"Fifty years ago this week, a failed Chicago accountant who became a comedian changed the face of American comedy. The young unknown did it without telling a single joke and, by his own admission, without saying anything that would strike casual listeners as particularly funny. But his comedy album, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, released May 6, 1960, was a groundbreaking event in American culture.
Bob Newhart, from Oak Park and St. Ignatius Prep, graduated from Loyola University in the early 1950’s and went into accounting. Soon after, his employer informed Bob he wasn’t cut out for the profession (Bob’s accounting motto was, “That’s close enough.”). A career change beckoned."
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