The Bob Newhart Show
Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital
Season 4, Episode 15 · Aired 1975-12-20
Synopsis
While everyone else is making plans for Christmas, Bob learns he needs to be hospitalized right away to have his tonsils removed. Not only is he embarrassed by having the operation at his age but his nurse was once his patient as well.
In the series
This episode is part of The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1978) on CBS.
Hi, Bob — deadpan psychology with the perfect group-therapy Greek chorus.
Key cast
- Bob Newhart as Dr. Bob Hartley
- Suzanne Pleshette as Emily Hartley
- Bill Daily as Howard Borden
- Peter Bonerz as Jerry Robinson
- Marcia Wallace as Carol Kester