LOS ANGELES (NEXSTAR) — Bob Newhart, the deadpan accountant-turned-comedian who ... In one memorable skit, he portrayed a Madison Avenue image-maker trying to instruct Abraham Lincoln on how ...

American stand-up comedy legend Bob Newhart ... provided to the BBC on Thursday. Newhart became a stand-up comic after starting his career as an accountant in Chicago. He went on to guest-host ...

Bob Newhart, one of the first comedians ... had to come in one day a week,” he wrote in his book. Newhart entered comedy by way of accounting, working as a number cruncher for drywall ...