First two seasons of Newhart apprecation thread

[horsemen4ever]

Antena TV is airing Newhart and right now airing the first seasons, and you know it is pretty good. I thought the first two seasons of Newhart the Barry Kemp seasons is under rated. Don't get me wrong it is not the Bob Newhart show, it has its own charm to it.

And I might be in the minority I think Larry, Darryl, and Darryl work better in small doses. When you make them regular characters there is only so much you can do with them. Just like Bob Hartley's patients.

Your opnions, is the Barry Kemp Newhart seasons good or not.

[Baby, it’s Jes outside]

LD&D were better as recurring characters. No argument there. That said, imo any Newhart is funny.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

The first season felt more like a 70s sitcom with the dramatic scene like when Jennifer tells her fiancé she's leaving him. Kirk also felt like a holdover character type with his lying. The episode where he just kept lying to Dick for no reason was too much.

It's better than the last season I think. Some characters stopped appearing like JJ from the station and Officer Shifflet and replaced with crappy ones like Mr. Rusnak . *shudders*

[horsemen4ever]

Well if you compare Kirk to Peter Scolari's character, Peter's character was more likable even though he is a wessel in his own way, but that likable, Kirk is more of a duchbag and more unlikable, that is what I liked about him, he was this series Elliot Carlin. As someone who grew up on Seinfeld, likability is so over rated. I say that but I liked Stephanie in season 2 better than the rest of the series. I don't know why they changed her character so much. I think they had it right in season 2 with her character, why they want to make her a bitch is beyond me.

[CMWaters]

Just remember though, all the changes in the series make sense thanks to the finale.

I mean, what dreams do you have that stay the same throughout?