Episode 15
Newhart
We get meta as Dick, Joanne and friends contend with a Japanese investor buying the whole town and demonstrate how a real series finale is handled.
January 1, 201922m 35s
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Show Notes
On May 21, 1990, The Last Newhart became one of the riskiest and most talked-about finales in sitcom history. Plus, casual racism. The town puts on Fiddler, a Japanese investor takes over, we find the true meaning of friendship - and ponder if any of it was real.
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