The Bob Newhart Statue at Navy Pier

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Bob Newhart is from Chicago and his originally named sitcom, "The Bob Newhart Show" took place in Chicago (I recreated the opening of that show: https://youtu.be/odDcJb8N-k0?si=1nH2UB5cgI2Af_3O ).
Any way, this statue was commissioned by TV land and unveiled in Chicago in July 2004 in its Plaza of the Americas, next to his fictional office building on Michigan Avenue. In November 2004 it was moved to Navy Pier, because that seems like the right place to put stuff Chicago doesn't really know what to do with.
Newhart's statue is one of eleven. The other then are
1) Jackie Gleason, "The Honeymooners", Midtown Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, NY.
2) Mary Tyler Moore, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN.
3) Lucille Ball, "I Love Lucy", Celoron, NY,
4) Lucille Ball, "I Love Lucy", near the Art Museum in Palm Springs, CA.
5) Henry Winkler, "Happy Days", Riverwalk Milwaukee, WI.
6) Andy Griffith and Ron Howard, "The Andy Griffith Show", Pullen Park, Raleigh, NC.
7) Peter Falk, "Columbo", Falk Miksa Street, Budapest, Hungary.
8) James Garner, "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files", near the Sooner Theater in Norman, OK.
9) Elizabeth Montgomery, "Bewitched", Lappin Park, Salem, MA.
10) Leonard Nimoy, "Start Trek", Vulcan, Alberta Canada.

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