Word: smotherses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Holcey Hip. The peculiar appeal of the Smothers is that they pull off these bum mots with such a deceptive air of wide-eyed innocence that the cornier the material, the louder the laughs. A more apt name for them would be the Mothers' Brothers. "We attract the kind...
Like shooting bottles off a barnyard fence, the gunslingers on NBC's top-rated Bonanza have for several seasons systematically picked off every show offered in the opposing time slots. Five months ago, CBS rushed in a pair of suburban slickers, and to the industry's surprise, they...
THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). Dick and Tommy play host to Steve Allen, Vikki Carr and Esther Ofarim.
THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). Recent nominees for a TV "EMMY" AWARD. Dickie and Tommy team up in comedy and song with another popular pair: Simon and Garfunkel, the poets of folk rock.
The show itself, aired on ABC-TV, won the ratings sweepstakes over NBC's Bonanza and CBS's The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. More important, as Cohen happily pointed out, "virtually every play in town reported a healthy spurt at the box office." Daily ticket sales for The...