Mack Technician Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Watched it last night. Anybody ever lay claim to owning the Mack Firetruck used on the sitcom Newhart? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 It would be interesting To know where it is today. Hopefully it is spending time inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 I have never heard anyone mention ownership. Wouldn't be at all surprised that a movie property rental company supplied it to the show. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 You are probably correct, if not I have an idea where it might be in Southern California there are three places that come to mind but I think they are all closed due to Covid 19 Do you have any more pictures of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mack Technician Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 25 minutes ago, Quickfarms said: You are probably correct, if not I have an idea where it might be in Southern California there are three places that come to mind but I think they are all closed due to Covid 19 Do you have any more pictures of it? Nope. I was going to shortcut the episode from Dailymotion. It wouldn’t let me. Nice looking setup. Google it and watch it. Hilarious..... George finally gets accepted as a volunteer fireman after screwing up multiple other volunteer efforts throughout town. The town hadn’t actually had a fire since the 70’s so they leave George alone to man the firehouse phone. He’s goofing off in the truck and drops the keys to the Mack down the floor grate on which it’s parked. Fire 🔥 calls in, Bob, George and Kurt go to it in Bobs car. Grease fire. They have nothing to fight it with. George sacrifices himself by jumping onto the burning pan with his PPE on to smother it with his body. Wins the praise of the people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogboy Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 I always watched "Newhart" but I don't remember this episode. The show was supposedly set in an inn that Bob Newhart owned in Vermont. Tom Poston was the maintenance man. TV shows are not real life, a Mack "L" model fire engine did not have keys, there were two pull knobs and two starter buttons. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 I always watched "Newhart" but I don't remember this episode. The show was supposedly set in an inn that Bob Newhart owned in Vermont. Tom Poston was the maintenance man. TV shows are not real life, a Mack "L" model fire engine did not have keys, there were two pull knobs and two starter buttons. The truth never affected a hollywood writer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1965 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Bobs wife was hot in this show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 When Bob's previous tv wife (Suzanne Pleshette) made the final scene of the series, I thought that was classic! 1 1 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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