Summary of Bob Newhart's I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!

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#1 I loved watching comedians on television, and I would ask myself why certain jokes got a laugh. I learned that the audience would accept the premise if I convinced them to do so, and then everything I said would be logical.

#2 King Kong is a routine that came to me full-born. It happened when I was living in New York doing the television show The Entertainers with Carol Burnett. I was talking about jobs that I had before I became a stand-up, and I made a connection between these two seemingly opposite thoughts.

#3 I have a dark side when it comes to jokes. I love to make people uncomfortable with my macabre sense of humor. I’m constantly thinking of new jokes, and I’ll tell them if I think they’re funny.

#4 Comedians are often very close to one another, and can only discuss certain things with other comedians because they have never done stand-up. If you have never done stand-up, you don’t know what it’s like.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822512351

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Insights on Bob Newhart's I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I loved watching comedians on television, and I would ask myself why certain jokes got a laugh. I learned that the audience would accept the premise if I convinced them to do so, and then everything I said would be logical.

#2

King Kong is a routine that came to me full-born. It happened when I was living in New York doing the television show The Entertainers with Carol Burnett. I was talking about jobs that I had before I became a stand-up, and I made a connection between these two seemingly opposite thoughts.

#3

I have a dark side when it comes to jokes. I love to make people uncomfortable with my macabre sense of humor. I’m constantly thinking of new jokes, and I’ll tell them if I think they’re funny.

#4

comedians are often very