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The Bob Newhart Show•Season 5•Episode 9

The Slammer

7.4/10 · 106 votesNov 20, 1976

Ranked #11 of 24 in Season 5•+0.1 vs season avg

Bob and his friend The Peeper take a trip down Memory Lane and wind up in the slammer.

Directed byMichael Zinberg

Written byGordon Farr, Lynne Farr

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Season 5 Episodes24

Enter Mrs. Peeper

Caged Fury

Some of My Best Friends Are...

Still Crazy After All These Years

The Great Rent Strike

Et, Tu, Carol?

Send This Boy to Camp

A Crime Most Foul

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The Ironwood Experience

Of Mice and Men

Halls of Hartley

The Heartbreak Kidd

Death Be My Destiny

Taxation Without Celebration

Desperate Sessions

The Mentor

Shrinking Violence

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Cast5

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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Michael Zinberg

Michael Zinberg

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Gordon Farr

Writer

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Lynne Farr

Writer

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Episode Summary

"The Slammer" is episode 9 of The Bob Newhart Show season 5. It scored 7.4/10 from 106 votes, ranking #11 of 24 episodes this season (season average 7.3). Directed by Michael Zinberg and written by Gordon Farr, Lynne Farr, it aired on November 20, 1976.

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