Bob Newhart - Button Down Concert | 
 enlarge | Actor: Bob Newhart
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
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Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 62
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2233458
UPC: 024543234586
EAN: 0024543234586
ASIN: B000G6BLDI
Release Date: September 19, 2006
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Product Description
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: 2233458
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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
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 Good Clean Laughs April 6, 2008
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.
Clean comedy at its best March 24, 2008
I can't tell you how many times I've heard the driving teacher bit--and it still makes me laugh every time. Bob Newhart is wonderful.
 The Button Down mind January 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good video, except for the fact that most of us Newhart fans have heard his classic stand up themes(The Ape, Driving Instructor etc.)
The only thing different is that now its a video...
A Must for Newhart Fans December 12, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have LP's, CD's and Cassette tapes of every known Bob Newhart Stand Up (OK, Sit Down) routine. Collected them for years. Even sent a complete set to an Arab Sheik in Qatar. And just found out this DVD is available. If you like the original, before TV series, Newhart and you cannot catch one of his increasingly rare live shows, get this DVD. Classic Newhart, refined by age and experience. Buy a spare for a gift. Well worth the price!
Bob Newhart The King Of Dry Humor and Comedy October 17, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I think that the the Button Down Concert (DVD)is a Newhart Masterpiece.
No matter how often I watch it, I never get tired of the King of Dry's humor.
I would recommend this DVD for the ultimate in Stand up Comedy routines.
Newhart also has a wide selection of other DVD's and C.D.'s which I have purchased from Amazon.
Anyone who has a sense of humor would enjoy getting this DVD for a Birthday,or Christmas gift, as well as for your own personal video library.
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