Newhart
Kirk Pops the Question
TV Flash files “Kirk Pops the Question” as a desk essential hour — Newhart (1982–1990) on CBS, season 2, episode 15, aired 1984-02-06, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E15: listed hour 37 of 184 in the Newhart guide, hour 15 of 22 in season 2. It aired 1984-02-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Book Beat” (S02E14). Next is “Best Friends” (S02E16).
Essential hour: “Kirk Pops the Question”. Kirk Pops the Question is refined small-town comedy: the Darryls still doing more with a greeting than most sitcoms do with a plot.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Kirk isn't sure if he should propose to Cindy, so he asks Dick and George for help.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Kirk Pops the Question sit in the Newhart guide?
S02E15 is listed hour 37 of 184 — hour 15 of 22 in season 2, season 2 episode 15.
When did Newhart S02E15 air?
Kirk Pops the Question aired 1984-02-06 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this the same as The Bob Newhart Show?
No. Different premise, different decade. The Vermont inn is the 1982–1990 series. The finale playfully links them — which is why you should not hear the ending first.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Newhart's second masterpiece of timing: a Vermont inn, Mary Frann, Tom Poston, and Hi, I'm Larry; this is my brother Darryl; this is my other brother Darryl. Small-town ensemble comedy at refined volume, distinct from the psychologist sitcom. Plus a finale you want spoiled only by watching it — still the gold-standard series-closer stunt.
So about the inn: the group chat will spoil the button if you let it. (I said spoiler-free. For this one I am actually trying.) CBS's Newhart (1982–1990) checks Bob Newhart into Vermont as Dick Loudon and finds the locals are the occupancy crisis. Mary Frann, Tom Poston, Julia Duffy, Peter Scolari, a parade of small-town eccentrics — including Hi, I'm Larry; this is my brother Darryl; this is my other brother Darryl. Distinct from the 1970s psychologist sitcom The Bob Newhart Show. This one is innkeeping as comic…
Filed against
- Bob Newhart as Dick Loudon
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- Mary Frann as Joanna Loudon
Mary Frann kept the inn civil as Joanna Loudon on Newhart — Bob’s second masterpiece of timing, a Vermont inn, Tom Poston, and Hi, I’m Larry; this is my brother Darryl; this is my other brother Darryl. Small-town ensemble at refined…
- Tom Poston as George Utley
Tom Poston’s panelist sweat helped To Tell the Truth mint “will the real blank please stand up” — impostor manners, celebrity guessing, a lie detector with a handshake — then innkept Newhart as Vermont ensemble comedy at refined volume,…
- Julia Duffy as Stephanie Vanderkellen
Julia Duffy’s Stephanie Vanderkellen made Newhart a spoiled weather system — Vermont inn, Mary Frann, Tom Poston, and Hi, I’m Larry; this is my brother Darryl; this is my other brother Darryl. Small-town ensemble comedy at refined volume,…
- Peter Scolari as Michael Harris
Peter Scolari played Michael Harris on Newhart, Bob Newhart’s 1980s second masterpiece of timing — a Vermont inn, Mary Frann, Tom Poston, and Hi, I’m Larry; this is my brother Darryl; this is my other brother Darryl. Small-town ensemble…