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Bob
Bob | |
Premiere | September 18, 1992 |
Finale | December 27, 1993 |
Creator | Cheri Steinkellner & Bill Steinkellner & Phoef Sutton |
Network/Provider | CBS |
Style | 30-minute sitcom |
Company | Steinkellners & Sutton Productions, Paramount Television |
Seasons | 2 |
Episodes | 33 (3 unaired) |
Origin | USA |
Bob is a sitcom that aired on CBS.
Newhart portrayed Bob McKay, the creator of the 1950s comic book superhero "Mad-Dog". Mad-Dog was a casualty of the Comics Code Authority, a real-life self-regulation authority formed to assuage concerns over violence and gore in comics in the 1950s. In the wake of the CCA, Bob became a greeting card artist, and years later Mad-Dog is revived when the American-Canadian Trans-Continental Communications Company buys the rights to the series. Complications ensued when AmCanTranConComCo head Harlan Stone (John Cygan) insisted Mad-Dog should be a bloodthirsty vigilante rather than the hero Bob originally created. Bob initially turned down Harlan's offer to revive the series with the publisher, but after his wife, Kaye (Carlene Watkins), reminded Bob that Mad-Dog would never give up dreams in the face of defeat, he decided to compromise with Harlan on creative direction, and the two became a team.
Contents |
Cast
Actor | Character | Duration | |
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Main Cast | 1 | 2 | |
Bob Newhart | Bob McKay | * | * |
Carlene Watkins | Kaye McKay | * | * |
Cynthia Stevenson | Trisha McKay | * | * |
Ruth Kobart | Iris Frankel | * | |
Timothy Fall | Chad Pfefferle | * | |
Andrew Bilgore | Albie Lutz | * | |
John Cygan | Harlan Stone | * | |
Jere Burns | Pete Schmidt | * | |
Betty White | Sylvia Schmidt | * |
Seasons
Season | Premiere | Finale | # | |||
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CBS | ||||||
Season One | September 18, 1992 | May 17, 1993 | 25 | |||
Season Two | October 22, 1993 | December 27, 1993 | 8 |
In-Depth
- At a Glance: Additional information about the series
DVD Releases
Title | Release | Discs | ||||
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Complete Series (Region 1) | ||||||
The Complete Series | April 3, 2012 | purchase | 4 |