The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

All Episodes 1967 - 2008

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  • 1967-02-05T05:00:00Z
  • 45m
  • 2d 17h 43m (84 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was an American comedy and variety show television series hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969. The series was a major success, especially considering it was scheduled against the major NBC television series, Bonanza, with content that appealed to contemporary youth viewership with daring political satire humor and major music acts like Buffalo Springfield, Pete Seeger and The Who. But continual conflicts with network executives over content led to the show being abruptly pulled from the schedule in 1969.

135 episodes

The battles that Tom and Dick Smothers waged against network censorship are examined in this documentary film.

A complete, intimate stand-up comedy act taped at a club in Anchorage, Alaska in 1992.

A special celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Smothers Brothers landmark variety series. The program gathers together performers and writers from the "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," the highly rated series that ran on CBS in the late '60s before it was cancelled in the wake of pressure from the Nixon administration, a prime target of the show's satirical sketches.. Shown on TCM

Special 16 19801101.TV Special 1

  • 1980-11-01T05:00:00Z45m

Nicolette Larson, Martin Mull, Fred Willard, Pat Paulsen

Glen Campbell, Martin Mull,Pat Paulsen,Roo Morgan,Tanya Tucker

Special 18 Pat Paulsen for President

  • 1968-10-20T04:00:00Z45m

This special encapsulated the entire "Pat Paulsen for President" campaign and packaged it with film shot from the nationwide tour and somber-sounding narration by Henry Fonda.

Interview from December 21, 1992 with Harry Belafonte

Special 20 A Fable For Our Time

  • 2008-01-01T05:00:00Z45m

Brief documentary about the 1960s, setting the scene of the time in which "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" aired.

Interview with Dr. Benjamin Spock about his involvement in the anti-war movement.

Promo for TV Special

Series Premiere

1967-02-05T05:00:00Z

1x01 Jill St. John, Ed Sullivan, Jim Nabors

Series Premiere

1x01 Jill St. John, Ed Sullivan, Jim Nabors

  • 1967-02-05T05:00:00Z1h

Jill St John,Ed Sullivan,Jim Nabors

The Turtles and Eddie Albert are guests

Jack Benny,George Burns,Esther OFarim

Barbara Eden, Carl Reiner, Paul Revere and the Raiders; Paul Revere & the Raiders play their top 5 hit 'Ups & Downs'.

Carol Burnett, The Baja Marimba Band ('Brazilia'), Tom and Dick play 'I Will Never Marry'.

Jimmy Durante,Inger Stevens,The Turtles

Jack Jones, Tony Randall, Sid Marty Kroft Puppets, Tim and Dick play 'Music to Watch Girls By'.

Elaine May,Esther Ofarim,Blues Magoos

Robert 'Bobby' Morse, Lana Turner, Electric Prunes, Tom and Dick perform 'Four Winds & Seven Seas'.

Carl Reiner, Jenny Smith, Happenings, Skit 'The Killing of Julius Caesar'.

Dom DeLuise; Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Jr perform 'Something Stupid'.

Jonathan Winters, Nancy Wilson, Jefferson Airplane perform 'Somebody to Love'.

Simon and Garfunkel perform 'Feeling Groovy', Janet Leigh, Jim Connell

Martin Landau,Barbara Bain,Sonny and Cher

Jim Backus,Margaret O'Brien,Association,Hamilton Camp

Vikki Carr,Steve Allen,Ted Neeley Five

Noel Harrison,Shirley Jones,Leigh French

John Gary, Tammy Grimes, TheBuckinghams; Songs included: Don't You Care? - The Buckinghams / Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - The Buckinghams / The Impossible Dream - John Gary / Londonderry Air - Smothers Brothers & John Gary / The Lonely Goatherd - Smothers Brothers & John Gary / I'm Indestructible - Tammy Grimes.

Jefferson Airplane,Esther Ofarim,Mason Williams

Season Premiere

1967-09-10T04:00:00Z

2x01 Janet Leigh, Pete Seeger, Bobbie Gentry

Season Premiere

2x01 Janet Leigh, Pete Seeger, Bobbie Gentry

  • 1967-09-10T04:00:00Z1m

Guests: Janet Leigh, Pete Seeger, Bobbie Gentry; Opening Teaser - Tom and Dick; 'I Talk to the Trees' - Tom and Dick; 'Ode to Billie Joe' - Bobbie Gentry; 'Legalized Gambling' Editorial - Pat Paulsen; 'I'm a Little Teapot' - Tom and Dick; 'Where Have All the Flowers Gone' - Pete Seeger; 'Guantanamera' - Pete Seeger; 'This Land is Your Land' - Pete Seeger, Tom and Dick; 'The Story of a Dropout' sketch - Tom and Dick, Janet Leigh, Pat Paulsen, and Cast; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on September 1, 1967.

