The DVD set has a Bob Newhart commentary track on this episode, and it's worth listening to, though you won't hear much about the concept and filming of the episode.
For example, when mail man Eddie walks into the outer office set, Bob goes on for a good five minutes about the actor, Bill Quinn, who was his father in law.
At another point Bob tells a joke he often told to live studio audiences while doing his stand up before taping.
Bob reveals that Buddy Hackett set him up on a blind date with Ginny, the woman Bob married. And Ginny attended every taping of The Bob Newhart Show. (She's also responsible for the ending of Newhart, but that's another story.)
Then Bob goes on for five minutes or more naming the films he's been in and how he and Ginny took their kids to all the locations, trying to give them as normal a life as possible.
When the actor who plays Mr. Vickers, Lucian Scott, is on, Bob doesn't tell us about him but rather laughs along with every line as if seeing the episode for the first time.
At first I was annoyed that Bob wasn't talking about the episode except to riff on something that popped into his head when Bill Quinn entered the room (for example). But he was so entertaining that it didn't matter. Hope I didn't ruin it for you.
For example, when mail man Eddie walks into the outer office set, Bob goes on for a good five minutes about the actor, Bill Quinn, who was his father in law.
At another point Bob tells a joke he often told to live studio audiences while doing his stand up before taping.
Bob reveals that Buddy Hackett set him up on a blind date with Ginny, the woman Bob married. And Ginny attended every taping of The Bob Newhart Show. (She's also responsible for the ending of Newhart, but that's another story.)
Then Bob goes on for five minutes or more naming the films he's been in and how he and Ginny took their kids to all the locations, trying to give them as normal a life as possible.
When the actor who plays Mr. Vickers, Lucian Scott, is on, Bob doesn't tell us about him but rather laughs along with every line as if seeing the episode for the first time.
At first I was annoyed that Bob wasn't talking about the episode except to riff on something that popped into his head when Bill Quinn entered the room (for example). But he was so entertaining that it didn't matter. Hope I didn't ruin it for you.
