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The Bob Newhart Show S4E1 — The Longest Good-Bye
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The Bob Newhart Show•Season 4•Episode 1

The Longest Good-Bye

7.7/10 · 124 votesSep 13, 1975

Ranked #5 of 24 in Season 4•+0.4 vs season avg

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Bob's old school friend Murdock is in town for a day to sell a complex giveaway item to a Chicago cereal company. Bob invites him to stay overnight at his home. The brief encounter stretches out to a week when Murdock can't make his business

Directed byJames Burrows
Written byJay Tarses, Tom Patchett
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The Longest Good-Bye

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Here's Looking at You, Kid

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E3 7.9

Death of a Fruitman

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E4 7.4

Change is Gonna Do Me Good

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The Heavyweights

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Carol's Wedding

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E7 7.1

Shrinks Across the Sea

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What's It All About, Albert?

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E9 7.9

Who is Mr. X?

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Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

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E11 8.9

Over the River and Through the Woods

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E12 7.3

Fathers and Sons and Mothers

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E13 7.2

The Article

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E14 7.1

A Matter of Vice-Principal

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E15 8.0

Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital

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E16 7.0

No Sale

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E17 6.8

Carol at 6:01

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E18 7.2

Warden Gordon Borden

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E19 6.7

My Boy Guillermo

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E20 6.8

Duke of Dunk

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E21 6.9

Guaranteed Not to Shrink

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E22 7.3

Birth of a Salesman

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E23 7.2

The Boy Next Door

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E24 7.3

Peeper Two

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Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart

Robert Hartley

Suzanne Pleshette

Suzanne Pleshette

Emily Hartley

Bill Daily

Bill Daily

Howard Borden

Marcia Wallace

Marcia Wallace

Carol Kester

Peter Bonerz

Peter Bonerz

Jerry Robinson

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Jay Tarses

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James Burrows

James Burrows

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Tom Patchett

Tom Patchett

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Episode Summary

"The Longest Good-Bye" is episode 1 of The Bob Newhart Show season 4. It scored 7.7/10 from 124 votes, ranking #5 of 24 episodes this season (season average 7.3). Directed by James Burrows and written by Jay Tarses, Tom Patchett, it aired on September 13, 1975.

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