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Newhart · S7 · E18

Message from Michael

  • TV-G
  • Apr 24, 1989
  • 30 min

Michael becomes a last minute guest on Vermont Today and emerges a town favorite. The dimwitted locals hang on his every word.

About this episode

Michael becomes a last minute guest on Vermont Today and emerges a town favorite. The dimwitted locals hang on his every word.

Season 7

22 episodes
  1. 1Town Without Pity

    30 minOct 24, 1988

    Dick becomes the focus of the town's ire after a prisoner breaks out of jail using one of Dick's how-to manuals.

  2. 2Apples, Apples, Apples

    30 minOct 31, 1988

    Michael revs up the stale Ye Olde Apple Days festival, leaving George and his traditional activites in the cold..until George organizes a rival festival. Larry and his brothers stage a walk-a-thon when swampland is endangered.

  3. 3This Blood's For You

    30 minNov 14, 1988

    Stephanie is horrified to discover that a blood transfusion following an emergency appendectomy came from Darryl.

  4. 4I Married Dick

    30 minNov 21, 1988

    Dick and Joanna visit a therapist after Joanna becomes concerned that their marriage is stagnating. Stephanie is worried after discovering that Michael had large ears as a child.

  5. 5Goonstruck

    30 minDec 12, 1988

    Stephanie is attracted to the virile young stomemason working at the Inn.

  6. 6I Came, I Saw, I Sat

    30 minDec 19, 1988

    Dick's father visits the inn and, to Dick's consternation, resists all Dick's efforts to entertain him.

  7. 7Twelve Annoyed Men...and Women

    30 minJan 9, 1989

    Dick's patience is tried when he's elected foreman of a jury of the townspeople, who as always use their peculiar intellect to irk Dick.

  8. 8Home for the Hollidays

    30 minJan 16, 1989

    Joanna lands a job selling real estate. Her first sale hits a snag when her low-class clients, the Hollidays, stay at the inn while looking for a home.

  9. 9Shoe Business Is My Life

    30 minJan 23, 1989

    Michael goes job hunting after he's axed by WPIV.

  10. 10George and the Old Maid

    30 minFeb 6, 1989

    The Inn's old maid, Madelyn Stone, returns after a 25 year absence to answer George's marriage proposal. Stephanie competes with Madelyn.

  11. 11Hi, Society

    30 minFeb 13, 1989

    Dick fills in for Michael and takes Stephanie to a high society charity ball. Dick is the life of the party after Stephanie tells everyone that Dick owns a large hotel chain.

  12. 12Cupcake on My Back

    30 minFeb 20, 1989

    Michael goes into debt after spending lavishly on Annual Cupcake Day.

  13. 13Another Saturday Night

    30 minFeb 27, 1989

    Michael & Joanna endure a torturous evening at Larry, Darryl & Darryl's house. Dick gives a commencement speech at an exclusive school.

  14. 14The Nice Man Cometh

    30 minMar 13, 1989

    Dick is picked to be the sidekick for a new late night talk show hosted by an abrasive man who has it in for Dick.

  15. 15One and a Half Million Dollar Man

    30 minMar 20, 1989

    Wealthy socialite Scooter Drake drops by Vermont looking to purchase an inn. While Joanna shows Scooter around, Michael begins a new career as a mime.

  16. 16The Little Match Girl

    30 minMar 27, 1989

    While visiting Michael in a sanitarium (he's vacationing), Dick runs into illustrator Corinne Denby and invites her to collaborate with him on his next book...despite her habit of burning things.

  17. 17Buy, Buy Blues

    30 minApr 10, 1989

    Stephanie goes on a shopping spree while she tries to forget Michael. Meanwhile Dr. Kaiser realizes she has developed an attraction for Michael (who's been released from the sanitarium).

  18. 18Message from Michael

    30 minApr 24, 1989Now viewing

    Michael becomes a last minute guest on Vermont Today and emerges a town favorite. The dimwitted locals hang on his every word.

  19. 19Homes and Jo-Jo

    30 minMay 1, 1989

    Joanna gets her own realty television show providing a great lead-in for Vermont Today. Dick loves the big ratings but can't stand Joanna's amorous co-host. Meanwhile, one of the Darryls' receives a manservant as a present.

  20. 20Georgie & Bess

    30 minMay 8, 1989

    George's Aunt Bess visits, shattering several of his childhood beliefs when he finds she wasn't the sweet lady he remembers. Dick and one of the Darryls play chess.

  21. 21Murder at the Stratley

    30 minMay 15, 1989

    The townspeople accuse Dick of murdering Joanna after her "disappearance" strangely fits the scenario of his first murder-mystery novel, "Murder at the Stratley".

  22. 22Malling in Love Again

    30 minMay 22, 1989

    Michael and Stephanie conduct personal interviews at the mall and realize that they're perfect together after all.

Guest stars

Todd SusmanOfficer Shifflett
Ralph ManzaBud
Kathy KinneyMiss Goddard
William LanteauChester Wanamaker
Cliff BemisPaul