 During the run of Bob Newhart (qv)s previous series,  _"Newhart" (1982)_ (qv), he appeared on  _"Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The" (1962)_ (qv) and joked  with Johnny Carson (I) (qv) that since other permutations of his  name had already been used for his TV shows titles, his next series  would probably just be called "Bob" 