While they did savage the Johnson administration, it was the ire raised
during Nixon's reign that earned them the axe from CBS.
Regards,
KGB
Kevin G. Barkes
412.735.0243
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Subject: A good writeup about Tommy Smothers
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Subject: [ PRIVACY Forum ] Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers dies at
86
Tommy Smothers of the Smothers Brothers dies at 86
This really hurts. Tom (Tommy) Smothers, who along with his brother Dick
formed the Smothers Brothers, has died at 86. Despite his character being
played as a dummy, in reality he was the driving force of the comedy duo,
pushing them from a fairly straightforward singing comedy team into realms
of free speech, anti-Vietnam war, and anti-censorship realms that incurred
the wrath of President Johnson, who pushed CBS to cancel their show ("The
Smothers Brothers Comedy
Hour") -- which ultimately happened.
When they featured (in September 1967) once blacklisted Peter Seeger singing
his anti-Vietnam war "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" all hell broke lose and
CBS cut the performance from the tape. After pressure from the brothers, CBS
permitted them to bring him back for another performance of the song in
February the next year, which did air -- but the brothers relationship with
CBS was beyond repair, especially when CBS tampered with a performance by
Harry Belafonte later that year.
It's impossible for me to express here the impact of the Smothers Brothers,
or reasonably point at a single representative sample of their vast work, or
their many interviews about these topics, but you may find this Q&A
interesting as a starting point.
Peace Tommy. You deserve it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Cw2lZt72Y
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