Episode

The Bob Newhart Show: The Modernization of Emily

Name: The Bob Newhart Show: The Modernization of Emily
Released: 1974-01-12
Cast: Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette, Bill Daily, Marcia Wallace, Peter Bonerz

The Bob Newhart ShowSeason 21974-01-12

Overview

Emily decides to update her image with a kicky new wardrobe that she says is youthful and Bob says is childish.

Details

Series: The Bob Newhart Show
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 17
Air date: 1974-01-12

Episode context

The Modernization of Emily is Episode 17 in Season 2 of The Bob Newhart Show. It aired on 1974-01-12.

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Episode 16: Oh, Brother 1974-01-05 | 30 min Jerry Robinson's brother shows up in Chicago after finishing dental school. He takes over Jerry's life, his apartment, and his dental practice.

Episode 18: The Jobless Corps 1974-01-19 Depressed after losing his job with the airline, Howard accepts Bob's offer to join his "out of workshop," a special therapy group for the unemployed. (Bob extends the invitation at Emily's insistence when Howard's attempts to help her around the apartment begin driving her up the wall.)

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Episode 15: I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas 1973-12-22 Christmas Eve is almost spoiled when Bob is trapped in the office because of a power failure.

Episode 19: Clink Shrink 1974-01-26 Hoping to make a contribution to society, Bob offers his psychological counseling services free to a parolee out on an armed-robbery conviction. But Bob seems to be more influenced by his patient's manner than the patient is by Bob's therapy.

Episode 14: T. S. Elliot 1973-12-15 Bob's patient Elliot Carlin parades all his phobias and insecurities as he prepares to ask Carol Kester for a date. He then finds it even harder to accept her answer—which is "yes."

Episode 20: Mind Your Own Business 1974-02-02 At Jerry's urging, Bob hires a business manager to handle his money. He ends up living on a meager allowance that affords him only such luxuries as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch.

Episode 13: My Wife Belongs to Daddy 1973-12-08 Emily's parents pay a surprise visit that makes Bob terribly uncomfortable. Emily's father is gregarious, well-traveled, a war hero, an outdoors man—in short, everything that Bob isn't.

Episode 21: A Love Story 1974-02-09 Howard falls head over heels in love with Bob's sister Ellen. Under most circumstances, Bob would find this perfectly acceptable—except that Ellen is getting married to someone else.

Episode 12: Blues for Mr. Borden 1973-12-01 | 30 min Howard's son, Howie is visiting. Howard tells Bob he and his ex-wife, Lois, are getting along really well lately, and he thinks she wants to get together again, but Howard's upset to find out she's getting married, and wants Howard's approval.

Episode 22: By the Way... You're Fired 1974-02-16 When Carol's new love interest interferes with her work, Jerry Robinson doesn't seemed too concerned. But when it disrupts his love life, he decides to fire her.

Episode 11: Fit, Fat, and Forty-One 1973-11-24 Determined to lose eight pounds from around his middle, Bob goes on a strict diet. With Jerry's help, he joins a weight-reducing class that seems to be populated mostly by women.

Episode 23: Confessions of An Orthodontist 1974-02-23 While filling in for a fellow psychologist, Bob is surprised to find that his first patient is Jerry Robinson, who is reluctant to reveal his problem. A little prodding produces the startling admission that Jerry is in love with Emily.