A classic piece of television, spoofing television itself. Dick hosts Vermont Today thinking he's going to be the next Mike Wallace or Dick Cavett, and learns the truth, as valid today as it was 40 years ago, about local American TV. The "World's Smallest Horse" is a Bob Newhart classic, up there with the Driving Instructor and the Grace L Ferguson Airline. I'm sure the third horse is a cameo by Mr. Ed isn't it?
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I Remember the First Time I Saw This!
Hitchcoc28 October 2019
This is one of my favorite episode. Peter Scolari, who starred with Tom Hanks on
"Bosom Buddies," is the producer of a local TV show, "Vermont Today." He is clueless but overconfident. Dick gets starstruck by the possibility of being the host of a serious show. As it turns out, the President of the University of Vermont is replaced by the world's smallest horse. Once he shows up, everything is nuts.
Anne Haney Reprising Unhappy Happy Housewife Hostess
richard.fuller117 November 2012
Warning: Spoilers
All I remember about this episode was sweet-sounding Anne Haney approaching the satire of the Happy Homemaker hostess that Betty White successfully created on the Mary Tyler Moore show, as Sue Ann Nivens.
Haney was shown in one brief scene as Bob Newhart walked thru during a rehearsal or something and he ruined the setup.
Haney continued on with the perkiness, but finally pressed, she exclaims "Okay, dammit, we'll have to do without the such-n-such" and as they moved her set out of the way, she issued a threat to Bob.
I knew about Sue Ann Nivens on Mary Tyler Moore, but it was interesting to see another Happy Homemaker striven for without conjuring up Sue Ann entirely.
Had Haney become a recurring character on Newhart, she would have truly been a much darker figure to contend with than Sue Ann ever was. Sadly, this was the only appearance she made.
Haney was shown in one brief scene as Bob Newhart walked thru during a rehearsal or something and he ruined the setup.
Haney continued on with the perkiness, but finally pressed, she exclaims "Okay, dammit, we'll have to do without the such-n-such" and as they moved her set out of the way, she issued a threat to Bob.
I knew about Sue Ann Nivens on Mary Tyler Moore, but it was interesting to see another Happy Homemaker striven for without conjuring up Sue Ann entirely.
Had Haney become a recurring character on Newhart, she would have truly been a much darker figure to contend with than Sue Ann ever was. Sadly, this was the only appearance she made.
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