“Because of the spin-meisters and the focus groups and the way politics is run now. It's run by polls and focus groups. So it's even more true today, I think, than it was some 40 years ago.” ThinkingWayYearsRunningTodayComedyFocusGroupsYears AgoPollsFocus Groups Author:Bob Newhart
“I gave up accounting. I went in for about six months writing ad copy. I was fired from that, and then another guy and I did a kind of poor man's Bob and Ray kind of syndicated radio show. Then I decided to stick it out and see what happened. I'd give it a year, a year became two years, and then two years became three years, and then along came the record album.” MenGivingWritingYearsKindTwoShowsGuyThreePoorRecordsComedyHappenedMonthsSixDecidedSticksRadioAlbumsTwo YearsCopiesRaysAdsThree YearsBobSix MonthsGave UpOther GuysAccountingPoor Man Author:Bob Newhart
“I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun.” ThinkingShouldYearsChildrenLongHas BeensAbleFunSuccessfulComedyAdulthood Author:Bob Newhart
“I've been married forty-five years. I think laughter is the secret.” ThinkingYearsSecretFiveMarriedLaughterFive YearsForty Author:Bob Newhart
“The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.” YearsFirstsLittlesStillsBitsAudienceFiveComedyFourFrontsLittle BitFirst TimeTerrorFive Years Author:Bob Newhart
“When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.” YearsMightLastsComedyCoupleSatisfactionExpectedLongevity1960s Author:Bob Newhart
“I worked in accounting for two and a half years, realized that wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and decided I was just going to give comedy a try.” GivingTryingYearsTwoWantedHalfComedyDecidedAccountingHalf A Year Author:Bob Newhart
