Bob Newhart - Button Down Concert
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Actor: Bob NewhartBrand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); English (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 62 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Bob Newhart - Button Down Concert
Movie Review: A hilarious 1995 comedy special makes its DVD debut
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great time for Bob Newhart fans. His TV series has been appearing regular on DVD and now we get this outstanding comedy special. All too quietly Bob Newhart became one of the funniest comedians to transition from stand up to TV and film. Newhart first became a fixture in the public mind with his TV appearances and record albums. This special named after his first record "The Button Down Mind" (which became a startling #1 hit on the record charts) captures Newhart in perfect form revisiting the past in a live venue, touching on previous performances by echoing those routines and moving forward to the 1995 (when this show was recorded) in a funny concert recorded at the Raymond Theater in Pasadena, California for Showtime.
In many respects this is almost like a concert by a band that's been around for a long time--Newhart uses some of his old routines which still sound surprisingly fresh over 40 years later--and integrates them seamlessly into his more contemporary take on the fragile and often funny human existence. Bob's an affable but often perplexed every man and as such his routines such as his hilarious routine about The Driving Instructor bounce around with the comic energy of the absurd that's right around the corner (or in this case the driveway) from all of us. Newhart takes this to even more absurd (and oddly enough contemporary again because of Peter Jackson's film "King Kong") situations when the night watchman for the Empire State Building calls his boss to figure out how to get Kong off the building without breaking any windows. I had heard many of these routines over the years courtesy of my parents (along with unusual items such as Olivier's "Hamlet" played on their treasured 78 long players at parties...yes "Hamlet" played at parties. Hey, if you have enough to drink Olivier can be VERY funny at least according to my parent's friends) but the delivery and the characters that Newhart inhabits continue to keep them fresh and funny all these years later.
A big bonus here is a 20 minute interview with Newhart where he speaks candidly about his beginning in stand up and how he came up with some of his more famous routines. We also get a photo gallery featuring Newhart from childhood to adulthood which is kind of cool as well to see this icon of comedy over time.
Some routines are timeless. Newhart's routines because they touch on the absurdity of every day life that we might encounter have that quality. This is a terrific concert for fans of Newhart and fans of concert performances. It doesn't matter how old you are these are still funny routines with resonance that the average person can relate to. Newhart takes the ordinary, injects an absurd element into and imagines how that person would handle the situation much like we might except, of course, most of us couldn't make it as funny as Newhart with his pristine, hesitant delivery.
Summary of Bob Newhart - Button Down Concert
The New York Times calls him "the Dean of Deadpan." The Los Angeles Times calls him "a genius." You'll just call him hilarious when you catch your breath...Bob Newhart's return to the stand-up stage is a deliriously funny ride!Newhart whose unprecedented three successful TV series and guest roles in Elf "E.R." and "Desperate Housewives" have endeared him to millions delivers a winning performance in a rare televised special that recalls his days as a comedy-circuit cut-up. Tackling everything from crazy bus drivers and mad inventors to cheap airlines and King Kong the Golden Globe-winning* Newhart takes the ordinary and makes it extraordinarily funny. It's no wonder he's "still a very hot ticket" (Parade)!System Requirements:Running Time: 62 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 024543234586 Manufacturer No: 2233458Similar DVD Movies
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