Guests: Bette Davis, Mickey Rooney, The Who; Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'Waltzing Matilda' - Tom & Dick; 'Queen Elizabeth and Essex' sketch - Tom & Dick, Bette Davis; 'Side by Side' and 'You're Just in Love' duets - Tom & Dick, Mickey Rooney; 'Politics' spot - Pat Paulsen; 'I Can See For Miles' - The Who; 'My Generation' - The Who; 'Up the Down Salesman' sketch; Mickey Rooney, Bette Davis, Tom and Dick; Goodnight and Credits; Taped on September 15, 1967.

George Burns,Hermans Hermits,Leigh French

Guests: Bette Davis, Mickey Rooney, The Who

Jane Powell,Noel Harrison,The Cake

Guests: Eddie Albert, Jackie "Moms" Mabley, The Byrds; Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'It It Fits Your Fancy' - Tom & Dick, Pat Paulsen; 'Mr. Spaceman' - The Byrds; Moms Mabley spot; 'Sweet Georgia Brown' - Moms Mabley; 'Space Race' editorial - Pat Paulsen; 'Goin' Back' - The Byrds; 'Pinocchio' sketch - Tom & Dick, Eddie Albert, Moms Mabley; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on October 13, 1967.

Guests: Eddie Albert, Jackie "Moms" Mabley, The Byrds

Shirley Jones,Harry Blackstone Jr,Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Guests: James Mason, Jimmie Rodgers, David Frye, Barbara Feldon; Nonpartisan statement on Campaign for the Presidency - Pat Paulsen; 'Song of the Volga Boatmen' - Tom & Dick; Introduction and talk - Tom & Dick, James Mason; 'The Wonderful World of Beards' sketch - James Mason, Tom & Dick, Pat Paulsen, Barbara Feldon; David Fry spot; Finale: 'The Travels of Marco Polo' - Tom & Dick, Barbara Feldon, James Mason, Pat Paulsen, and Cast; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on November 3, 1967.

Guests: Nancy Wilson, George Segal, Carol Burnett, Paul Revere and the Raiders; Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'The Foxes' - Tom & Dick; 'Peace of Mind' - Paul Revere and the Raiders; 'Acting' spot - Tom, George Segal; 'Draft Dodger Rag' - Tom & Dick, George Segal; 'Sunny' - Nancy Wilson; 'Robert Kerr-Plunk' - Tom & Dick, Nancy Wilson; Night after night at the Movies: Commercial Parodies - Tom & Dick, Pat Paulsen, George Segal, and Cast; Finale: 'Mutiny on the Bounty' - Tom & Dick, George Segal, Pat Paulsen, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Carol Burnett, and Cast; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on November 10, 1967.

Guests: Jimmy Durante, Janis Ian. Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm' - Tom & Dick, Jimmy Durante, and Cast; 'Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)' - Janis Ian; Smothers Poll: The War on Poverty - Dick, Leigh French, Gino Conforti, Scoey Mitchel; 'A Real Piano Player' - Tom & Dick, Jimmy Durante; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on November 24, 1967.

Jimmy Durante,Janis Ian,Mason Williams,Scoey Mitchell.Nancy Ames

Guests: Tallulah Bankhead, The Temptations, Pat Paulsen. Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'Louise' - Tom & Dick; 'Can You Do the Can-Can?' - Tom & Dick, and the Cast; 'Tomato' spot #1 - Tom; 'Mata Hari' sketch - Tom & Dick, Tallulah Bankhead; '(I Know) I'm Losing You' - The Temptations; 'Tomato Juice' spot #2 - Tom; 'Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue' - Tom & Dick, Mama Cass Elliot; Q&A - Tom & Dick; 'Tomato Juice' spot #3 - Tom; 'Swanee' - The Temptations; 'Tomato Juice' spot #4 - Tom; 'Gun Control' sketch - Tallulah Bankhead, Tom & Dick, Pat Paulsen, Gino Conforti; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on December 1, 1967.

Christmas Show Nanette Fabray, Jack Benny

Christmas Show Nanette Fabray,Jack Benny

Edgar Bergen, Judy Carne, The First Edition, Scoey Mitchell, Gino Conforti; Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'Troubadour Song' - Tom & Dick; Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy spot; 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)' - The First Edition; Smothers Poll: The 51st State - Dick, Leigh French, Scoey Mitchell; 'TV Censorship' editorial - Pat Paulsen; Edgar Bergen and Mortimer Snerd spot; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on December 8, 1967.

Guest: Patty Duke, The Association, Don Rickles. Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; "Old Dan Tucker' - Tom & Dick, and Cast; Introduction and Talk - Tom & Dick, Patty Duke; 'The Traveling Salesman and the Farmer's Daughter' sketch - Tom & Dick, Patty Duke, Pat Paulsen; 'Everything That Touches You' - The Association; Don Rickles spot; 'Pocahontas' sketch - Tom & Dick, Don Rickles, Pat Paulsen, Patty Duke, and Cast; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on January 5, 1968.

