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I finished Bob Newhart's "I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This" early in the week. I had read bits and pieces of it over the course of the last two years because it was on the bookshelf in the bathroom. (All truly civilized people have a bookshelf in their bathroom.) It's a fun, non-linear collection of recollections. Bob jumps here and there, generally starting with his early life and working forward to the current state of his life. But it's that kind of random walk that keeps it from being a biography. The bio bits and the general order keep it from being just a series of funny stories. I found the presentation to be a good combination, suited to Bob's storytelling style.

I wasn't a huge Newhart fan when I was a kid. "The Bob Newhart Show" was a bit to slow for me as a young child and "Newhart" began its run just as I was turning away from TV for the first time. So I can't claim that I've always been a fan. However, Newhart's style then suits my style of humor now. I love his understated delivery and his implied punchline.

26. Bob Newhart "I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This"