Bob Newhart - Button Down Concert
(Click here)
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Bob NewhartBrand: NEWHART,BOB
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); 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: Good Clean Laughs
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember these routines from when Bob first wrote and performed them. When I found this DVD was available I ordered it without hesitation. The routines have stood the test of time and are just as funny now as when Bob first delivered them.
My favorite is the routine where Bob imagines what it would have been like for the security guard working his first night of duty at the Empire State Building when King Kong happened to climb the outside.
Bob Newhart has perfect timing and delivery. This DVD is proof that humor can be funny without being offensive. Thanks, Bob, for bringing back the laughs.
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)!
For those who only remember Bob Newhart from his classic TV sitcom of the '70s, The Button-Down Concert may come as a pleasant revelation. Older fans will of course recall that Newhart's stellar career began in stand-up comedy, and by the time his phenomenally popular LP The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart was released in 1960, the comedian called "The Dean of Deadpan" in The New York Times was playing to standing-room-only crowds at Vegas casinos and nightclubs across the country, offering a clean alternative to the "sick" humor of Lenny Bruce. Recorded in 1995 and originally broadcast on Showtime as Bob Newhart: Off the Record, this revival concert of Newhart's classic '60s routines is equal parts nostalgia trip and welcomed opportunity to appreciate the enduring quality of Newhart's most beloved "Button-Down" routines. Essentially a greatest-hits performance, the hour-long concert (from the historic Raymond Theater in Pasadena, California) runs the gamut from "Unemployment Office" and "The School for Rude Bus Drivers" to "Sir Walter Raleigh Explains Tobacco" and "The Tipsy Accountant's Retirement Party." In nearly every routine, Newhart masters his trademark style, delivering each sketch as a one-sided telephone call (as in "King Kong and the New Security Guard" and the classic "Abe Lincoln's P.R. Man") or as an officious drone or beleaguered everyman addressing a captive audience (as in "The Airplane Captain Speaks to his Passengers"), and in each case, Newhart's inimitable line deliveries and befuddled stutter render each line hilarious, even when the humor shows signs of its Rat Pack-era vintage. It's obvious that Newhart relished this opportunity to perform these time-honored sketches to a new and (mostly) younger audience, and his performance goes off without a hitch. In the "Buttoned Down" bonus featurette, Newhart places his early career in context, and describes how he learned to hone each routine to each individual audience, and for anyone interested in building a definitive collection of stand-up classics, this DVD is nothing less than essential. --Jeff Shannon
Comedy DVD Video
DVD Video
- Action & Adventure
- African American Cinema
- Animation
- Anime & Manga
- Art House & International
- Classics
- Comedy
- Cult Movies
- Documentary
- Drama
- Educational
- Fitness & Yoga
- Gay & Lesbian
- Horror
- Kids & Family
- Military & War
- Music Video & Concerts
- Musicals & Performing Arts
- Mystery & Suspense
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Special Interests
- Sports
- Television
- Westerns
Movies most talked about in The Stars Who Make Me Laugh The Most
The Best of Jay LenoDVD
![Sometimes You Just Gotta Laugh [VHS] Image](/images/Sometimes-You-Just-Gotta-Laugh-VHS-6304193033-X.jpg){kind=small}
Sometimes You Just Gotta Laugh [VHS]Multimedia Entertainment; Release date: 1996-09-24; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $4.98
Price in other shops:
What About Bob?Disney; Release date: 2000-07-11; DVD
Best price: $4.87
Price in other shops:
The Marx Brothers Collection (A Night at The Opera/ A Day at The Races/ A Night in Casablanca/ Room Service/ At the Circus/ Go West/ The Big Store)WARNER HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2004-05-04; DVD
Best price: $27.95
Price in other shops:
An Award Winning Film by Bob & RayRelease date: 2008-07-21; DVD
Best price: $29.95
The Best of Abbott & Costello, Vol. 2 (Hit the Ice / In Society / Here Come the Co-Eds / The Naughty Nineties / Little Giant / The Time of Their Lives / Buck Privates Come Home / The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap)Universal Studios; Release date: 2004-05-04; DVD
Best price: $14.84
Price in other shops:
The Woody Allen Collection, Set 1 (Annie Hall/ Manhattan/ Sleeper/ Bananas/ Interiors/ Stardust Memories/ Love and Death/ Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask)Release date: 2000-07-05; DVD
Best price: $49.49
Price in other shops:
Mark Twain TonightHOLBROOK,HAL; Release date: 1999-11-30; DVD
Best price: $16.49
Price in other shops:
Classic Carson Moments Vol. 4Carson Productions Group; Published: 2001; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $3.38
![Six of a Kind [VHS] Image](/images/Six-of-a-Kind-VHS-6304197314-X.jpg){kind=small}
Six of a Kind [VHS]Universal Studios; Release date: 1996-10-15; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $13.84
Price in other shops:
Similar DVD Movies
Tim Conway: Timeless ComedyMPI HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2007-01-30; DVD
Best price: $8.67
Price in other shops:
Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart/ The Windmills Are WeakeningRelease date: 2009-09-22; Music CD
Best price: $9.02
Price in other shops:
Bob Newhart - This Is It!Release date: 2009-09-22; Music CD
Best price: $8.54
Price in other shops:
The Bob Newhart Show - Seasons 1 -4Release date: 2008-03-25; DVD
Best price: $73.98
Price in other shops:
Bill Cosby, HimselfCOSBY,BILL; Release date: 2004-08-10; DVD
Best price: $7.45
Price in other shops:
Bob Newhart - Best of Bob NewhartRelease date: 1998-02-10; Music CD
Best price: $8.19
Price in other shops:
Bob Newhart - Behind the Button-Down Mind of Bob NewhartRelease date: 2008-05-20; Music CD
Best price: $3.44
Price in other shops:
Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind Strikes BackWarner Brothers; Release date: 1998-04-28; Music CD
Best price: $7.50
Price in other shops:
Bob Newhart - Button-Down Mind of Bob NewhartRelease date: 2009-12-08; Music CD
Best price: $5.98
Bob Newhart - Something Like This... The Bob Newhart AnthologyNEWHART,BOB; Release date: 2001-03-20; Music CD
Best price: $12.39
Price in other shops: