I love how disconnected John is to the rest of the band's antics. He just cradles his bass in the shadows.

John wanted none of that. Funmy how he holds his bass tighter when pete is thrashing

Rest in peace, Tom Smothers.

4:45 John holds his precious bass like it's his child or whatever while everyone else is smashing their instruments.

I just love how John is protecting his bass while Pete and Keith are literally destroying stuff

Keith Moon ends up with pieces of drum shrapnel in his arm after the explosion. You see him run off stage clutching his arm.

That base is so satisfying to listen to

I love Keith barely playing drums the whole show, gave me a good laugh

you can be cool, but you can never be "john playing a bass solo with a straight face" cool

That escalated quickly. There was a freaking EXPLOSION.

The night i became a Who fan, and Pete lost his hearing.

When everyone else was into the Beatles/Stones, I was totally blazing with The Who. 50+ years later, still blazing with The Who🔥

RIP Tom Smothers (February 2, 1937 - December 26, 2023), aged 86 And RIP the two members of The Who John Entwistle (October 9, 1944 - June 27, 2002), aged 57 Keith Moon (August 23, 1946 - September 7, 1978), aged 32 You will be remembered as legends.

The Who incident The performance by The Who in 1967 was another defining moment in the series. As the group often did during that period, The Who destroyed their instruments at the conclusion of their performance of "My Generation", with the usual addition of mild explosives for light pyrotechnic effect. The piece ended with guitarist Pete Townshend grabbing Tommy's guitar and smashing it. On the Smothers Brothers show that night a small amount of explosive was put into the small cannon that Keith Moon kept in his bass drum. But it did not go off during the rehearsal. Unbeknownst to Moon, a stage hand had added another explosive before the taping, and later Moon added another charge so that now there were three explosive charges in the cannon instead of one.[14] When Moon detonated it, the explosion was so intense that a piece of cymbal shrapnel cut into Moon's arm; Moon is heard moaning in pain toward the end of the piece. Townshend, who had been in front of Moon's drums at the time, had his hair singed by the blast; he is seen putting out sparks in his hair before finishing the sketch with a visibly shocked Tommy Smothers. The blast contributed heavily to Townshend's long-term hearing loss.[15]

Luv how Rodger stutters when he names the next tune ♪

RIP Tommy Smothers! You were clearly a fan and a friend of The Who.

"My friends call me Keith, you can call me John" From that sentence alone, I became a fan of The Who

John is one of smoothest bass players of all time

RIP Tommy Smothers - 2023!! One of a Kind!!!

4:30 John: "Just look away and I'll be ok"

I heard that Entwistle had light brown hair. He began dying it so Roger would stand out. He dyed his hair and beard until around 1980 or 81. Then went grey and left it.

Entwistle was way ahead of his time with his bass playing and tone. Doesn't even anchor his thumb.

At 5:20 you can hear Keith scream "Oww, pull it out!!!!". A piece of cymbals shrapnel was stuck in his left arm. They were lucky to get out of there with minimal damage!!

You can tell that John is the best musician in the band. Doesn't want his best sounding bass damaged.

God that bass tone is incredible for 1967

John at 4:32 "They can't blame me if I ignore the rest of the group. Look only at me." Also, imagine having his talent & being that nonchalant over that badass bass solo. Incredible.

I always love how bored John looks. But man, these guys were top notch musicians.

RIP to Tommy Smothers. And John and Keith.

The origins of punk rock can be traced back to the who

WOW! That bass player is AMAZING!!😮

The origins of punk rock can be traced back to the who "My friends call me Keith, but you can call me John" That base is so satisfying to listen to

That steady Ox bass though. Aside from the meaning of the song, I’ll always come back to this song to hear one of the best fingerpicking bassists in rock

The story behind this...the band was angry they had to pre-record songs instead of playing live...so Moon and a stagehand decided it was a good idea to put 3X the explosive in the kick drum then they usually used..they didn't warn the rest of the band either...and Moon set it off right when Pete was in the line of fire...has massive hearing problems to this day

“My friends call me Keith; you can call me John.” 😂 Talk about a jab back at him for making fun of Keith’s drumming

Essa banda é muito foda!

My history professor is making our class watch this for an exam and I am SO GLAD

I love the exchanges with Keith and Tommy "yeah well you have a sloppy stage act" and Tommy screams "OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH" 😂

RIP Tommy Smothers RIP Kieth Moon RIP John Entwistle

That last explosion was legendary

We lost Tommy smothers today. 😥 Rest In Peace Tommy

The Who always tried to one-up each other. This was just fun to watch.

I love how at the very end Pete walks up to Tommy Smothers with a "any questions" look on his face!

