show but it was in the 80's called ''Newhart'' but the whole episode of the show till the series finale end was nothing but a dream WOW one of the best ending of a show AMAZING!!!!!

[Torus202]

@blacksultan85 In the 70's There was "The Bob Newhart Show", The 80's was this "Newhart", then in the early 90's there was just "Bob", lol. The last one didn't do to well.

[blacksultan85]

@Torus202 i see damn i've never heard that he made a show called ''Bob''in the 90's!!!!!!

[LAtvFan]

@blacksultan85

He also had a show called "George and Leo" with Judd Hersh and Jason Bateman.

[unregisteredcoward]

@blacksultan85

Wow

[barriedude1]

Brilliant

[grim1020]

best ending ever

[lairdkeffer]

HAHA even the boom mic said goodby 2:55 top middle

[lindaclements]

The BEST ending to ANY show on TV there was EVER made !!!!

I remember it like it was yesterday and I MISS Bob Newhart SO much !!!!

[mangopowerade]

I know that's Lisa Kudrow, but is Mimi from Drew Carey also in there?

[ponyboy314]

Lots of shows have tried the "it was all a dream" gimmick, but only Newhart pulled it off. They just don't make 'em like this anymore.

[arpeggio1358]

The BEST EVER ending to a series!

[gunittsolja1]

What the hell is this? People are comparing THIS with LOST ending? Are they insane???

[gunittsolja1]

@gunittsolja1 Oh okay. I get it (thanks to wikipedia). He had two shows. This was his second show. The lady he woke up next to was his wife in his first show. That was actually pretty clever...especially during that time period :P

[Rizomantico]

@gunittsolja1 that's simply because one of the 3 lost alternative endings are a funny recontruction of this.

[pete275]

am I supposed to know who that lady was at the end?

[Oodus]

@pete275 Before "Newhart" - which was on in the 1980's - Bob Newhart was in "The Bob Newhart Show" during the 1970's.  The wife in his bed was his wife from "The Bob Newhart Show." It's kind of dated now, but it was a huge comedic twist when it aired in 1990. So it's not THAT old, I guess.

[snicrep]

i was led here thru kimmel. I never saw this before.

[j24800]

hey i wanted to see the cat say QUIET!

[superjoe455]

why do people think this is such a great ending? its really not

[mottledbrain]

The best ending ever!



[Wizardjym]

I remember when this aired. It was perfect! I was so glad I had recorded it, because I laughed so hard I missed half of it!

[JesusManson323]

2:54 Boom mic is showing at the top. Apparently Bob was dreaming he was a hotel owner on the set of a comedy series.

[daylightimages]

@JesusManson323 Because they didn't want the tabloids to find out what the last scene was, this was shot with no rehearsals and didn't appear in the script. Only the cast and writers knew what was going to happen. The cameramen were told where to place their cameras and just keep shooting no matter what happens; sound guys had no idea how it would go. Suzanne was snuck into the set, so the audience saw her for the first time as the scene was rolling. Best last episode, indeed!

[NO9BreesFan]

What was the name of the 80's show that Newhart just dreamed about?

[Pixeleyes]

This was a great and memorable way to end a series, but I think the best ending ever was Six Feet Under. I've never had so much closure from a tv show.

[ostattack]

Haha we all love Lost

[rennyminou]

Very Meta - well played! : D

[dimeadozen]

im also here becuase of lost lol

[Jasef01]

ah memories...one of THE BEST show endings EVER !

[WiiFreak77]

LOST ending absolutely destroys this. Still good though.

[theSuperMetroid]

@WiiFreak77 No...it dosent. Lost's ending was an absolute disgrace

[AloneWithMemories]

of course LOST ;D

[MultiBaldEagle]

Has there ever been another voice as sexy and sultry as Suzanne Pleshette?

[shows82]

best ending ever!! loved it when i was a kid watching it and lost brought me back here to revisit!!! bob newhart is a genius!

[Anabria]

I was a huge fan of this show back in the day, but I'm here bc of LOST. ;) Best finale ever? My opinion, the torch has been handed off - it now goes to LOST.

[rosujin]

LOST brought me here too!!! Stay LOST!!!! I LOVE LOST!!!!

[ivan18nav]

LOST!

[Kcdragon8116]

I'm here because of Lost.

[guitarmaggedon]

Lost sticks a dick in Newharts ass!

[jairlucio1]

Yeah, I never heard of the show before the "Lost" parody, bu I have to admit it: WHAT A FINALE! NOBODY could see it coming, at least I think so. Really original. It reminds me of "The man who stare at goats" movie, when George Clooney tries to explain to Ewan McGregor how to be a True Jedi, kkkkkkk.

[depeche609]

I'm here because of Lost

[Mur4k]

LOST

[kargo64]

lol lost has officaly made this "the best ending in television"

[bsfpk]

Dus Ex Machina!

[MentalHygieneMusic]

Lost

[crazy360playa]

I AM HERE BECAUSE OF LOST<3

[NYGiantsFtw1]

LOST junkie..

[knate15]

I have to say that Roseanne is one of the best show endings ever!

[theSuperMetroid]

@knate15 Isn't that constantly referenced as the worst?

[cozmorio]

Great ending! BTW, was that Lisa Kudrow as one of the Long Island wives?

[Mascro1977]

@cozmorio

yes it was

[xxcharmed1xx]

I saw the ending way before that gay ass lost alternate ending.. so dont blame it on lost.. this ending was brilliant!

[rasengunv207]

lost

[loey424]

more views because of LOST. GENIUS

[Crazibouncer]

im here because of Lost too, lol

[ozzian2000]

LOST got me here

[smjlhd]

Suzanne Pleshette was such a classy lady. So sad she is gone now. Classic series finale. Bob Newhart is a comedic genius.

[Calvinchang2]

more views cuz of lost finale :)

[TheZooDork]

LOST FTW!

[pinkinmybrain]

I remember watching the final episode when I was a little girl...funny!

[xiocanta]

u know where to find a link for the first alternative ending of LOST shown @ kimmel's??? (the original show)

[xiocanta]

Lost ....

[DED0SelMayimbe]

yea just had to see where lost was goin with it now i know

[KraznorG]

Uh, yes, also solely due to Lost.

[alecmaldonado]

LOL here cause of LOST as well.

[ollantay18]

Lost all the way

[soojung]

here cause of lost too ._.

[apatheticempathy]

jimmy kimmel is a GOD

Bob Newhart is way cool ! ~

[justintrawick]

Here because of LOST!

[Ztinkyy]

Here, also, because of Lost!!!!!

[allsport21]

You also need to understand JR's dream on Dallas.

[TeddyBleu22]

here bc of LOST