Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Thanks!   Look forward to checking this out. 

Not censorship related, buy here is The Who, with some pre song banter and lip syncing My Generation in 1967. The ending is .... well .... smashing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiSKu7SbGNQ&ab_channel=Badass

Mark, I was into it then, this is a must see, indeed. I'm a little way into it, and I'm hooked. Their timing, their minds, humor, their music, their sensibilities - fucking great!

The bit about the U.S. government saying Americans shouldn't travel at that time, with their shout out to our people in Vietnam to come home. You just have to hear it. So good.

Don, the humor involved in the Who's Smothers Brothers appearance really made it palatable for me. I saw the Who a number of times in the '60s including Monterey Pop, the first time I saw Pete smash his guitar. That first time scared me. I loved John Entwistle and Keith Moon, well, all of them, but the smashing stuff didn't excite me.

Thanks for the thread and links, you guys.

looking forward to this

thanks Mark !

(may also watch Who up to smashing)

(:

Judit - you were at Monterey? Way cool! Took the time to watch the documentary and also sending out a thank you to Mark.

I was 9 years old in 1968 and remember the time through a white bread NJ Good Republican family lens (my first meal after Gerber's was baloney with ketchup on Wonder Bread)*.

Good perspective in the vid.

* ... needless to say, I became the family outlier

I feel you, Mark

Brothers in white bread.....

We weren't allowed to have white bread. It was whole grain or nothing.

Mark, I loved watching that Smothers Brothers documentary. Funny, endearing, moving, etc. til CBS "got them!".  Thanks again for the link. I'm giving it to friends and family as a holiday present.

I never really cared for baloney, I was always more of a PB&J on white bread kind of guy, until a friend introduced me to fried baloney when I was in my 20s. Game changer.

I watched the first half of this documentary last night. I have some vague memories of the show from my childhood, but not the political stuff. What I liked most about the Smothers Brothers was the tension between the two of them, and especially Tommy's line to Dicky that Mom always liked you best. That was something I could relate to even as a first or second grader.

Also, Pat Paulsen. How great was he? Again, I didn't get the topical stuff, but I could tell just from his sad sack demeanor that he was goofing on us somehow.

It was a well done doc.  I remember listening to a David Steinberg album at a friends house ~  the Steinberg album was a riot for a kid.  I had no idea he was viewed so controversially.  

Let's hope our media can keep their cool during the next four years, and not be censored....or maybe we should start sending roaches to DC.

Watched them every week back then .  Great show.  The rock groups always performed live - never lip synched.

Mark, I caught that joke in the second part. Funny stuff, and a pretty bold set-up for a Mom always liked you best.

Also, while they kind of hinted at it with background music, I don't think they ever mentioned that the head writer, Mason Williams, wrote and performed, Classical Gas.

Finally finished watching the whole thing

So so so good

Thanks again Mark