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Latter_Feeling2656 t1_jecobvc wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:17 AM

Reply to comment by cryptic_mythic in Shining the light on TV comedy straight men by dtudeski

Newhart has a lot of style in common with Jack Benny, and "Newhart" was somewhat inspired by the Benny film George Washington Slept Here. What Newhart and Benny both demonstrated was that a good straight man has to be capable of going off himself at intervals.