Write an Unexpected Ending
On May 21, 1990, audiences tuned in to the series finale of the CBS show Newhart. They probably expected a standard final episode that wrapped up the 8-season run telling the story of Dick Louden, a Vermont innkeeper played by Bob Newhart, and the oddball cast of characters who populated the show. This was not Bob Newhart’s first foray into the world of sitcoms. He had previously starred in another successful series, The Bob Newhart Show, which rans for 6 seasons in the 1970s. In the second-to-last scene of the Newhart finale, Bob stands in the doorway of his inn and gets hit with a golf…
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