Remembering Bob Newhart: ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Cast Pays Tribute to Late Actor

'Newhart' cast reunion!

Bob Newhart was known for his deadpan delivery and a slight stammer that he incorporated early on into the persona around which he built a successful career. The hesitant stammer was his natural speaking style – “Truly, that’s ... the ... way I talk”– and he used it to build tension in the audience, “Tension is very important to comedy. And the release of the tension – that’s the laugh.” On his TV shows, although he got his share of funny lines, he worked often in the Jack Benny tradition of bei