The Who in '67 (or any other year) were so good, so unique. And being on the Smothers Brothers show was such a treat. I loved that show. Everything was totally politically incorrect. Great sense of humor. They never took anything seriously.

Everyone talks about The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, but this is far more interesting in my opinion.

Such a kick ass way to start a kick ass movie!!! That was the essence of The Who when I first discovered them as a kid. And all these years later I still love that moment on The Smothers Brothers. RIP Keith Moon, John Entwistle and Tommy Smothers.

Besides Pete loss of hearing, Keith injured his arm at the end, you can tell that because roger was checking to see if he’s ok, and you can hear Keith screaming.

Rest in Peace Tom Smothers

Hahaha! WTF!!?? The ending is epic! And the bass playing is fricking wicked!!

Rest in Peace Tommy Smothers

Omg ,60 years later they still rock

saw the original broadcast of this just great

R.I.P. Tommy Smothers (1937-2023).

"The Who" - A slap in the face to the world, to wake up and open their eyes to a whole generation of people who were sick and tired of the corrupt leaders of the world leading them to destruction. We could use such a slap today.

I always thought Pete smashed his guitar in retaliation but now I can see it was all planed

It doesn’t get much more classic than this.

3:15 here the the bass haha, I just noticed the way John folds his thumb, why? haha

RIP Tom Smothers.

My 19 year old Granddaughter loves this ❤

RIP Tom Smothers

The Smothers Brothers were simply great.

Smothers brothers are underrated love them

I love this performance. Liviest performance ever

Excellent! Love Roger from Oz and bowling guitar.

Does no one notice Johns thumb it is so double jointed he has it over his hand

RIP today, Tommy Smothers.

Farewell to Tommy Smothers

R.I.P. Tommy Smothers

John was the best musician in that band by far

I love how nobody talks about the obvious fact that Roger was the only member actually playing his "instrument" in this appearance, lol

This was the Eric Andre show before the Eric Andre show

Keith sounds so different from his later interviews in the 70's

I 😂 along with The Who as they endured Smothers Brothers comedy! I loved watching this weekly show that always brought the latest music to my family room.

Man Pete was right in front of that bass drum!

Roger from Oz!

John Entwistle never gets the credit he deserves

I saw them do Tommy at the Fillmore East. What a memory.

When I think of the Smothers Brothers I’ll think of this clip of The Who performing. R.I.P Tom Smothers (February 2nd, 1937 - December 26th, 2023)

Dude Keith Is my inspiration

R.I.P. Tommy 😢

I bought the 45 in the 60’s. I was 14. It’s the first and maybe the only record I actually wore out.

I actually saw this happen on the TV back in the day!!! Classic!!!

Its 2020 and I've never seen anything like this before. I had to go back for this.

the fact he could sing so well with a stutter, its so impressive!!!

John Entwistle's extremely casual virtuosity and vibe is amazing

I like how the rest of the group had no problem taking the piss out of anyone without cracking up but Roger always seemed unable to hold his laughter.

What a generation!!!!

John was holding his bass like it’s a child. Like nobody can touch his bass and John didn’t look happy.

I love the 60’s. I wish I was there, but oh, God knows best. ❤️✝️🕊️😭

Pure gold

The Who, Rock N' Roll's Loudest Band! The above was originally broadcast via the television Variety Show _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_ on Sun, Sep 17, 1967 @ 9pm [CBS; S2E2]. Reportedly, drummer Keith Moon put like ten times more cherry bombs into his bass drum than the band had planned on. Guitarist Pete Townsend's hair was singed and blown to the side like in a cartoon. It's been claimed that Moon's kaboom caused like 50% hearing-loss in Townsend's right ear. However that could've also been caused by Townsend's long-term playing too close to the stacked amplifiers standard for their live-stage performances.

The Who are the perfect band.

RIP Tommy Smothers !!

Tom smothers RIP 🕊

Today they would be criticized for making of fun of people a stutter😂 great freakin song!

1:24 And where your from roger? Your mom - Roger Daltrey

....no words..60 th time..!!!

If you remember this show you have to be at least 66 years old in 2022.

3:33 Love Pete's little fill. The man does have some chops for someone who is known mostly for his rhythm playing

(According to the several narratives I've read about this performance, no one knew that Keith packed additional explosives into his bass drums! Roger's and John's deflection against the explosive indicate the ending completely came undone -- and now the whole thing is off script with only Tommy Smothers to hold it together...and Tommy rolls with it "allowing" Pete to smash his acoustic guitar, then jumping on it himself and then calling for Dick's double bass! Oh, my!)

Pete later said he thinks this is how his tinnitus started.