On TV shows based in Chicago such as The Bob Newhart Show, Married ... with Children, Family Matters, Still Standing, According to Jim, Early Edition and The Bernie Mac Show, the main characters are all Bears fans, and have worn Bears ' jerseys and t-shirts on some occasions.

Chicago-based TV shows include the situation comedies Perfect Strangers, its spinoff Family Matters, Married ... with Children and The Bob Newhart Show.

Subsequent remakes include Sorrowful Jones ( 1949 ; Bob Hope, Lucille Ball ), 40 Pounds of Trouble ( 1962 ; Tony Curtis ), and Little Miss Marker ( 1980 ; Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Bob Newhart, Tony Curtis ).

MTM Enterprises later produced popular American sitcoms and drama television series such as Rhoda and Phyllis ( both spin-offs from The Mary Tyler Moore Show ), The Bob Newhart Show, WKRP in Cincinnati, Hill Street Blues, and Newhart.

* 1929 – Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian

* September 5 – Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor

Centerpiece attractions include a Ferris wheel, an IMAX theater, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Amazing Chicago's Funhouse Maze, the Chicago Children's Museum, the Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows, and at the entrance to Navy Pier is a statue of Oak Park comedian Bob Newhart, sponsored by the TV Land network.

" Many of the openings featured non-celebrities, but some featured stars from TV shows, most of which broadcast over CBS, such as The Bob Newhart Show and One Day at a Time, as well as other characters with a connection to the network, including William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, dressed as Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock ; characters from the Peanuts cartoons ; and Fred Rogers from Mister Rogers ' Neighborhood.

The film was remade in 1949 as Sorrowful Jones with Bob Hope and Lucille Ball and again as Little Miss Marker in 1980 with Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart, Brian Dennehy, and Lee Grant.

Lander has also appeared in numerous other TV shows and movies including The Bob Newhart Show, Barney Miller, Happy Days, Married ... with Children, Twin Peaks, On the Air, The Weird Al Show, Mad About You, and The Drew Carey Show.

What's more, Letterman was told he couldn't book any of the old-school showbiz guests such as Don Rickles, Bob Newhart and the like who were fixtures on Johnny's show.

Elliott appeared on a number of other television programs, including Happy Days ; Newhart ; and Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda in 1979 ( with Goulding, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner ).

Other notable comics from this era include Woody Allen, Shelley Berman, Phyllis Diller, and Bob Newhart.

She is perhaps best known for her roles as receptionist Carol Kester on the 1970s sitcom, The Bob Newhart Show, and as the voice of Edna Krabappel on the animated series The Simpsons, for which she won an Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992.

One of these appearances in March 1972 led to a supporting role on The Bob Newhart Show as Carol Kester ( later Carol Kester Bondurant ), receptionist to Bob Newhart.

She and Bob Newhart both reprised their signature roles from The Bob Newhart Show in episode # 147 of Murphy Brown (" Anything But Cured ").

All the films have an evangelistic emphasis, and curiously, Bob Jones, Jr. plays villains in four of them.

Dallas forced the Colts to punt on their next possession, and several plays later, quarterback Craig Morton completed a 47-yard pass to Bob Hayes at the Colts 12-yard line, with a roughing the passer penalty adding 6 yards ( half the distance to the goal ).

Their defensive line was anchored by Pro Bowl defensive tackle Bob Lilly, who excelled at pressuring quarterbacks and breaking up running plays.

However a 15-yard illegal man downfield penalty on left guard Bob Kuechenberg nullified a 20-yard pass completion to tight end Marv Fleming on the first play after the turnover, and the Dolphins were forced to punt after three more plays.

After both teams turned the ball over on downs, Minnesota drove 86 yards in 9 plays to score on a 14-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Bob Lee to tight end Stu Voigt.

In the mid 1980s, Curry performed in The Rivals ( Bob Acres 1983 ) and in several plays with the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, including The Threepenny Opera ( MacHeath 1986 ), Dalliance ( Theodore 1986 ), and Love For Love ( Tattle 1985 ).

Sideshow Bob plays a lead role in The Simpsons Ride, which opened at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood in May 2008.

Newport plays host to a number of festivals during the summer months, including the Newport Jazz Festival, the Sunset Music Festival, the Newport Folk Festival ( where Bob Dylan infamously " went electric " in 1965 ), the Newport International Film Festival, and the Newport International Boat Show.

Altman himself plays Bob an unseen producer who in the beginning of the film is producing Haven Hamilton's song 200 Years.

Here, he plays the role of the Ghost of Christmas Present and helps show Ebenezer Scrooge ( Scrooge McDuck ) the error of his ways by taking him to the house of his abused and underpaid clerk, Bob Cratchit ( Mickey Mouse ), and showing him that by paying Cratchit so little despite his hard work, Cratchit's son, Tiny Tim, will soon die of his illness.

Yankee teammates Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, and Bill Dickey play themselves, as does sportscaster Bill Stern ; Brennan plays a sportswriter friend.

* Michael Bradley ( born 1987 ), son of US Men's National Soccer Team coach Bob Bradley and professional soccer player who currently plays for Chievo Verona in Italy.

The Rock football team plays their games at Bob DiSpirito Field at N. Kerr Thompson Stadium while the baseball team has their games at Jack Critchfield Park.

* July 25 – Bob Dylan plays Newport Folk Festival, is booed for playing electric set with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

In the 2001 film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Will Ferrell plays a character named " Federal Wildlife Marshal Willenholly ," a reference to the three main characters on Land of the Lost.

