"Tom Poston, who played Cliff "The Peeper" Murdock, Bob's college friend from Vermont, played "George" the resident handyman from Vermont, throughout the Newhart series.Later, Bob Newhart and Suzanne Pleshette reprised their roles from the show for the 1990 finale of "Newhart", in which it was revealed that the entire "Newhart" series had been just Bob Hartley's dream.