The Bob Newhart Show/Over the River and Through the Woods

Over the River and Through the Woods
Season 4, Episode 11
Airdate	November 22, 1975
Production Number	5065
Written by	Bruce Kane
Directed by	James Burrows
Produced by	Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses
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The Bob Newhart Show — Season Four

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Over the River and Through the Woods is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of The Bob Newhart Show, and the eighty-third episode overall.

Starring: Bob Newhart (Dr. Robert Hartley)

Also Starring: Suzanne Pleshette (Emily Hartley)

Also Starring: Peter Bonerz (Jerry Robinson), Bill Daily (Howard Borden), Marcia Wallace (Carol Kester Bondurant)

David Himes (Delivery Boy), Janet Meshad (Elaine)

with Jack Riley (Mr. Carlin)

Plot Overview

Emily insists on going to visit her family in Seattle for Thanksgiving but Bob says he can't leave Chicago because the holidays are very stressful times for his patients. In Emily's absence, Jerry, Howard and Mr. Carlin spend the holiday with Bob, watching football, getting drunk, ineptly cooking and ordering Chinese food.

Quotes

• Bob (while drunk on the phone ordering Chinese takeout food): This is der Robert Hartley. D-R period. Der.

• Mr. Carlin: You know you're at a bad party when Elliot Carlin is the happiest guy in the room.