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	The Smothers Brothers: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		The Smothers Brothers are an American musical-comedy team, formed by real-life brothers Tom and Dick Smothers.
		In real life Tommy was not 'slow' at all: He handled their business affairs and later gained fame as a yo-yo expert as The Yo-Yo Man, even starring in his own special program on television.
		The Smothers Brothers operate the Remick Ridge Vineyards in Sonoma County, California and as late as 2003 continued to tour.
	www.encyclopedian.com /th/The-Smothers-Brothers.html (432 words)

	Floridian: The Zen of Tommy Smothers
		But Tommy Smothers has a history of being ahead of his time and surprising people.
		The Smothers brothers later sued CBS (and won), and they tried several variety shows on other networks, but the cause and the magic were gone.
		Tom Smothers, the wide-eyed, smirking, mischievous half of the Smothers Brothers, the one who railed against the establishment, is 63 now.
	www.sptimes.com /News/110500/Floridian/The_Zen_of_Tommy_Smot.shtml (1219 words)

	The Smothers Brothers Shows in the Seventies
		The Smothers won their lawsuit against CBS, but they were rarely seen on television after that point - in fact the duo was broken up for a time.
		Tommy Smothers appeared as as a guest on other variety shows, while Dick Smothers concentrated on his passion, stock car racing.
		With little to lose, NBC let Tommy Smothers take over as producer of the last four shows left in their thirteen week contract and these programs were excellent, maybe the finest variety hours produced during the Seventies.
	www.tvparty.com /smothers2.html (1014 words)

	The Anniston Star - Still edgy: Tommy Smothers, veteran of the ‘humor wars’ of the ’60s, isn’t sure he’d last today
		Tommy Smothers has no doubt what would happen if he tried to put The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on television today.
		The often raucous variety show was canceled by CBS in 1969 after the network grew uncomfortable with Tommy and Dick Smothers’ social commentary, including opposition to the Vietnam War.
		Smothers said he’s frequently approached by people who ask him whether he wishes he were on television now because he could say anything he wanted.
	www.dailyhome.com /entertainment/2004/as-tv-1027-0-4j26q3916.htm (378 words)

	Artists Network of Refuse & Resist! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tommy: Well, the profiling -- if you profile -- if everybody was profiled, and just not the Arabs or fls, and they're starting to profile everybody now, but they're not.
		Tommy: Well, there's a time, when things get tough, there's always these people who wanna stop the very concepts of what we're about.
		Tommy: -- The Smothers brothers, we were fired.
	www.artistsnetwork.org /news/news36.html (3587 words)

	Dick Smothers: Mom Always Liked Him Best
		So the Smothers Brothers routine evolved organically, from a pair of siblings---Dick on bass, Tom on guitar---playing straight folk music during the Kingston Trio era, into one of the funniest comedy teams of all time.
		Tommy’s older and he would’ve said, ‘I’ll be the boss and you be the dumb one.’ Our act sort of grew in its own shape and it’s much better now than it was originally.
		Still, the Smothers Brothers will always be remembered for their couple of years at the top of the television heap as the turbulent sixties reached their denouement.
	www.jimnewsom.com /PFW05-DickSmothers.html (885 words)

	Tom Smothers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Bolin "Tom" Smothers, III (born February 2, 1937) is an American comedian, composer and musician from New York, New York.
		Tommy Smothers is best known as half of the musical comedy team The Smothers Brothers with his brother, Dick Smothers.
		Smothers is widely quoted as saying: "The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen." He and others have implied that the brothers' oppositional politics lead to their show's demise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Smothers (270 words)

	YoYoing.com Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tommy competed in the West Coast Regionals in Santa Rosa a couple of years ago and came in 4th.
		Still, there's no questioning the contribution he's made to yo-yo playing.-------------------------------------------------------------------: Do any of you guys know Tommy Smothers, My uncle says he was the world yo-yo champion several times, but no one mentioned him before when I asked.
		Tommy Smothers - pandora Spocks - 1997-09-08 14:57:41
	www.yoyoing.com /news/phone_viewpost.php?post=227 (150 words)

	The Smothers Brothers Show
		As you may know the Smothers Brothers inherited Judy Garland's old stage (43) and the ramp the Smothers used that extended out over the audience was originally built for Judy since it was reminiscent of a theatrical stage, unlike most television stages which are audience level.
		The Smothers were just the latest in a long line of well-known performers since 1961 that went up against 'Bonanza', all quickly going down in flames.
		A short-lived CBS sitcom called The Smothers Brothers Show (where Tommy played an angel and Dick his playboy brother) hardly made a dent with audiences or critics in 1965.
	www.tvparty.com /smothers.html (1199 words)

