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- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour raised issues of corporate censorship and led to discussions of First Amendment free speech. The show, known for its anti-establishment and pro-drug culture humor, was regularly censored by CBS.
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Oct 15, 2010 · From 1967 to 1969, Tommy and Dick Smothers challenged the censors at CBS and the political establishment who tried to tame their wildly popular -- and politically left-leaning -- show, The...
Dec 29, 2023 · Tom Smothers of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on how he took on the censors, as recalled by oral history writer Marc Freeman.
- Marc Freeman
Jan 1, 2009 · The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour raised issues of corporate censorship and led to discussions of First Amendment free speech. The show, known for its anti-establishment and pro-drug culture humor, was regularly censored by CBS. Tom Smothers unsuccessfully lobbied the FCC to intervene.
Feb 10, 2017 · Tom and Dick Smothers battled with CBS censors over the content of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. AP. Tom and Dick Smothers came to CBS in 1967 not really intending to lead or support a...
Jan 31, 2017 · “The whole world was getting politicized,” explained Tom Smothers in the 2002 documentary, Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. He felt the show had to ...
- Jim Mckairnes
The brothers soon found themselves in regular conflicts with CBS ' network censors. [5] At the start of the 1968–69 season, the network ordered that the Smothers deliver their shows finished and ready for air ten days before airdate so that the censors could edit the shows as necessary.
Jul 30, 2019 · CBS abruptly yanked “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” in April 1969 because of their persistent and humorous opposition to the Vietnam War, support of civil rights and tweaking authority. They welcomed controversial anti-war guests and resisted efforts to censor the show.
