Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Never Aired Ep. David Steinberg, Nancy Wilson, Dan Rowan, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Never Aired Ep.
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@brazillady51197 ай бұрын
Returning from a trip to Kentucky a station wagon loaded with instruments and luggage passed us. They pulled into the Holiday Inn. For some reason we followed the car in. The station wagon parked and out step the Smothers Brothers! My Aunt and I were so excited. Dick disappeared, but Tom was in the lobby. We ran in for an autograph. We didn’t have any paper, but my Aunt spotted a piece of paper in my purse. She grabbed it and tore it half. I about had a heart attack. I cried out that the paper was the basis for my term paper! Tommy was so sorry, but I said go ahead, sign it. He did for both of us. I still managed to write my term paper. Got an A on it. Still have that autograph . . . Somewhere.
@AmazingGrace-pd7zc7 ай бұрын
What a precious memory you have of the Smothers Brothers. Thanks for sharing. Rest peacefully Tommy!
@kellykaufman84597 ай бұрын
I love your story. I saw them perform in Las Vegas.
@GuantanamoBayBarbie36 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story with us! ❤
@IsaDesOsiers7 ай бұрын
RIP Tommy Smothers, The Smothers Brothers act was wonderful. I never new about any of this, I was too young. I am grateful to have watch this video and gotten the real story. Wow!
@kevinmhadley6 ай бұрын
I remember watching this show as kid. I’m glad they were there. Someone needed to push those boundaries
@njjeff201 Жыл бұрын
Always will LOVE Tommy & Dickie. Two showbiz GREATS
@flyswryan5 ай бұрын
They were performing at the Playboy Club & Resort outside of Lake Geneva, WI. Dick is a pilot and they flew in, in Dick’s wee Piper Cherokee. Tommy hung out up at the hotel, but several times, Dick wandered down to the airport, which was located in the northeast corner of the resort, and talked airplanes and flying with us.
@catherineerwin8269 Жыл бұрын
A landmark episode & show over all. I love the Smothers Brothers! Iconic
@lilithrogers52047 ай бұрын
Awww sweet dreams in peace Tommy❤We’ll miss you here in Sonoma County where you lived for so long ❤
@cherylreaves2536 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this. The Smothers Brothers were always my favorite. I remember them being a little controversial, but that’s what made them so great. I never understood why they were cancelled when they were so high in the ratings. Again, thanks for posting this. I would love to have the entire catalog.
@angelamoore654411 ай бұрын
Smothers Brothers, you are great, an i loved your humor and heart felt wisdom. Angela
@martinbrodie85076 ай бұрын
Blessed to have been an 11-year-old Smothers Brothers and Laugh-In afficianado in '69.
@billwheeler36877 ай бұрын
Good night, Tommy. Rest in Peace.
@roadkingdream Жыл бұрын
I was 7 yrs. old when this was a hit show. We did'nt know why it was canceled. We did'nt know what racial or political was...we also had Smothers Brothers vinyl records....
@thedyck6910 ай бұрын
It is incorrect to say the show never aired. I remember watching it, at the age of 17 back in 1969, In CANADA, where it aired nationally.
@yowpyowp73747 ай бұрын
Not only that, Tom Smothers flew to Toronto to watch the episode. He was discussing a deal with CTV to tape the following season at CFTO.
@wmbrown66 ай бұрын
It also aired in New York - on WNEW-TV (Channel 5). Where it never aired, of course, was on CBS.
@davidhinkley5 ай бұрын
Americans don't believe that they are as highly censored as they are/were.
@mary5827 Жыл бұрын
The song with Nancy Wilson is so beautifully done! I love the skit after too! Very funny!❤❤❤
@scottmcnulty706 ай бұрын
Anybody can be cancelled, anyone can be replaced. Too true.
@scottmcnulty706 ай бұрын
I'm watching this on MLK day. I have to wonder if the duet wasn't the killer and not Steinberg? Either way, I'm glad that I got to see this.
@wmbrown66 ай бұрын
It never aired on CBS. I remember seeing a TV Guide of a few months later (New York-Metropolitan Edition) where WNEW-TV 5 ran it. Dickie's "spat" was staged, as he had a racing car commitment he had to meet, thus Rowan filling in.
@bobjohnson2055 ай бұрын
I just him in The Racing Scene' with James Garner.
@StephenKern-xl6xr7 ай бұрын
RIP Tommy Smothers.
@judilynn95696 ай бұрын
I was 10 when the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour went off the air. I watched every episode. I loved the show, even at that young age. I remember being sad when they disappeared and not understanding why. Seeing this last episode makes me yell "BS!". David's sermon was not offensive. Heyal, the fact that Dan Rowan did blackface was far worse. But no, they were fired because of the overall atmosphere of them doing what they wanted and not cowtowing to the network. I'm glad they were paid for the remainder of the season and that they won their courtcase. RIP Tommy. ♥
@00lilyvonshtupp6 ай бұрын
Tommy
@johnwakefield85707 ай бұрын
Cile was my mother's friend. Cile loved to laugh. With her big horsey teeth, boy, she loved to laugh. .. and, she loved the Smothers Brothers .. .. and, the Smothers Brothers came to our town .. .. and Cile and I went. And how she laughed .. the tears running down her face .. Cile up there. And now, Tommy, you up there .. boy there must be .. it must be shaking the rafters up there .. if they have rafters up there .. .. can almost feel it down here ..
@prajnachan3336 ай бұрын
These boys are just too much. This should be released, it's a great example of their, John's blues and rock influences. So raw and real.
@kevinfitzmaurice40727 ай бұрын
Tom Smothers, 1937-2023
@teresalydon77147 ай бұрын
Wonder what happened to the singers, dancers, orchestra, sound/lighting/film directors, writers, etc., who were laid off when the show stopped airing?
