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| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/arts/television/tom-smothers-dead.html | |||
| title = Tom Smothers, Comic Half of the Smothers Brothers, Dies at 86 | |||
| work = [[New York Times]] | |||
| author = William Grimes | |||
| date = 2023-12-27 | |||
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| quote = Tom, more liberal than his brother and largely responsible for the production of the show, brought in writers attuned to the thinking of the Baby Boom generation — among them Rob Reiner, Steve Martin, Pat Paulsen, and Mason Williams — and stretched the boundaries of taste at every turn. | |||
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Revision as of 15:25, 31 December 2023
| Tom Smothers | |
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| Born | 1937 |
| Died | 2023-12-31 |
| Occupation | musician |
Tom Smothers (1937-2023) was an American musician.[1]
In 1967 Tom and his brother Dick premiered 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'.[1] The show, which, on the surface, seemed to be an uncontroversial mainstream variety show, was cancelled, in 1969, for stealth comments Tom made on controversial topics, like civil rights and the war in Vietnam.[2]
Smother's stage persona was that of a simpleton, with his brother playing the straight man.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nell Scovell. Simpleton? Genius? Who Was Tom Smothers?, New York Times, 2023-12-28, p. C3. Retrieved on 2023-12-31. “Six years later, the brothers debuted 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,' their seminal variety show that used comedy to satirize issues like the Vietnam War, racial politics and drugs.”
- ↑ Smothered: The Censorship Struggles Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Retrieved on 2023-12-31.
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