Episode
The Bob Newhart Show: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Overview
Howard insists on joining Bob and Emily's anniversary dinner at a fashionable Chicago restaurant in order to enlist their aid in popping the question to Ellen. But he chokes up in the clutch, and Bob is forced to do the proposing for him.
Details
- Series
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1975-09-20
Episode context
Here's Looking at You, Kid is Episode 2 in Season 4 of The Bob Newhart Show. It aired on 1975-09-20.
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Episode 1: The Longest Good-Bye
Bob's old school friend Murdock is in town for a day to sell a complex giveaway item to a Chicago cereal company. Bob invites him to stay overnight at his home. The brief encounter stretches out to a week when Murdock can't make his business connections. He gradually takes over Bob's car, clothing, and most of his home life.
Episode 3: Death of a Fruitman
Bob's patients observe tradition by planning a surprise party to honor the fourth year of the group's therapy sessions. When an unseen member, a Mr. Gianelli, threatens to turn the party into a disaster, Bob kicks him out of the group. His decision meets with instant group approval until Mr. Gianelli dies under a ton of zucchini.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: Change is Gonna Do Me Good
Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities.
Episode 5: The Heavyweights
Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her "heavy" experiences with the "overweight workshop."
Episode 6: Carol's Wedding
A blind-date-initiated, 12-hour romance culminates in Carol Kester's civil marriage to a handsome travel agent.
Episode 7: Shrinks Across the Sea
Bob and Emily suffer international complications when they host a French psychologist in their home as part of a medical exchange program.
Episode 8: What's It All About, Albert?
Bob is depressed by his seeming lack of success as a psychologist. He seeks help from his old college professor, who manages to heighten his despair by informing him that psychology is all nonsense.
Episode 9: Who is Mr. X?
Bob accepts a seemingly innocent invitation to appear as the guest on a TV discussion program. He winds up in the jaws of a dilemma when the show host turns out to have the disposition of a shark.
Episode 10: Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Bob moves up in the world from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist.
Episode 11: Over the River and Through the Woods
It's a stag Thanksgiving for Bob when Emily flies off to join a family reunion, leaving Bob to share the holiday with his male buddies.
Episode 12: Fathers and Sons and Mothers
Bob suffers family problems when his mother becomes a houseguest and an elderly patient involves him in a parent-child vendetta.
Episode 13: The Article
When she's given an assignment to see what makes a bunch of doctors tick, inquiring news reporter Ellen Hartley gives Bob and his medical cohorts the tell-it-like-it-is treatment.