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
Stars:
-
Episode 1 - Town Without Pity
Release Date: 1988-10-24Dick becomes the focus of the town's ire after a prisoner breaks out of jail using one of Dick's how-to manuals.
-
Episode 2 - Apples, Apples, Apples
Release Date: 1988-10-31Michael revs up the stale Ye Olde Apple Days festival, leaving George and his traditional activites in the cold..until George organizes a rival festival. Larry and his brothers stage a walk-a-thon when swampland is endangered.
-
Episode 3 - This Blood's For You
Release Date: 1988-11-14Stephanie is horrified to discover that a blood transfusion following an emergency appendectomy came from Darryl.
-
Episode 4 - I Married Dick
Release Date: 1988-11-21Dick and Joanna visit a therapist after Joanna becomes concerned that their marriage is stagnating. Stephanie is worried after discovering that Michael had large ears as a child.
-
Episode 5 - Goonstruck
Release Date: 1988-12-12Stephanie is attracted to the virile young stomemason working at the Inn.
-
Episode 6 - I Came, I Saw, I Sat
Release Date: 1988-12-19Dick's father visits the inn and, to Dick's consternation, resists all Dick's efforts to entertain him.
-
Episode 7 - Twelve Annoyed Men...and Women
Release Date: 1989-01-09Dick's patience is tried when he's elected foreman of a jury of the townspeople, who as always use their peculiar intellect to irk Dick.
-
Episode 8 - Home for the Hollidays
Release Date: 1989-01-16Joanna lands a job selling real estate. Her first sale hits a snag when her low-class clients, the Hollidays, stay at the inn while looking for a home.
-
Episode 9 - Shoe Business Is My Life
Release Date: 1989-01-23Michael goes job hunting after he's axed by WPIV.
-
Episode 10 - George and the Old Maid
Release Date: 1989-02-06The Inn's old maid, Madelyn Stone, returns after a 25 year absence to answer George's marriage proposal. Stephanie competes with Madelyn.
-
Episode 11 - Hi, Society
Release Date: 1989-02-13Dick fills in for Michael and takes Stephanie to a high society charity ball. Dick is the life of the party after Stephanie tells everyone that Dick owns a large hotel chain.
-
Episode 12 - Cupcake on My Back
Release Date: 1989-02-20Michael goes into debt after spending lavishly on Annual Cupcake Day.
-
Episode 13 - Another Saturday Night
Release Date: 1989-02-27Michael & Joanna endure a torturous evening at Larry, Darryl & Darryl's house. Dick gives a commencement speech at an exclusive school.
-
Episode 14 - The Nice Man Cometh
Release Date: 1989-03-13Dick is picked to be the sidekick for a new late night talk show hosted by an abrasive man who has it in for Dick.
-
Episode 15 - One and a Half Million Dollar Man
Release Date: 1989-03-20Wealthy socialite Scooter Drake drops by Vermont looking to purchase an inn. While Joanna shows Scooter around, Michael begins a new career as a mime.
-
Episode 16 - The Little Match Girl
Release Date: 1989-03-27While visiting Michael in a sanitarium (he's vacationing), Dick runs into illustrator Corinne Denby and invites her to collaborate with him on his next book...despite her habit of burning things.
-
Episode 17 - Buy, Buy Blues
Release Date: 1989-04-10Stephanie goes on a shopping spree while she tries to forget Michael. Meanwhile Dr. Kaiser realizes she has developed an attraction for Michael (who's been released from the sanitarium).
-
Episode 18 - Message from Michael
Release Date: 1989-04-24Michael becomes a last minute guest on Vermont Today and emerges a town favorite. The dimwitted locals hang on his every word.
-
Episode 19 - Homes and Jo-Jo
Release Date: 1989-05-01Joanna gets her own realty television show providing a great lead-in for Vermont Today. Dick loves the big ratings but can't stand Joanna's amorous co-host. Meanwhile, one of the Darryls' receives a manservant as a present.
-
Episode 20 - Georgie & Bess
Release Date: 1989-05-08George's Aunt Bess visits, shattering several of his childhood beliefs when he finds she wasn't the sweet lady he remembers. Dick and one of the Darryls play chess.
-
Episode 21 - Murder at the Stratley
Release Date: 1989-05-15The townspeople accuse Dick or murdering Joanna after her ""disappearance"" strangely fits the scenario of his first murder-mystery novel, ""Murder at the Stratley"".
-
Episode 22 - Malling in Love Again
Release Date: 1989-05-22Michael and Stephanie conduct personal interviews at the mall and realize that they're perfect together after all.