Bob Newhart’s Bel Air Estate!

Bob Newhart’s Bel Air Estate!

Bob Newhart's Bel Air Estate!

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Like most of us, when Bob Newhart was starting out into the adventure of adulthood, he too had to take many different roads until he found his niche. From accountant to advertising copywriter in Chicago to finally goofing off with a coworker by talking nonsense on the phone, on a lark they recorded their conversations and sent the tape to radio stations. His coworker left but Bob carried on alone recording and sending tapes where the listener only heard one side of the conversation, which became a trademark of his routine. Finally, a radio station played a tape and the rest is history.

Bob Newhart built his comedy reputation around his wonderful deadpan, expressionless and somewhat stammering responses to input. Added to his perfect timing, this method propelled him into the mainstream as one of America’s most beloved comedians. Bob shot to stardom in 1960 on the release of his album "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart." The album of comedy became a bestseller around the world and gained him #1 status on the "Billboard" pop album chart. His second album, "The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!" which resulted in "Billboard’s" number #1 and #2 slots until 1991. Over forty years later it is still the 20th best selling comedy album of all time.

Though Newhart excelled at standup comedy, he also ventured into film and television where he was best known as psychologist Dr. Robert "Bob" Hartley on his own sitcom, "The Bob Newhart Show" in the 1970s, and in the 1980s in yet another sitcom as the innkeeper Dick Loudon, in "Newhart." Still going strong at the age of 83, this energetic comedian most recently was seen again in 2013 on the CBS’ sitcom, "The Big Bang Theory."

Newhart’s Bel Air estate which he purchased in 1990 at $4.2 million is now on the market. Built in 1941 and designed by the era’s most famous architect, Wallace Neff, the 9,169 square foot Mediterranean-styled home sits on 1.37 beautifully landscaped acres with lagoon pool, swathed in total privacy. The layout of the 9,169 square foot main house is true to the Neff style of having rooms open out to the California sunshine. Inside there are five bedrooms, eight bathrooms including a grand master suite and two servants’ quarters, with all rooms large and airy with many spaces for entertaining both inside and out. A separate building houses offices, garage, guest apartment and a pool house.

Bob Newhart’s elegant Wallace Neff designed Bel Air estate - asking $15.5 million. Was $18.9 million.

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