Don't get me wrong: I love the regular characters, as well as Larry, Darryl, and Darryl. However, Thomas Hill's portrayal of Jim Dixon just cracks me up. Every line they give him is gold, and the way he speaks to Dick is hilarious.
shareI absolutely loved the Jim and Chester team on the show. Hilarious characters with great chemistry together.
For me, the quintessential Jim/Chester moment on the show is when they read their poem "Pals". Everytime Jim delivers the final word to each stanza, I can't stop laughing. Just something about the way he would say his lines, with that always present smile on his face. Thomas Hill was an underrated comedic actor.
Jim and Chester are some of my favorites, in our little Newhart fan group on facebook we have recurring Jim Dixon and Shifflet mems. YOu can't not read them in his voice.
shareIn one episode, Larry and the Darryls have Joanna over for dinner for some reason. After the meal, Larry says it's time for the entertainment. Then it seems like a curtain opens and the Darryls are playing grand pianos. If I remember right, they played the song which lyrics start with "This land is mine." I think it's called "Exodus." Can anyone tell me which episode this is?
That was called Another Saturday night! Definitely a good one.
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The smiley guy. Yeah, I always liked him.
shareThese were the other two guys who would enter and depart, pretty much as odd as Larry, Darryl and Darryl?
Most memorable bit for me of them was when they dressed as Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee for Halloween or a costume party and couldn't agree on 'who was dum.'
This happens every time, Chester (William Lanteau) said as they departed.
The funniest episode in this series to me was when this pair and a third person got Dick to join them for golf, which greatly troubled Dick when he found out they gambled big time on golf. Then they insisted he join them in the lounge for poker and Dick was aghast to see they were terrible in poker and in golf.
Dick set up a scheme to give their money back the next week by purposely playing horrible at golf and poker. But they were so bad he couldn't lose, so he started a draw cards game--higher card wins with Chester (representing the trio) going against Dick. With each draw, Dick got the higher card and Jim kept tab of how much they owed in their "double or nothing" bet. With each hand, he called out in that panicky voice, "Four thousand dollars!" or "Sixteen thousand dollars!" or whatever. One of them panicked, "I'll have to sell my house!"
Dick ordered them to keep drawing knowing he would lose eventually. When it finally happened, Jim claimed Dick owed them a huge sum. Dick had to explain that it was "double or nothing and now its nothing." He then told them how horrible they were at the two games and that he never wanted to play with them again. I believe it was Jim who lamented that their former fourth partner was totally different from Dick because "(he) used to clean us out every week but he never complained."
I love that episode! It's from the first season, but I can't remember which one it is.
shareFound it: Season 1, Episode 22: "I Enjoy Being a Guy"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufVpdL99ufc
Jim one of my favs along with Chester, I think they are more enjoyable even now as I am rewatching. There was an eps where they were going to burn books, it was hillarious. I saw the season finale this week and they just began rerunning them from eps 1 again on antenna tv at midnight in my central zone but worth staying up for.
shareYou tube has also been showing episodes for over a year. Love it!
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