Why Bob Newhart Is Staying In Show Business At 91

Why Bob Newhart Is Staying In Show Business At 91

Newhart on Rickles, Carson, Pryor, and returning to standup at the age of 91. "'It's the assumption of risk, if you walk in to see Don Rickles, it's the assumption of risk,' Bob explained. 'It's like going to a baseball game and getting hit by a ball. Yeah, of course you're going to get hit by a ball and of course you're going to be insulted if you come to see the King of Insults.'" Or as Rickles might say at a Black Hawks game, "Please keep your eye on the puck, you hockey puck."