Tag: deadpan

Bob Newhart, deadpan comic-turned-sitcom star, dies at 94

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Comedian Bob Newhart smiling next to his wife, Ginnie Newhart

Bob Newhart, the “button-down” stand-up comedy sensation of the 1960s who parlayed his low-key, Everyman demeanor and trademark stammering delivery into sitcom gold as the star of two classic TV series in the 1970s and […]

Dry Cleaning: Stumpwork review – deadpan chat, funk and hypnotic soundscapes | Dry Cleaning

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Dry Cleaning: Stumpwork album cover

Dry Cleaning’s second album isn’t a radical departure from last year’s outstanding New Long Leg. Florence Shaw still has the laconic, deadpan delivery of someone idly chatting over a garden fence. However, everything is slightly […]