Newhart
Still the Beavers
TV Flash files “Still the Beavers” as hour 76 of 184 in the TV Flash guide — Newhart (1982–1990) on CBS, season 4, episode 10, aired 1985-12-23, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E10: listed hour 76 of 184 in the Newhart guide, hour 10 of 24 in season 4. It aired 1985-12-23 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Write to Privacy” (S04E09). Next is “Much Ado About Mitch” (S04E11).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Still the Beavers sit in the Newhart guide?
S04E10 is listed hour 76 of 184 — hour 10 of 24 in season 4, season 4 episode 10.
When did Newhart S04E10 air?
Still the Beavers aired 1985-12-23 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
Bob Newhart’s Dr. Bob Hartley made The Bob Newhart Show a buttoned-up climate — 1970s catalog MTM quiet, phone-bit timing, lunatics around a psychologist. Newhart later moved the stammer to a Vermont inn and stole the finale. TV Flash…
- 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…