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This is totally random - was watching Craig Ferguson last night and he had Bob Newhart on - they were chatting about his popular sitcoms from back in the day and they started talking about a drinking game called "Hi, Bob" - then Bob said "I heard it started at the Southern Methodist University, I hope it did - I mean, they liked the show, it was a compliment to the show" - the conversation starts on this Youtube link at about 25:58: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9SXpi7apEo

Well, clearly I should have done a little digging...this was a post from 9 years ago.

http://ponyfans.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13350

And here's some other links where Bob mentions the SMU origin:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/all- ... 357b7.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn02f578JBU

Newhart's fame comes from his 1960 comedy album The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart which was recorded in the nightclub at the old Tidelands hotel in Houston, across the street from Rice University.