B ob Newhart At Roy Thomson Hall In Toronto on Friday What's that operator? You say Bob Newhart's on the line, and he wants to make a person-to-person call? By all means, put him on. Full Article at Globe and Mail

(S08E16) The pressure of writing the last episode must be tremendous. Especially for a long-running show like Monk. The writers have to tie up loose ends, satisfy viewers' desire for the characters, and leave fans with a sense of closure. Full Article at TV Squad

F or profiles and feature articles, newspapers prefer in-person interviews to ones held over the telephone. But when it comes to Bob Newhart, there's a certain suitability to chatting with him the Alexander Graham Bell way. Full Article at Globe and Mail

One of the charming aspects of VC culture was that shortly after Orin invented a drinking game (see 4:38 p.m. post on Nov. 23) based on how often commenter J. Aldridge mentioned John Bingham, readers wanted clarification on the rules. Full Article at The Volokh Conspiracy

As the seventh season of Curb Your Enthusiasm draws to a close with the much hyped and reasonably satisfying Seinfeld reunion, Larry David has succeeded in redeeming himself for writing a lousy Seinfeld finale and in the process reinvented the reunion... Full Article at PopMatters

"Las Vegas was just what everybody aspired to," the legendary funnyman told me earlier this year. "To have a deal in Vegas, you were set for the year. Full Article at Las Vegas Review-Journal | LVRJ.com

David Lloyd, who wrote scores of scripts for some of the most popular television sitcoms of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s — including the memorable Chuckles the Clown episode of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” which was revered by comedy connoisseurs for... Full Article at St. Louis Post-Dispatch

David Lloyd, the extraordinarily prolific, witty sitcom writer, died on Tuesday, Nov. 10. He was 75; the cause of death was prostate cancer. Full Article at Entertainment Weekly

Though her own life was marked by periods of pain, actress Marcia Wallace spent much of her career making others laugh through her frequent television appearances. Full Article at Hollywood.com