	Tommy Smothers on the infamous Lennon Troubadour incident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tommy Smothers on the infamous Lennon Troubadour incident
		It was just packed." To get the foundation, Tommy did a single (act) at the Cellar Door in Washington, D.C. — we hadn’t worked for a while, and he wanted to get his chops and he’d never done a single.
		At the Troubadour, they’re ripped, and Harry has told John that Tommy likes to be yelled at up there, it’ll really help the show.
	abbeyrd.best.vwh.net /tommysmothers.html (382 words)

	Smothers go Yo!
		At the end of his appearances with brother Dick while on tour, Tommy likes to dig out his basic $5 yo-yo, wrap its string around his finger and let it fly.
		The Smothers Brothers' audiences now are a mix of parents who hark back to 1970s TV and a younger brood who's there for one thing and one thing only:
		Tommy hasn't been tempted by that bright, seductive millennium world of yo.
	www.rambles.net /smothers_yo.html (609 words)

	SMOTHERS BROTHERS booking - Comedians - Corporate Entertainment Booking
		Such lasting power is a testimonial to their intuitive humor, natural warmth, superlative showmanship and the pure unadulterated joy they bring to audiences of all ages.
		Audiences have seen the Smothers Brothers in their own prime time comedy series in both the 1960's and 1980's, guest appearances on numerous television programs and talk shows, countless engagements as headliners in Las Vegas, a hot-selling video, continuous coast-to-coast concert tours, as well as a host of other accomplishments.
		The contributions Tom and Dick have made to the entertainment world throughout their career are so highly respected that the Museum of Broadcasting in New York produced a retrospective and seminar on their work, an honor not lightly accorded.
	delafo.securesites.net /comedians/Smothers-Brothers.htm (689 words)

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		Dick and Tommy Smothers are consummate showmen who have been in the business for nearly 50 years, a lengthy career that surpasses all other comedy teams.
		But it was their own show, “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” that propelled them into the national spotlight as well as the history books.
		The brother’s trademark act was performing folk songs (Tommy on acoustic guitar, Dick on string bass), which usually led to fake arguments and Tommy’s signature line “Mom always liked you best.” But their show is most noted for embracing the ‘60s antiwar movement and skewering every sacred cow in sight with groundbreaking satire.
	www.cachecreek.com /press/press_release_details.aspx?PressId=131 (338 words)

	NPR : TOMMY SMOTHERS of the comedy duo The Smothers Brothers
		TOMMY SMOTHERS of the comedy duo The Smothers Brothers
		Fresh Air from WHYY, March 19, 1999 · TOMMY SMOTHERS of the comedy duo The Smothers Brothers.
		Also -- TOMMY SMOTHERS of the Smothers Brothers on their pioneering comedy show.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1110569 (224 words)

	Smothers Brothers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first was a situation comedy The Smothers Brothers Show (1965–1966).
		It was The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for which the Smothers Brothers became best known.
		During an appearance on the show, Keith Moon, who was the drummer for The Who, overloaded his bass drum with explosive charges which were detonated during the finale of "My Generation" which lit the hair and, according to legend, resulted in permanent hearing damage for bandmate Pete Townshend.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smothers_Brothers (1119 words)

	Bill Maher, Tommy Smothers & the Vietnam War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		On the show, and introduced with a great deal of respect and affection by Bill Maher, was Tommy Smothers of The Smothers Brothers comedy act.
		The Smothers Brothers program on CBS was canceled at the height of the Vietnam War because of their outspoken opposition to the U.S. intervention in Indochina.
		Maybe from Smothers' perspective, it's a case of regardless of the position being taken, defending the right to speak out.
	www.therationalradical.com /dsep/0901/maher-smothers.htm (285 words)

	TIME.com: The Unsinkable Tom Smothers -- Aug. 29, 1969 -- Page 1
		The Smothers network, pieced together at the local level out of independent stations and independent-minded network affiliates, premieres Sept. 10 with the fateful Easter Sunday tape CBS refused to broadcast last April.
		Stations that sign up with the Smothers network get the last-year show free —in return for a commitment to carry in December a 90-minute Smothers special to be taped largely in Toronto.
		After that, Tommy figures that Smothers Inc. will have whetted enough viewer appetite to syndicate a regular series of monthly specials—or even win second-season time on one of the established networks on their own terms.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,901314,00.html (715 words)

	TV Preview: Tom Smothers: 'QED taping of folk greats a real reunion
		For Tommy Smothers, the taping of WQED's "This Land Is Your Land" at Carnegie Mellon University in May was an extraordinary experience.
		Collins and the Smothers Brothers go back to the Smotherses' first job ever as a duo, in 1960.
		As Smothers recalls the folk boom, "Every town had two or three little coffee shops or beer places where the folk singers would come in, just like they did in the '80s with the comedy stores.
	www.post-gazette.com /tv/20020914smothers0914fnp5.asp (686 words)

