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1992 CBS. "Drawing a Blank." Bob Newhart comic book sitcom. With Carlene Watkins, Cynthia Stevenson, and featuring Lisa Kudrow in a few episodes in season one, but not in this particular ep. The series was retooled for season two with a new cast. Both seasons are on Youtube at the moment. This is the second episode of season one. In that first season CBS had put together a block of sitcoms to air on Friday nights to compete with ABC's TGIF, but it was a ratings failure and all the other shows were cancelled. I watched this occasionally when it aired and have a couple of episodes taped on VHS.
Bob had created a comic book hero called Mad-Dog in the 50s that was a victim of the crackdown on comic book violence and his creation has been revived in the corporate comic world of the 90s. Carlene Watkins plays his wife and Cynthia Stevenson is their grown daughter. The comic book office is staffed by the usual collection of misfits. In this episode Bob and his writing partner are suffering from a bad case of block. They bicker and take apart the air conditioner rather than work. Like a lot of creative types they just wing it in the end.
This episode of Bob was a little clunky but still had some funny moments. I watched one or two other eps. on Youtube a couple of years ago and enjoyed them but I don't think I watched any from the revamped second season. Most of the viewer reaction I read online was negative but I liked it enough to bookmark the Youtube channel all the episodes are on to put on my watch list. That Youtube channel has some other good stuff like Fish, with Abe Vigoda, Dr. Katz, and some other old sitcoms.
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