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Hawkee · 01-24-2023, 04:02 AM

Sometimes my mom watches Newhart on Decades and I wonder how the idea to create Newhart came to be? Because Newhart was a wonderful show and the opening intro and theme song are so charming and cute and it takes you back in time to when life was peaceful and quiet and wouldn't be so cute to stay at a bed-and breakfast inn like Newhart's was?
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Alan Brady's Hair · 01-24-2023, 06:41 AM

Here's a short interview with Barry Kemp, who created Newhart:

https://youtu.be/wxJuR2U_PDQ

Little_stinker · 01-24-2023, 12:31 PM

Newhart is just the tv version of On Golden Pond.
Its been a long time since I have seen OGP, but some of the opening scenes look like they could have been taken from OGP.

SarahBellum · 01-24-2023, 12:54 PM

I see some similarities with the Andy Griffith Show. It was set in a small peaceful town in Vermont with an incompetent handy man and quirky residents vs a small peaceful town in North Carolina with an incompetent deputy and quirky residents. Both had characters that don't speak - Daryl and Daryl vs the Darling boys.

Torgo · 01-24-2023, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Little_stinker

Newhart is just the tv version of On Golden Pond.
Its been a long time since I have seen OGP, but some of the opening scenes look like they could have been taken from OGP.

The opening credits scenes are taken from On Golden Pond, but that's the only thing they have in common.

01-24-2023, 04:02 AM	#1
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,746	How was Newhart even thought of being created? Sometimes my mom watches Newhart on Decades and I wonder how the idea to create Newhart came to be? Because Newhart was a wonderful show and the opening intro and theme song are so charming and cute and it takes you back in time to when life was peaceful and quiet and wouldn't be so cute to stay at a bed-and breakfast inn like Newhart's was? Bestie
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01-24-2023, 06:41 AM	#2
Alan Brady's Hair Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 30, 2014 Posts: 1,822	Here's a short interview with Barry Kemp, who created Newhart: https://youtu.be/wxJuR2U_PDQ

01-24-2023, 12:31 PM	#3
Little_stinker Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 19, 2018 Location: Illinois Posts: 315	Newhart is just the tv version of On Golden Pond. Its been a long time since I have seen OGP, but some of the opening scenes look like they could have been taken from OGP.

01-24-2023, 12:54 PM	#4
SarahBellum Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2007 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 3,873	I see some similarities with the Andy Griffith Show. It was set in a small peaceful town in Vermont with an incompetent handy man and quirky residents vs a small peaceful town in North Carolina with an incompetent deputy and quirky residents. Both had characters that don't speak - Daryl and Daryl vs the Darling boys.