	There Goes The Bride \| The A.V. Club
		While Smothers spends the afternoon talking to a phantom, his family and future family (including a red-faced Martin Balsam) grow increasingly hysterical.
		Meanwhile, Smothers imagines that he and Twiggy are Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which translates as Smothers tap-dancing madly while winking occasionally at the thin air on his right.
		He gets no help from Smothers' gasping performance, and Smothers gets no help from the fact that his character is the only person in the theater who doesn't get the premise, which means he keeps publicly hugging and conversing with a Twiggy that no one can see.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/25146/print (291 words)

	Being There
		The story of how the brothers managed, by decade’s end, to transform from clean-cut, nice young men to “radical agitators” and poster boys for free speech is one of the most fascinating in the history of popular culture.
		It had elements of the typical TV variety show, but the way the Smothers Brothers went after the youth audience was new and innovative.
		I was privileged to be able to speak with Tommy Smothers a few weeks ago, to ask him about the genesis of The Smothers Brothers’ act, the controversy surrounding the show, and the current states of politics, free speech, and satire.
	www.beingtheremag.com /content/0506/featuresmothers.html (6633 words)

	TalkingComedy.com Legends Profile: SMOTHERS BROTHERS
		Tommy’s talent for comedy was first showcased on-stage when he, brother Dick, and a college friend Bobby Blackmore formed a folk trio.
		Tommy’s on-stage persona was similar to Woody Allen’s early stand-up persona.
		When Tommy originally talked younger brother Dick into joining him in the folk trio, performing was just going to be something they’d do for a short time while they were attending college… a way of having a little fun.
	www.talkingcomedy.com /winter2001-02/legends-wi02/SB-LGND-wi02.html (968 words)

	New Senate Plurality Leader Tommy Daschle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Consistently aided by their left-wing allies in the mainstream media, Tommy and Dicky Smothers have taken hyperbole to previously unheard-of heights.
		You see, Tommy and Dicky — Washington's Smothers Brothers — have essentially made themselves a joke by incessantly deriding the Bush agenda, not on the merits but, rather, by virtue of their outlandish lies.
		As for Tommy and Dicky Smothers, they are still only a comedy team comprised of a plurality leader and a minority leader; in sum, the two of them don't even add up a whole.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2001/6/5/102220.shtml (363 words)

	Amazon.com: "Tommy Smothers": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		See all pages with references to Tommy Smothers.
		Tommy Smothers, who had seen Campbell perform live and was struck by his casual charisma,...
		At the Crystal Palace in St. Louis, she made more than a friend out of Tommy Smothers, the endearingly dim-witted half of the Smothers Brothers comedy team.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Tommy-Smothers (537 words)

	Tom Smothers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special II (1980) (TV)....
		Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002) (TV)....
		Odds Are!: The Smothers Brothers Show You How to Gamble and Win (1985) (V)....
	www.imdb.com /Name?Smothers,+Tom (468 words)

	YoYoing.com Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In reply to Tommy Smothers on Suddenly Susan posted by Chuck on Monday, November 10th, 1997 at 20:01:02
		With a cherry on top?--Jodi: this is not an invitation to say some untoward thing about someone I hold in high regard, but I thought some of you might care that Tommy was going to be on Suddenly Susan, and tune in to watch.
		Tommy Smothers on Suddenly Susan - Chuck - 1997-11-10 20:01:02
	www.yoyoing.com /news/phone_viewpost.php?post=965 (154 words)

	Glad You Asked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Q: Back in the '70s, Bill Cosby slugged one of the Smothers brothers.
		was floundering during its eight-week run, Tommy Smothers said something to Cosby at a Playboy Mansion party.
		They "were not buddies,'' Smith writes, and after a few words were exchanged Cosby knocked Smothers down with a right to the jaw.
	www.cadenhead.org /book/homepage24/examples/Glad/index.html (182 words)

	TOMMY SMOTHERS Hand Signed 8 x 10 Photo From "Silver Bears"
		TOMMY SMOTHERS Hand Signed 8 x 10 Photo From "Silver Bears"
		Description: A handsome 8 x 10 inch glossy fl and white promotional photograph of Tommy Smothers in a scene from Columbia Picture's 1978 film, "Silver Bears", boldly hand-signed by Mr.
		This autographed item is unconditionally guaranteed authentic without time limit and regardless of owner.
	www.antiqnet.com /detail,tommy-smothers-hand,1244075.html (140 words)

	Tommy Smothers
		This photo was taken at a charity celebrity golf event, but it wasn't the first time Dan had the chance to "hang" with the funnier half of the Smothers Brothers.
		The two had met and worked together in Reno, Nevada where Dan hosted the pilot for a game show which never aired.
		The Smothers Brothers appeared on the pilot as celebrity guests, and Tommy almost literally brought down the house, dismantling the show's set to the delight of the audience!
	members.aol.com /archivedan/archives/withdan/pages/smothers.htm (80 words)

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