Dangerously funny the uncensored story of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"
Decades before The Daily Show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour proved there was a place on television for no-holds-barred political comedy with a decidedly anti-authoritarian point of view. Censorship battles, mind-blowing musical performances, and unforgettable sketches defined the show and its e...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2010.
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| Edition: | First Touchstone trade paperback ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The birth of the Smothers brothers (and the Smothers sister)
- The Smothers Brothers, all three of them, take the stage
- Tom and Dick shoot for Paar
- The Smothers Brothers, on the record
- "High noon on the Ponderosa"
- Revolution in a shoe box
- And so it begins : The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
- Testing the CBS censors, the first encounters
- From hit status to Elaine May not
- Becoming more creative, and more substantive
- Homegrown talent : Pat Paulsen, Leigh French, Mason Williams
- Season two : breaking the blacklist of Pete Seeger
- The Who explodes
- The generation gap widens, even on TV
- Wading back into "The Big Muddy"
- "Classical gas"
- The Smothers Brothers Smothers Show
- Season three : "We're still here"
- Meet the Beatles, this time on Comedy Hour
- Pat Paulsen for president
- David Steinberg finds religion
- Hair today, gone tomorrow
- Beeping censors lurking in the wings
- Classics and controversies
- Fired, not canceled
- The aftermath, the bed-in, and the trial
- After the fall, and couples therapy
- The Smothers Brothers legacy.
