Bob Newhart on Sound Opinions
Sound Opinions
Sound Opinions
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🗓️ 22 July 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
We're mourning the loss of Bob Newhart and in honor of his life, we've resurfaced his appearance on Sound Opinions from 2008 as a bonus podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this bonus, bonus episode of sound opinions. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Jim Deregadis. My co-host Gregot is just getting back from a well-deserved vacation, |
| 0:12.0 | but we wanted to drop this bonus |
| 0:15.4 | bonus podcast soon to mark the passing of someone |
| 0:21.3 | we both admired. the rare sound opinions guest who has never, as far as I know, sung a single note of music or played an instrument on any album. We'll get to that in just a minute. |
| 0:40.5 | Sound opinions is supported by Goose Island since 1988 Goose Island's been brewing beers in the spirit of Chicago. |
| 0:47.5 | You can find 3-12 Weedale, big juicy beer hug, and so many other limited releases at either of Goose's locations in Chicago, Goose Island Beer Company Chicago's Beer. |
| 1:09.9 | Welcome back to this bonus episode of Sound Opinions. I was talking about the non-musician who has an enviable record of Grammys, a closet full of golden gramophone statues, |
| 1:18.8 | and a really surprising record of seven Billboard album chart-toppers. |
| 1:27.8 | I am talking about the comedian Bob Newhart, who we recently lost at the age of 94. A comedian with deep ties to Chicago, |
| 1:40.0 | and dare I say a bone dry sense of humor that sometimes reminds me of my co-host, |
| 1:46.5 | Greg Kott, can be so dry, you can miss it. |
| 1:50.8 | Bob Newhart really made history in the early 60s just before the explosion of the Beatles |
| 1:58.4 | by having the first comedy album that ever won album of the year at the Grammys. He also claimed |
| 2:06.4 | best new artist in 1961. He was beating out people like the opera |
| 2:12.4 | great Leontine Price and the South African singer |
| 2:16.3 | Miriam McKeba and he seemed as surprised as anyone to be claiming these generally musical awards. |
| 2:26.0 | We had the opportunity to talk to Bob briefly on sound opinions |
| 2:31.0 | back on episode 115 in 2008. Chatting about the |
| 2:37.3 | beating these musical greats and winning some grammies. Here's that talk. |
| 2:48.8 | Greg, you know, we made a pledge a long time ago on sound opinions that we would only glancingly deal with the Grammys because as music awards go, we just don't feel that they get it right all that often. |
| 2:55.6 | Okay? However, it is the fifth year celebration of that venerable music award show and I thought it would be cool for us to talk to probably be coolest |
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