@DougGrinbergsАй бұрын
26:42 David Steinberg sermon
@jasonnstegall6 ай бұрын
This episode seems so incredibly ironic in and out of context.
@MrsRosencranz12 ай бұрын
So many of the shows had that quality. There was a lot of truth in the exchanges.
@lwmson Жыл бұрын
Loved how Tommy ended the show on a serious note by paying homage to MLK. It was a shame that CBS canned the show simply because the brothers addressed the current political and social issues of that time, but I suppose they felt the mainstream just wasn't ready for such candidness.
@Dudemon-17 ай бұрын
The political content was tedious and made the comedy flat.
@lwmson7 ай бұрын
@@Dudemon-1 Many, myself included, would disagree with you.
@ellacarson20487 ай бұрын
@@Dudemon-1not so. It was very edgy at that time. I remember controversary over the use of the word condom. Tommy said condone as a substitute
@lwmson6 ай бұрын
Disagree in what sense?
@bmyra7 ай бұрын
Audio is messed up.
@gjsmimi44747 ай бұрын
It's weird but the audio is totally disturbed while I'm trying to view this on 12/30/2023. I've never seen this episode. I'm 63.
@danielweston91886 ай бұрын
So needed cable back then . . . .
@hannah4peace7 ай бұрын
Tommy......
@garthreynolds14376 ай бұрын
I heard it ! It was so fynny! In perfect pitch and timing 👌 sheesh i would kick myself if I were you!!
@joyleenpoortier74966 ай бұрын
Can’t hear it very disappointed
@Observ45er7 ай бұрын
No sound here. . .
@fab423556 ай бұрын
Could be a little louder 🙄🗣
@binniparis8024 Жыл бұрын
No audio .. xx
@deborahburns424 Жыл бұрын
Can't hear it
@anothercomment345111 ай бұрын
There is no sound on this now.🤫and no cc is availed. How come?
@RonGerstein7 ай бұрын
Your computer sucks.
@tomboughan27186 ай бұрын
No sound.
@m1t2a110 ай бұрын
Boil that cabbage down would add context, but who needs that? 10:33 Look at those vicious beasts in the crevasses. Sure look like pumas. Take it.
@unstoppablezone49806 ай бұрын
No sound
@ferretlady187 Жыл бұрын
Can't hear it it is garbled
@papakilatube6 ай бұрын
Those poor excuses for Americans who denied the country this gem should be eternally ashamed.
@bobgarner446 ай бұрын
To me, the comedy seemed a bit weak. Cancellation doesn't seem to be out of the question
@sweetesthawaiianprincess80865 ай бұрын
Agree - this ‘last’ episode was no lol 😮
@LordGreystoke Жыл бұрын
Imagine, instead of the sermonette, the brothers could have inserted Pat Paulsen, whose humor is always guaranteed a laugh and the season might have continued for the brothers. Instead, dick had to insist upon another sermonette that he knew would piss off CBS.
@richardwarner3705 Жыл бұрын
Tom
@user-oh5yy7eb7h11 ай бұрын
If you think one person or one "sermonette" killed the show, you may want to Google it. CBS could have just censored it, like usual. The brothers and the writers of the show were constantly making fun of the President and joking about the stupidity of the Vietnam War and CBS was constantly cutting those parts out as too controversial. That had been happening for years and CBS kept renewing the show.
@LordGreystoke7 ай бұрын
@@user-oh5yy7eb7hyeah, but Pat Paulsen was not featured on this skit and he was featured in many episodes. You don’t know what might have happened. We do know that the serminette skit pissed off a lot of the affiliates in the South.
@jim60706 ай бұрын
I guess they don’t believe in limits to what can be put on tv. That’s their right, but most people believe there has to be common decency. Sad that they didn’t. The saddest part is, they think they are some kind of heroes.
@tomcrown697 ай бұрын
What is sad that we never learn. Nixon was president and believe he was above the law. Today we have crazy Trump. One difference is Nixon had a brain Trump doesn’t. Plus at that time the Republican Party still cared for the country unlike today. I wish their was a Smother Brothers around to show this absurdity through their comedy. Tommy your insight will be missed.
@californian14597 ай бұрын
No today we have demented Biden for your info mr fascist
@Observ45er7 ай бұрын
@@californian1459 Dream on, little one.
@ginilinenkemper92616 ай бұрын
Nixon had a brain but just as sociopathic as Trump.
@bobjohnson2055 ай бұрын
@@ginilinenkemper9261 George Conway has called him a "narcissistic psychopath" on national TV. Rob Reiner has called him a "psychopath" on national TV. He is now so far past just being a sociopath!
@billkarmetsky40037 ай бұрын
I can kind of understand why this episode was cancelled. I would have cancelled it for imparting too much liberal BS.
@evans546 ай бұрын
would reactionary BS be ok
@scottkrater21316 ай бұрын
Not much of a fan then, since that describes about every show they did.
@evans546 ай бұрын
I liked they were anti Vietnam war
@billkarmetsky40036 ай бұрын
Liberalism is reactionary BS.@@evans54
@GuantanamoBayBarbie36 ай бұрын
@jamesrhoades3999 Thank you for uploading these full length episodes! What a comedy treasure. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! :^) ❤
@sean100ify Жыл бұрын
Never thought Steinberg was funny and I never liked him, Pat Paulsen was funny
@iamanomas7 ай бұрын
Totally beg to differ with you. They were both excellent stand ups.
@paulsvenson75856 ай бұрын
I' ve been a huge Smothers Brothers fan since early 60s. That bit, as well as the opening bit with Dick and Dan Rowen and the pies really wasn't funny. Both sketches were kind of sad.