Season 8 • Episode 24
LatestIn the midst of a town meeting, a Japanese visitor announces his intentions to purchase the entire town and turn the land into a gigantic golf course. Everyone but Dick is thrilled and sells out.
Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.
Acting
Newhart's reactive genius—nobody does beleaguered patience better.
Writing
The Darryls don't speak for 8 seasons. Comedy gold through pure commitment.
Production
That rustic inn set basically invented cozy TV aesthetics.
Creators
Barry Kemp, Sheldon Bull
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
William Sanderson (Larry) improvised 'Hi, I'm Larry. This is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl' in his audition. The writers built eight years around it.
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