We told you last night about the passing of comedian Bob Newhart at the age of 94.

A member of our family, Chip Posten, the host of Kentucky Life, had the opportunity to meet and work with Bob Newhart a few years ago, and he says it was a wonderful experience.

Here's Gipp to talk about it.

So seven years ago, I got to have what is without a doubt the greatest professional day in my life.

When I spent it with Mr. Bob Newhart on a Hollywood soundstage age as he was reprising his role as Papa Elf for a TV commercial.

We were shooting for my then employer.

Mr. Newhart was exactly what you would hope somebody like that would be.

He was warm.

He was kind.

He was a lot of fun to be around and extremely funny throughout the entire day.

He was 87 years old at the time that we shot the commercial and spent an entire day standing on a concrete soundstage floor with nothing but elf shoes on.

Never complained once.

At the end of the shoot, I was given 10 minutes and what I was told were 10 minutes only to do a sit down interview with him.

But we ended up talking for so long we actually had to cut the interview down.

He had very warm memories of Kentucky.

His grandparents had actually lived in Maysville and Covington, and he had great memories from childhood, getting to spend a lot of time with them there in the state.

He also was a huge Chicago Cubs fan, and the good folks at Louisville Slugger specially produced a baseball bat for him that we got to give him that day.

And I'll never forget seeing him dressed as papa elf in a batting stands, holding the bat, saying he couldn't wait to go home and show it to his grandkids.

My best story of him from that day were his craft services requirements.

So it was what he was going to require for food and drink throughout the day, which under most circumstances, for a star of his stature, you would think would be outlandishly wild.

His only requirements for the day were a plain tuna fish sandwich and a brand of bottled water sold exclusively at CVS Pharmacy.

He was a warm and kind guy to be around.

What an amazing body of work he leaves behind and he absolutely will be missed.

Sure thing.

You can see more of Chip every Saturday night at eight Eastern, seven Central on Kentucky, live right here on KCET.