How the Smothers Brothers Embraced the Counterculture, Defeated the Censors and Set the Stage for ‘Saturday Night Live’
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The oral historian of the groundbreaking comedy duo recalls his conversation with the late Tommy Smothers about his bitter battles with CBS: "I became extra stubborn. I can laugh about it now because all my tears are gone."
Tommy Smothers leave us
The guitar-playing comic
Laughing 'till the end
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https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tommy-smothers-dead-dies-comedy-censorship-rcna131355
Tommy Smothers has left us with some great memories. This clip really showcases the Smothers Brothers' warmth and Tommy's genius, absurdist, silly comedic sensibility.
They also lost their show in 19790 as they included a lot of anti-Viet Nam War commentary in their writing.
Speaking truth to power. Rest in Peace, Tommy Smothers.
RIP Tommy. I'll always remember being a kid and laughing my ass off at what the boatmen brought back from their visit to town.
Fun Fact: When CBS cut the budget to "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", Tommy paid the writers out of his own pocket and kept that a secret for decades.
Goodnight, Yo-Yo Man
Tommy Smothers Walks Out As Johnny Carson
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Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86. The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday following a cancer battle. “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” debuted on CBS in the fall of 1967 with a mix of music and comedy that included satirical sketches lampooning the Establishment and railing against the Vietnam War. The show, though popular with viewers, drew the ire of network censors who constantly battled the brothers over its content. In 1970, CBS abruptly canceled the show.
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