This show aired when Bob Newhart was flying high as one of the top comics in the country. The character he plays here, a henpecked husband, is ideal for his comic personality. He's too meek to actually murder his harridan of a wife (Jane "Josephine the Plumber" Withers), so he devises a clever plan to get her out of the picture without really breaking any laws. There are plenty of familiar character players in this hour, including Bill Quinn, Anne Morgan Guilbert, and Joyce "Fun Girls" Jameson, and it's enjoyable to watch Bob's plot unfold. Of course, like every Hitchcock story, nothing works out quite the way it was intended.
Review of How to Get Rid of Your Wife
