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Normal Episodes: 24
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

	8x01 Don't Worry Be Pregnant Michael and Stephanie return home from a six month honeymoon with a surprise, they are going to have a baby. But they soon find that they are not at all prepared for parenthood.	Sep. 18, 1989
	8x02 Get Dick A night at the Maison Hubert ends when the building is accidentally burned down by Dick's cigar. Hubert is given a place to recuperate at the Stratford Inn, unaware that Hubert is planning ...	Sep. 25, 1989
	8x03 Poetry and Pastries Miss Goddard uses her feminine wiles on Dick when he is named judge for the annual Poetry and Pastry contest as a means of getting an edge. Elsewhere, Michael throws himself an all-male ...	Oct. 02, 1989
	8x04 Utley Exposed George become a surprise guest on Vermont Today's 'Hidden Shame' segment where he discloses a childish prank he played.	Oct. 16, 1989
	8x05 Ramblin' Michael Harris Michael becomes a lounge singer after quitting his job as a bag boy at Menkey's grocery.	Oct. 23, 1989
	8x06 Meet Michael Vanderkellen The Vanderkellen's make an offer in which Michael can't refuse, a mansion of their own, and all he must do is...change his name to Michael Vanderkellen.	Nov. 13, 1989
	8x07 Good Lord Loudon A visiting dignitary offers to make Dick a Lord after being unable to pay his bill. When the town hears of his title, the citizens see him in a new light.	Nov. 20, 1989
	8x08 Cupcake in a Cage A case of prenatal rage finds Stephanie slapping the face of a store security guard, and landing in a jail cell.	Dec. 04, 1989
	8x09 Attack of the Killer Aunt Joanna's aunt comes for a visit to the Stratford and discloses her dislike for Dick, believing that she is too good for him.	Dec. 11, 1989
	8x10 I Like You, Butt... George has met the girl off her dreams, except that she has a gigantic butt. Also, Michael and Stephanie attend a session with a guru who names babies.	Dec. 18, 1989
	8x11 Jumpin' George A reoccurring nightmare has George wanting to never sleep again. Michael and Stephanie use modern technology called "womb phones" to help educate their child before he is born.	Jan. 01, 1990
	8x12 Lights! Camera! Contractions! Michael wants their child's birth to be archived on film, but Stephanie will have part in that. We'll see since she has just gone into labor.	Jan. 08, 1990
	8x13 Beauty and the Pest Joanna discovers she has a secret admire when she brings a strange neighbor house hunting, none which he approves of. But then when she makes a stop to his home, Joanna finds a shrine ...	Jan. 15, 1990
	8x14 Good Neighbor Sam Dick creates an uproar all over town when his good nature is mistaken as friendship for an overbearing new neighbor. Each of the people in town Dick meets was under the impression that ...	Jan. 29, 1990
	8x15 Child in Charge A dream finds Grandma Vanderkellen buying up WPIV as a gift for baby Stephanie. When Dick refuses to do as the child wishes, Vermont Today is canceled, and right in the middle of an ...	Feb. 05, 1990
	8x16 Seein' Double Michael designs a new TV series for WPIV which is called Seein' Double. The show has Stephanie starring as a pair of identical twins, with Dick playing her grouchy father.	Feb. 19, 1990
	8x17 Born to Be Mild George asks Dick to join his old gang "'The Houligans", as they plan a reunion. But things get out of hand when Dick inadvertently gets the gang in a rumble with their rival gang, "The ...	Feb. 26, 1990
	8x18 Daddy's Little Girl Michael receives a lesson in parenting after he once again has returned from the mall following a shopping spree for baby Stephanie. But it's a dream one night that makes Michael see ...	Mar. 05, 1990
	8x19 Georgie and Grace Miss Goddard uses her feminine wiles on George, after he decides to return with the visiting priests to become one himself.	Mar. 19, 1990
	8x20 Handymania George invents a new board game, called Handymania.	Apr. 09, 1990
	8x21 Dick and Tim Dick meets Tim Conway and is asked to join his group for a weekly poker game, unaware just how cheap Tim really is.	Apr. 30, 1990
	8x22 Father Goose Michael casts his favorite dinner theater actor as Giddy, in a new lead in series for Vermont Today, the Giddy Goose Show, unaware that Giddy is really his father.	May. 07, 1990
	8x23 My Husband, My Peasant When Scooter Drake returns to town, along with his new wife Libby and a newborn child, Stephanie decides she must divorce Michael for being of peasant stock and causing their child ...	May. 14, 1990
	8x24 The Last Newhart A visitor from Japan has announced his intentions of buying the whole town and create a gigantic golf course in its place. But Dick seems to be the one and only hold out to their plans, ...	May. 21, 1990

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Season 8 Characters

Dick Loudon	played by Bob Newhart
Joanna Loudon	played by Mary Frann
Michael Harris	played by Peter Scolari
Stephanie Vanderkellen	played by Julia Duffy
George Utley	played by Tom Poston
First Darryl	played by Tony Papenfuss
Second Darryl	played by John Voldstad
Larry	played by William Sanderson
Jim Dixon	played by Thomas Hill
Chester Wanamaker	played by William Lanteau
Mr. Rusnak	played by David Pressman
Bud	played by Ralph Manza
Baby V.O.	played by Tom Williams
Miss Goddard	played by Kathy Kinney
Himself	played by George McGovern
Floyd D. Barber	played by J.J. Wall
Herself	played by Angela Lansbury
Officer Shifflett	played by Todd Susman
Dorothy Benson	played by Ellen Albertini Dow
Baby V.O	played by Tom Williams
Paul	played by Cliff Bemis
Chantal	played by Jill Jacobson
Robert Hartley	played by Bob Newhart

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	Season 8 / Episode 24: - The Last Newhart Dick Loudon: You should really wear more sweaters.
	Season 8 / Episode 9: - Attack of the Killer Aunt Stephanie Vanderkellen: Wait, there's something wrong with these pictures, I can't put my finger on it... Dick Loudon: You're not in them? Stephanie Vanderkellen: That's it!

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Season 8 Trivia

Episode 24 - The final episode ran for 5 minutes longer than the typical episode. Many CBS affiliates did not get the message and cut to a commercial after 30 minutes. Viewers demanded the episode to be rerun and it was on the following week.
Episode 24 - The final scene was kept a secret from most of the cast and crew until moments before filming it. Only Newhart, director Dick Martin, the writers and producers knew. A curtain was put in front of the recreated The Bob Newhart Show set so the aud
Episode 24 - Goof (boom mic visible): Right before Larry, Darryl and Darryl show up, four other former townsfolk show up and are talking to Dick. Right before the townsfolk are done talking to Dick, a boom mic can be seen dipping into the scene for a few minutes, before pulling back up and out of sight.
Episode 01 - The title comes from the 1988 song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by musician Bobby McFerrin.
Episode 12 - The title comes from the instructions from a movie director to begin filming a scene. Lights, camera, action.

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