Newhart (1982)
Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.
- Barry Kemp
- Mark Egan
- Mark Solomon
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Episode 1 - Pirate Pete
Release Date: 1985-09-30Dick fills in on a kiddie TV program for its ailing host, Pirate Pete. Dick is appalled at Pete's commercialism and inadvertantly gets the programs cancelled. Dick tries his hardest to get Pete reinstated. Meanwhile, George plays a practical joke on Stephanie, adjusting her scale up two pounds.
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Episode 2 - The Way We Ought to Be
Release Date: 1985-10-07Michael and Steph break up when Michael realizes he's tired of Stephanie's demanding ways. Dick has difficulties with the WPIV staff when they're slow to direct his show.
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Episode 3 - Summa Cum Larry
Release Date: 1985-10-21Dick covers for Larry when he enrolls in night school and doesn't want the Darryls to know he's improving himself. Joanna obsesses when a travel guide lowers the inn's rating.
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Episode 4 - Oh, That Morocco
Release Date: 1985-10-28A lonely Joanna becomes best friends with Stephanie who insists on a group vacation to lovely Morocco.
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Episode 5 - Candidate Larry
Release Date: 1985-11-04Larry runs for Mayor.
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Episode 6 - Locks, Stocks, and Noodlehead
Release Date: 1985-11-11Stephanie's father visits the inn with the news that he's left his wife. The town celebrates Colonial Days, an authentic recreation of colonial times.
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Episode 7 - The Geezers in the Band
Release Date: 1985-11-25When Dick's old college jazz band reunites at the inn, he finds that expectations often excede reality.
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Episode 8 - The Shape of Things
Release Date: 1985-12-02Stephanie and Joanna open an aerobics club. Problems present themselves when Stephanie appoints herself as the manager and relegates Joanna to custodial duties.
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Episode 9 - Write to Privacy
Release Date: 1985-12-16Joanna and Steph are furious with Michael after they peek at his diary and find out what he really thinks of them.
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Episode 10 - Still the Beavers
Release Date: 1985-12-23Dick convinces George to quit the Beaver Lodge after the Beavers cheat George out of a prize rightfully his. George starts up a rival lodge to get back at the Beavers.
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Episode 11 - Much Ado About Mitch
Release Date: 1986-01-06George joins a Big Brother program and is dismayed when his young protege Mitch is awestruck by Dick's fast paced lifestyle. Michael and Stephanie use a Oujia board.
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Episode 12 - Look Ma, No Talent
Release Date: 1986-01-13Michael begins shirking his duties and risks his job when he tries to find a talent to impress his mother.
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Episode 13 - Larry's Dead, Long Live Larry
Release Date: 1986-01-20Larry dedicates his life to Dick when he believes Dick brought him back from the dead.
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Episode 14 - Stephanie Nightingale
Release Date: 1986-01-27Stephanie must care for the hotel staff and guests when a measels epidemic sweeps the inn.
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Episode 15 - The Stratford Horror Picture Show
Release Date: 1986-02-03The Loudons are spooked when the ghost of Sarah Newton (episode #2) returns to haunt the inn.
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Episode 16 - I Do, Okay
Release Date: 1986-02-10Joanna and a decidedly unenthusiastic Dick decide to renew their wedding vows to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
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Episode 17 - The Snowmen Cometh
Release Date: 1986-02-17The town panics when it appears the annual Snow Carnival will be cancelled due to a lack of snow. Larry, Darryl & Darryl request $2,000 to make it snow.
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Episode 18 - Will the Real Dick Loudon Please Shut Up?
Release Date: 1986-02-24Dick is thrilled when a production company expresses interest in making 'How to be a Plumber' into a video. His elation quickly dissipates when the producers decide to recast 'Dick Loudon' because of Dick's shifty eyes and stammer.
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Episode 19 - He Ain't Human, He's My Cousin
Release Date: 1986-03-03George meets his only living relative, Cousin Eugene.
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Episode 20 - Dwight Schmidlapp Is Not a Quitter
Release Date: 1986-03-10On a lark, Dick submits his newest book to his publisher under the pseudonym he used when he first started writing, Dwight Schmidlapp, only to find it rejected. Dick sinks into a funk when he realizes he's 'coasting' in his writing career.
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Episode 21 - Torn Between Three Brothers
Release Date: 1986-03-17A jilted fiancee staying at the inn gets a job at the Minuteman cafe. She unwittingly encourages the affections of both Darryls but rejects them for the more vocal Larry. George organizes a citywide campaign when Michael pulls Barnaby Jones off the air in favor of The Secret Lives of Platinum Gold Dancers.
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Episode 22 - Baby, I'm Your Handyman
Release Date: 1986-04-07George worries that a new girlfriend, actress Loretta Dupris is only dating him to make use of his handyman skills. TV Producer J.J. buys a Victorian mansion and plans to bulldoze it to erect a space needle.
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Episode 23 - Replaceable You
Release Date: 1986-04-14Secretary Alma amazes Dick, which she fills in as producer.
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Episode 24 - Pre-Nups
Release Date: 1986-05-12The Loudons, George, Steph and Michael are invited to Vanderkellen mansion for Arthur's birthday. Art insists Michael sign a pre-nuptial agreement that he refuses to do. Stephanie fears Michael's only dating her for her money. Dick worries when he breaks a music box given to Arthur by Winston Churchill.