I was in my mid teens when they debuted. Our family loved watching them.
What a shame. How time flies.
Thanks for all the smiles and laughs, Tommy. RIP.
I’ve upped my standards.
Now.......
Met him once briwfly and exchanged pleasantries. He was friendly and a bit whimsical. It made my day.
I will always recall one of the funniest punchline and leave it at that. I was watching with my mother at the time.
“Duct Tape”
I wish it was the end of an era... and not neccesarily a good era. There was a rise in political awareness then the commies took the reins. Thank you Reiner, Martin and several other script wtiters who are no longer germaine but continue to loudly promote tantrum politics rather than rational problem solving. The age of bumper sticker politics is upon us and this show was part of the shameful promotion of it. Laughter was the camouflage...
Thanks for this. Yesterday a post on Tom’s death was yanked. Someone didn’t like him, I guess.
Sometime in the 1980s I got to see the Smothers Brothers on stage. The only thing I remember clearly about the event was Tom could really handle a yo-yo. Wow, was he good!
Plus, Tommy had the privilege of getting punched out by Bill Cosby at a Playboy Mansion party in the ‘60’s (I suspect Tommy spotted Cosby as a scumbag from the start).
I’m 53 and growing up my Grandma was just about my best friend, I didn’t watch what other kids were watching. I watched what grandma watched, so I have a soft spot for things a little older than my age. She loved the Smothers Brothers, and so do I!
As I got older, my conservative viewpoint was there. I remember writing a letter to President Carter when I was in about 5th grade, asking him not to cut the defense budget. Then as a teen, I could not stand the character of Henry Goldblum on Hill Street Blues. I hated his whiny, bleeding heart act.
So maybe this Smothers guy was a fine man, but my sense is that his professional schtick won't be missed.