The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series)

Big Brother Is Watching (1974)

Bob Newhart: Dr. Robert 'Bob' Hartley

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• Dr. Robert 'Bob' Hartley : [Bob's changed his mind - at the last minute - about his sister, Ellen, moving in with Howard, next door. He's so frustrated, he can't even speak. So, he asks Emily to speak for him]  'Em-Emily, will-will you please tell her what I'm... what I'm trying to say?

  Emily Hartley : [Emily, who's been sitting quietly on the couch, stands up, and faces Ellen]  Well, you see, what -I-I think Bob

  [Emily looks towards Bob,as if she's seeing if he's agreeing with what she's saying] 

  Emily Hartley : is trying to say, is that he's

  [Emily turns back towards Ellen and Howard] 

  Emily Hartley : concerned, because you and Howard were -

  [Emily pauses, and re-starts, again] 

  Emily Hartley : Well, you know, I-I-I th-think it's the distance, with...

  [Emily looks like she's totally confused, and stops talking, and turns to Bob] 

  Emily Hartley : Bob, I haven't the slightest idea what you're trying to say.