One comedy giant saluted another this week after the passing of Bob Newhart, who died Thursday morning at the age of 94.
Carol Burnett tweeted a fond farewell to the late star later on Thursday, sharing ablack-and-white photo of the pair on a set in 1964. “I had the great pleasure of working with Bob and being his friend,” Burnett wrote in the caption. “He was as kind and nice as he was funny. He will be missed.” Tributes poured in from many other collaborators and friends of Newhart, including “Elf” director Jon Favreau. “Bob Newhart was a comedy icon.
Mayim Bialik wrote on her Instagram how as a child, “The Bob Newhart Show” “provided countless hours of enjoyment for me – it constituted some of my earliest training in the art of sitcom.” She added that when she worked with Newhart on “Big Bang Theory,” “it was absolutely a dream come true. He was effortlessly professional, poised, hilarious and incredibly approachable. Working with Bob was working in the presence of a true comedy legend – the likes of whom we simply don’t see anymore.
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