The Smothers Brothers started out as an innocent brotherly musical/comedy act. But when they started their TV show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, they made television history by being the first show thrown off the air for being too controversial. Below are five links to online articles about the show and two about Harry Nilsson and The Smothers Brothers.
And then there’s the MBIP Coming Attractions for the next week’s broken blog posts.
‘The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’ at 50: The Rise and Fall of a Groundbreaking Variety Show - This is a great oral history of the show including memories from Tom and Dick Smothers and Rob Reiner and Steve Martin who were young writers for the show.
The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers - An interview and an excerpt from a book on the show at NPR.
The Smothers Brothers mark their CBS firing 50 years ago - An AP article on the anniversary of the two getting fired from CBS.
50-year flashback: The rebellious ’Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’ - USA Today published a piece on the rebellious show.
The Smothers Brothers on CBS - Here’s a list of all of the people that put the show together, many would become major stars later on.
When John Lennon And Harry Nilsson Got Tossed From The Troubadour For Heckling - This has nothing to do with the television show, but it’s a great Smothers Brothers story with John Lennon and Harry Nilsson!
Harry Nilsson - The Smothers Brothers Summer Show 8th July 1970 - And speaking of Harry, here he is with Tommy Smothers back in July of 1970!
Monday: Yet another Saturday Night Frozen Pizza here at MBIP World Headquarters.
Tuesday: I’m not sure what I’m doing Tuesday, probably a throwback post from a food tour.
Wednesday: I’ll be spotlighting Kenny’s Westside Pub in this week’s MBIP Irish Pub tribute.
Thursday: I’ll have another quarantine dinner in the MBIP World Headquarters for this week’s Thursday Minute Marty Meals.
Friday: I have no idea what I’m going to do Friday, tune in to see what I come up with.
Saturday: I’ll spotlight another local sandwich on the weekly Sandwiches of Peoria segment. Tune in to see what’s between the bread this week!
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