Thursday, January 17, 2019

Review: Hi Bob!

Hi Bob! Hi Bob! by Bob Newhart
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is an Audible book that I enjoyed listening to on a recent trip. Bob Newhart interviews several standup comedians that he is friends with. The notables include Judd Apatow, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Conan O'Brien, and Sarah Silverman. They all tell stories of how they have met, how they got into the business, and they wax nostalgic on some of the projects they've worked on together. There's a great chapter on Don Rickles, who was Newhart's best friend.

It's a very entertaining book to listen to and nice to hear these people as themselves and not as the characters they portray or in "entertainment" mode. I also liked that they played clips of shows that they were talking about. These are shows like The Tonight Show that Newhart guest hosted many times, as well as his own show, The Bob Newhart Show, that Lisa Kudrow was a guest on. Great book to pass the time on while driving.

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