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Oct 15, 2010 · This interview was originally broadcast on Nov. 30, 2009. Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is now out in paperback. From 1967 to 1969, Tommy and Dick ...
Plastic Ono Band. Musical artist. Thomas Bolyn Smothers III (February 2, 1937 – December 26, 2023) was an American comedian, actor, composer, and musician, widely known as half of the musical comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, alongside his younger brother Dick. In the 1960s they were known for their network comedy and variety shows, The ...
Dec 11, 2022 · The Smothers Brothers were always better together. Their bond outlasted their critics, and in the end paved the way for so much of what makes us smile to this day. Tom said, "People laughing is holy.
The Smothers brothers were born just before the outbreak of World War II (1939–45). Thomas B. Smothers III was born February 2, 1937, and his brother, Richard, was born November 20, 1939, both in New York City. The brothers were the sons of army officer Thomas B. and homemaker Ruth Smothers. Their father died in a Japanese prisoner of war ...
Dec 27, 2023 · Louis Lanzano/AP. 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 ...
Dec 27, 2023 · The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ran from February 1967 until April 1969, when the pair were fired after 72 episodes (and with their show in the top 10 and already renewed for a fourth season ...
Jan 31, 2017 · 1:10. Television's full rebellion against the status quo arrived with Norman Lear's All in the Family in 1971, but four years earlier, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour led an early and explosive ...
