"I don't like country music. I don't mean to denigrate people who do,

[ohiosmith]

I just don't like it. And for those who do like country music, denigrate means 'put down'."

Bob Newhart born today in 1929

[RebelOne]

1. The only country music singer I ever liked was Johnny Cash. n/t

[CBGLuthier]

2. Kris Kristofferson was a Rhodes Scholar and helicopter pilot

I love Newhart but did want to point that out.

Oh and for non-country fans, Kris Kristofferson is a songwriter and kind of singer when he isn't busy killing vampires.

[reyd reid reed]

3. I'm not too crazy about it myself

But I hear a LOT of it. I can usually tune it out pretty well except when someone puts it on in my car...AND DOESN'T CHANGE IT BACK.

There's nothing, and I mean NOTHING, more disconcerting than turning on the radio, expecting Queen or something...and hearing Shania Twain. Or whoever...

:hide:

[MrCoffee]

4. Man, Bob Newhart just isn't funny.

[reyd reid reed]

5. Sure he is

He doesn't even have to speak, he's just got that 'look'...that hopeless, helpless look.

[MrCoffee]

6. he tap dances on my very last nerve.

he bugs me.

[reyd reid reed]

7. Awwwwwww

It'll be okay, really it will. We'll get you through this. The good news is he's not on anything regularly so you've got time...

:hug:

[MissMillie]

13. the quintessential "straight-man"

and no, I don't mean his sexual orientation, but you know that.

[bridgit]

8. i like country music just fine, it's country & western i have issue with..

[Bake]

25. I like BOTH kinds of music: country AND western!

BAke

[bridgit]

27. there'ya go...

:rofl:

[Debi]

9. ROFL

Thank you :thumbsup:

[Critters2]

10. I actually listen to it a lot

It freaks out everyone who knows me. I can sing along with all the songs, and I always have it on in my car. I don't like the songs with real sappy patriotic lyrics, and there are WAAAAY too many of those. But a lot of it has clear ties to rock-a-billy and southern blues--hell, a lot of it IS rockabilly or blues. I think it doesn't get the respect it deserves.

The other thing I notice is how many of the songs are about being well, nobody and nothing. Lyrics like "Let's get drunk and be somebody" or others that talk about working hard and getting no real recognition. I often think, if the Democrats would speak to this sense of disaffection and abandonment by the culture, we could turn the South blue again.

But, instead, we post about how we don't like the music, and assume that people who listen to it don't know what "denigrate" means.

What the hell, it's not like these people get to vote or anything. :eyes:

Critters
with a whole Master's degree and fluency in English and everything

[dolo amber]

11. I LOVE Bob Newhart

:loveya:

A friend in high school signed my yearbook thusly:

"To the girl who's watched FAR too much Bob Newhart and David Letterman." I considered that a super compliment. :D

[Bridget Burke]

12. Ah, the Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart....

With a background in accounting & advertising, his persona was nervous & slightly neurotic--with an occasional surreal touch. I remember liked his standup routine a lot, although I didn't follow his TV shows religiously. )But the last episode of "Newhart" was worth catching.)

Thanks to TV variety shows & the radio, we were exposed to lots of standup in my childhood. The Borscht Belt vets taught us a bit of Yiddish--even down in Texas. Nichols & May were more intellectual. Perhaps Jonathan Winters was my fave.

I love (good) country music but won't hold that remark against him. Read more here: www.bobnewhart.com/index.cfm

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. Wow, lots of people thinking this thread is about country music.

Happy birthday Bob!!

I loved his eulogy at Krusty's funeral.

[idgiehkt]

15. I make a motion that we face reality.

know whut I mean?

[Rabrrrrrr]

16. That most people are too goddamned dumb for their own good?

:rofl:

[ComerPerro]

19. even though I didn't really know Krusty, and started in comedy before him

I guess, in a way, you could say we all learned from him

[bridgit]

26. maybe more like Johnny Carson asking Jim Stafford if the people...

in his sleepy little town got TV, "Oh yeah, they get it...they just don't understand it..." :rofl:

oh, and Happy B-Day, Bob :party:

I remember when Mary Lou said
"You wanna walk me home from school"
And I said, "Yes, I do"
She said, "I don't have to go right home
And I'm the kind that likes to be alone
As long as you would"
I said, "Me, too"

And so we took a stroll
Wound up down by the swimmin' hole
And she said, "Do what you want to do"
I got silly and I found a frog
In the water by a hollow log
And I shook it at her
And I said "This frog's for you"

She said, "I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I want to be loved by you"

Well, I think of that girl from time to time
I call her up when I got a dime
I say, "Hello, baby"
She says, "Ain't you cool"
I say, "Do you remember when
"And would you like to get together again"
She says, "I'll see you after school"

I was shy and so for a while
Most of my love was touch and smile
Til she said, "Come on over here"
I was nervous as you might guess
Still looking for somethin' to slip down her dress
And she said, "Let's make it perfectly clear"

She said, "I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
You fool, you fool
I don't like spiders and snakes
And that ain't what it takes to love me
Like I want to be loved by you"

maybe, ya'think ~ :-)

[Jokerman]

17. The subtle humor of Bob.

Some people still don't get it.

[mvd]

18. I like heartfelt country

Not the blatantly corporate or jingoistic stuff. Dixie Chicks, Lee Ann Womack, Alan Jackson, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Sugarland, Patty Loveless, Vince Gill, George Strait, etc are making good country. And I enjoy much of the traditional stuff. Wouldn't call country my absolute favorite genre, though.

[Haole Girl]

20. Please don't broad-brush a group of DUers.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

21. ROFLMAO.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Thank you for the laugh.

[ComerPerro]

22. pretty good sketch with Bob in it, youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzhj_t3oL7k

[retread]

23. That's because: "It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night

That Chew Your Ass Out All Day Long..."

[blondeatlast]

24. Hoist one for me, Bob! Still funny after all these years.

:toast: :bounce:

[Deja Q]

28. LOL! No doubt he'd change the line, and say in a wittier way

"Country music induces suicide, beastiality, and polygamy - not always in that order."

[LanternWaste]

29. He was great in concert

I saw BN in concert in 2002(?) at the Bass Perfomance Hall in Fort Worth. And yes, he did a few of the mandatory phone conversation routines. :)

Guys like him are a really good reminder that comedy doen't neccesarily have to have a "fuck" every third word or a "fuck" joke every three minutes.

Would be nice if hte next generation of comedians tried that... but I ain't holding my breath.