A handful of folk musicians are reviving the tradition of playing this instrument, among them Cass Meurig ( who also plays with the groups Fernhill and Pigyn Clust ), Bob Evans ( Bragod ), Dan Morris ( Cilmeri ) and Sedayne.

His 29-yard sack of Dolphin quarterback Bob Griese ( an NFL Record ) is one of the most memorable plays in Super Bowl defensive history.

Mendel also plays Lakland basses, particularly the Bob Glaub Signature, one of which was employed on the Foo Fighters ' seventh album, Wasting Light.

Butler is currently endorsed by Lakland basses and plays Joe Osborn and Bob Glaub signature basses.

Props also occasionally appear on contestant's podiums for no reason, including an M-Audio Keyboard which appears regularly in front of Bob but which he never plays.

In the ' 90s, Russo chose to go out on his own and plays regularly with The Doobie Brothers, and his replacement, Bob Mintzer ( on tenor and bass clarinet ), added more jazz credibility to the group's music.

McClure has since published eight books of plays and four collections of essays, including essays on Bob Dylan and the environment.

* Bob Elkins ( born 1932 ), American character actor who has appeared in movies, plays and television productions

He plays a duet of electric rake and classical piano with Bob Wiseman on Wiseman's 1991 Presented By Lake Michigan Soda.

Despite the recession, Pittsburgh came into town with this imposing list of averages: Smoky Burgess, Gino Cimoli, Bill Virdon, Bob Clemente and Dick Groat, each

The elite Legend status was bestowed on 12 members of the Hall of Fame in 1996: Ron Barassi, Haydn Bunton Senior, Roy Cazaly, John Coleman, Jack Dyer, Polly Farmer, Leigh Matthews, John Nicholls, Bob Pratt, Dick Reynolds, Bob Skilton and Ted Whitten ( see above list for further details ).

Best afield in the grand final in what was officially his swansong as a player was captain-coach Dick Reynolds, who received sterling support from the likes of Norm McDonald, ruckman / back pocket Wally May, back pocket Les Gardiner, and big Bob McLure.

Musicians who are primarily known as singers or performers on another instrument who also have recorded and performed harmonica solos include Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Donovan, Taj Mahal, Mick Jagger and Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News, John Mayall, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, Roger Daltrey of The Who, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Bono of U2, Rick Davies of Supertramp, and Richard " Magic Dick " Salwitz of The J. Geils Band.

" Post-left anarchist Bob Black in his long critique of Bookchin's philosophy called Anarchy after leftism said about post-left anarchy that " It is, unlike Bookchinism, “ individualistic ” in the sense that if the freedom and happiness of the individual — i. e., each and every really existing person, every Tom, Dick and Murray — is not the measure of the good society, what is?

Both authors are staunch conservatives: on his website, Groseclose cites Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp, Bob Dole, Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich, Phil Gramm, Dick Armey, and Dick Cheney as his political heroes, and states that he usually sides with conservatives on controversial issues.

The countdown show, ranking the top songs of the previous week, has been a staple of weekend radio programming since 1970 ; current hosts of countdown shows in various formats include Rick Dees, Ryan Seacrest, Jeff Foxworthy, Kix Brooks, Bob Kingsley, Crook & Chase, Randy Jackson, Walt Love, Al Gross, Dick Bartley, and ( via reruns ) Casey Kasem.

The cartoonists were Posen, Charles Biro, Bob Dunn, Gus Edson, Bill Holman, Bob Montana, Russell Patterson, Clarence Russell and Dick Wingert ( Hubert ).

The NBC telecast of the game, with play-by-play announcer Dick Enberg and color commentators Merlin Olsen and Bob Griese ( who was not in the booth with Enberg and Olsen ), garnered the third highest Nielsen rating of any Super Bowl to date, a 48. 3 but it ended up being the first Super Bowl to garner over 90 million viewers the highest to date up to that point.

While Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen and Bob Griese called the game, Bob Costas and his NFL ' 85 castmates, Ahmad Rashad and Pete Axthelm anchored the pregame, halftime and postgame coverage.

Brent Musburger hosted all the events with the help of then-ABC Sports analysts Bob Griese and Dick Vermeil, Musburger's regular color commentator on ABC's college football telecasts.

The game was broadcast in the United States by NBC with Dick Enberg handling the play-by-play duties and color commentator Bob Trumpy in the broadcast booth.

The game was broadcast in the United States by NBC with play-by-play announcer Dick Enberg and color commentator Bob Trumpy.

* " Bones " from Sarah, Robert: Hob, Dob, Rob, Bob and Nob, from Richard: Rick, Dick, and Hick ; Bill from Will ( which in turn comes from William ), and Peg from Meg ( which is derived from Margaret ).

Pirate versions appeared, featuring such figures as ' Bob Tallyho ', ' Dick Wildfire ' and the like.

For the first two seasons Bill Daily, Dick Martin, Richard Paul, and Bob Barker were among the male semi-regulars who filled Dawson's old spot on the panel.

The popularity of many of the major bands was amplified by star vocalists, such as Frank Sinatra with Tommy Dorsey, Helen O ' Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Billie Holiday and Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie, Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest with Harry James, Doris Day with Les Brown, Toni Arden and Ken Curtis with Shep Fields and Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman.

Though Disney Studio Chairman Dick Cook was a staunch supporter of Miramax, the brand was less of a priority for Bob Iger, whose strategy was to focus on Disney's branded mass entertainment that can be exploited across Disney's theme parks, television and consumer products.

Cryer has written for many noted performers, including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise.

Guest stars Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, John F. O ' Donohue and David Cross all worked on The Ben Stiller Show with Andy Dick.