Bob Newhart figured out a way to go back in time to be a genius writer. Evidently he traveled back and forth but never told anyone about his secret discovery. As Edgar Alan Poe, a genius writer, he'd write some gags and then travel forward so he could deliver them on stage as Bob. Mr. Newhart declined the opportunity to explain how he was able to time travel, or why it was necessary to go back in time to write gags. His secret stays with him for now.

Trick or Treating, Halloween 1998