 In Elf, starring alongside Will Ferrell's Buddy, as his adopted North Pole Papa. Newhart's signature style, meshed with a frenetic Ferrell. But Bob Newhart had been a comedic standout decades earlier, in the 1970s, starring on The Bob Newhart Show, as a shrink beset by patience, like Jack Riley's Mr. Carlin. This is not your session. I wouldn't want to miss this for the world.