Tom Smothers

[WinterBorn]

steve martin was one of the writers for their show

I think Rob Reiner was too.

 

[rampart]

R.I.P.

He always played the dumb one, but in reality they say he was very bright.

Tom Smothers dead at 86 after cancer battle

His brother Dick Smothers, 84, announced that his brother and co-star passed away at home surrounded by family in Sonoma County, California on Tuesday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Tom Smothers - who is one half of iconic comedy duo the Smothers Brothers - has passed away at 86 after a battle with cancer.

His brother Dick Smothers, 84, announced that his brother and co-star passed away at home surrounded by family in Sonoma County, California on Tuesday.

Dick said: 'Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was a one-of-a-kind creative partner.

Comment:
The Smother Brothers TV show was on the cutting edge of social humor.
The variety TV show format died in the 70s.

here is a good clip with the "misgendered "girl from uncle"

 

[Cellblock2429]

Tom Smothers dead at 86 after cancer battle

His brother Dick Smothers, 84, announced that his brother and co-star passed away at home surrounded by family in Sonoma County, California on Tuesday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Tom Smothers - who is one half of iconic comedy duo the Smothers Brothers - has passed away at 86 after a battle with cancer.

His brother Dick Smothers, 84, announced that his brother and co-star passed away at home surrounded by family in Sonoma County, California on Tuesday.

Dick said: 'Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was a one-of-a-kind creative partner.

Comment:
The Smother Brothers TV show was on the cutting edge of social humor.
The variety TV show format died in the 70s.

/----/ Monday morning in high school, everyone would be talking about the hilarity on the Smothers' Brothers TV show. Many of us had their albums and knew routines by heart.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Tom Smothers dead at 86 after cancer battle

His brother Dick Smothers, 84, announced that his brother and co-star passed away at home surrounded by family in Sonoma County, California on Tuesday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Tom Smothers - who is one half of iconic comedy duo the Smothers Brothers - has passed away at 86 after a battle with cancer.

His brother Dick Smothers, 84, announced that his brother and co-star passed away at home surrounded by family in Sonoma County, California on Tuesday.

Dick said: 'Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was a one-of-a-kind creative partner.

Comment:
The Smother Brothers TV show was on the cutting edge of social humor.
The variety TV show format died in the 70s.

My mom went to high school with him.

 

[Blaster]

It was actually a good and popular show that was canceled because of

politics.

The brothers decided to discontinue the comedy show because of threats of censorship.

 

[rampart]

The brothers decided to discontinue the comedy show because of threats of censorship.

i think that decision came from cbs rather than the bothers. but "you can't fire me. i quit" would be a common enough response.

i don't know the show's ratings, but many people i know watched.

 

[The Duke]

The brothers decided to discontinue the comedy show because of threats of censorship.

I like their attitude.

 

[Blaster]

i think that decision came from cbs rather than the bothers. but "you can't fire me. i quit" would be a common enough response.

i don't know the show's ratings, but many people i know watched.

The show had good ratings but the network wanted them to be less controversial. The brothers could not agree to watering down their show.

 

[Moonglow]

Bye Tom, I loved that man.

 

[Blaster]

 

[WEATHER53]

Pat Paulson also!

 

[toobfreak]

His brother Dick Smothers, 84, announced that his brother and co-star passed away at home surrounded by family in Sonoma County, California on Tuesday.
Dick said: 'Tom was not only the loving older brother that everyone would want in their life, he was a one-of-a-kind creative partner.

I never thought that Dick was funny at all. He was just a straight man for Tom, just as Dan Rowan was for Dick Martin.

 

[toobfreak]

Comedians, at least good ones, have to be very smart.

That explains the dearth of good comedians these days.

 

[Blaster]

That explains the dearth of good comedians these days.

Most of them resort to political humor which I find to be very boring.

 

[Weatherman2020]

The brothers decided to discontinue the comedy show because of threats of censorship.

They pissed Nixon off.

 

[Blaster]

They pissed Nixon off.

CBS received numerous complaints from television viewers calling the brothers unpatriotic. It had nothing to do with Nixon.

 

[Weatherman2020]

CBS received numerous complaints from television viewers calling the brothers unpatriotic. It had nothing to do with Nixon.

The brothers think it was. I side with them.

 

[Blaster]

The brothers think it was. I side with them.

I presented the facts regarding the reason for that show being discontinued. What the brothers thought about it was not based in fact.

 

[toobfreak]

They pissed Nixon off.

Sure that wasn't LBJ?

 

[Blaster]

Sure that wasn't LBJ?

CBS Cancels Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

CBS Television President William Paley on this day cancelled the popular Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, accusing the brothers of failing to meet pre-broadcast deadlines for the show. The real reason was the fact that the show had increasingly featured... #censorship #smothersbrothers #vietnamwar

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