Episode
The Bob Newhart Show: The Boy Next Door
Overview
The Hartleys entertain Howard Borden's young son and hire a beauty queen as his babysitter.
Details
- Series
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 1976-02-21
Episode context
The Boy Next Door is Episode 23 in Season 4 of The Bob Newhart Show. It aired on 1976-02-21.
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Episode 20: Duke of Dunk
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Episode 19: My Boy Guillermo
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Episode 18: Warden Gordon Borden
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Episode 17: Carol at 6:01
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Episode 16: No Sale
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Episode 15: Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital
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Episode 14: A Matter of Vice-Principal
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Episode 13: The Article
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Episode 12: Fathers and Sons and Mothers
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