Sketch o’the Week: Bob Newhart!

Giants of entertainment keep dropping like flies lately. Just when I thought we would be getting back to our “Famous Movie Moments” series another legend passes. Bob Newhart was a favorite in my family. I listened to his comedy albums as a kid, and I remember watching “The Bob Newhart Show” with my parents in the mid 70’s. The later show “Newhart” was a favorite of mine as a young adult in the mid to late 80s. Both those shows were great successes and long running, popular sitcoms. He also starred in a couple of short-lived, mostly forgotten shows, but those hardly diminished his legacy. He was a great stand up comedian as well.

In creative professions you sometimes hear someone referred to as “a cartoonist’s cartoonist” or a “writer’s writer”, meaning while they might not be the household name other practitioners of their art are, they are highly respected and regarded within that profession and held by those other pros as one of the best. Judging by the outpouring of testimonials and praise about Mr. Newhart, he was truly a “comedian’s comedian.”

So, I had to make him this week’s sketch subject. Rest in peace, Bob.

As always, premium subscribers to my newsletter get to watch me do this sketch on video… however every once and a while I post those videos on my YouTube channel as well. This week is one of those once and a whiles! Check out last week’s video of me drawing this sketch: