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Continuing to do stand-up is always a challenge because the audiences and the environments in which you work very often differ.

Bob Newhart

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Bob Newhart
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: September 5
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Stand-Up Comedian
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Oak Park
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George Robert Bob Newhart
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