Sid Caesar, Blackstone Rangers, Glen Campbell, Leigh French Campbell performs 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix'

Guests: Robert Morse, Paul Revere and Raiders, Nanette Fabray. Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'Chocolate' - Tom & Dick; 'Romeo and Romeo's Mother' sketch - Tom, Nanette Fabray; 'Peace Song' - Tom & Dick, Robert Morse; 'Congressional Ethics' editorial - Pat Paulsen; Campaign Rumors - Tom, Pat Paulsen; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on January 19, 1968.

Arthur Godfrey,Bee Gees,Jackie 'Moms' Mabley

Guests: Don Knotts, Ravi Shankar, Mel Tormé. Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'Mule Train' - Tom & Dick; Report: Our Overcrowded Hospitals - Tom & Dick, Don Knotts, Mel Tormé, Pat Paulsen, and Cast; Ravi Shankar performance; 'Share a Little Tea with Goldie' - Leigh French, Don Knotts; Official denial of candidacy for the presidency - Pat Paulsen; 'The Wonderful World of Hats' sketch - Tom & Dick, Pat Paulsen, Don Knotts, Leigh French, Mel Tormé; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on February 2, 1968.

Guests: Pete Seeger, Rowan and Martin. Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick, Pat Paulsen, Rowan & Martin; 'Lloyd George' - Tom and Cast; Rowan & Martin spot; 'Lazy Day' - Dick; Smothers Poll: Television Today - Dick, Scoey Mitchell, Leigh French, Pat Paulsen; 'My Get up and Go Has Got Up and Went' - Pete Seeger; Songs of American Wars - Pete Seeger; 'Waist Deep in the Big Muddy' - Pete Seeger; 'LegMan' - Tom and Dancers; 'Share a Little Tea with Goldie' - Leigh French; 'Old Joe Clark' - Tom & Dick, Pete Seeger; 'Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)' - Tom & Dick, Pete Seeger; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on January 16, 1968.

Guests: Glen Campbell, Jackie 'Moms' Mabley, John Hartford. Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'English Country Garden' - Tom & Dick; 'Gentle on My Mind' - Glen Campbell and John Hartford; Moms Mabley spot; 'Classical Gas' - Mason Williams; Announcement of Candidacy for the Presidency - Dick, Pat Paulsen, and Cast; 'Thank U Very Much' - Tom & Dick, Glen Campbell; Goodnight and Credits. Taped on February 23, 1968.

Season Finale

2x26 Dr. Joyce Brothers, Glen Campbell, Pat Paulsen

  • 1968-03-10T05:00:00Z1m

Dr Joyce Brothers,Glen Campbell,Pat Paulsen

Season Premiere

3x01 Harry Belafonte, 'Mama' Cass Elliott, Rosey Grier

  • 1968-09-29T04:00:00Z1h

Guests: Harry Belafonte, 'Mama' Cass Elliott, Rosey Grier; Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'We're Still Here' - Tom & Dick; 'Campaign Song' - Pat Paulsen; 'California Earthquake' - Mama Cass Elliot; 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' - Mama Cass Elliot; 'My Old Man' - Tom & Dick; 'I Wish I Knew How' - Harry Belafonte with Tom & Dick; 'Song for a Winter's Night' - Harry Belafonte; 'Don't Stop the Carnival' - Harry Belafonte; Finale: 'Bonanzarosa' - Tom & Dick, Harry Belafonte, Mama Cass Elliot, Pat Paulsen, Rosey Grier; Goodnight and Credits

Guests: Donovan, George Harrison, The Committee, Jennifer Warnes, Dion; Opening Teaser - Tom& Dick, George Harrison; 'Cabbage' - Tom & Dick; 'Santa Monica Pier' - Jennifer Warnes; Comedy Sketches - The Committee; 'Lalena' - Donovan; 'I Love My Shirt' - Donovan, Tom & Dick; 'I Never Will Marry' - Tom & Dick; 'Abraham, Martin and John' - Dion; Finale: 'Those Were the Days' - Tom & Dick, Donovan, Dion, Jennifer Warnes, The Committee, and Company; Goodnight and Credits

Guests: Tony Randall, Jennifer Warnes, The Doors, Ed Sullivan

Guests: Bob Newhart, The First Edition, Paul Hampton, the West Coast Cast of Hair; Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'But You Know I Love You' - The First Edition; Stand-Up - Bob Newhart; Indianapolis Racing - short film; 'Aquarius/Hair/The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)' - The West Coast Cast of 'Hair'; 'They Call the Wind Maria' - Tom & Dick; Finale: 'What Would Happen If?' - Tom & Dick, Bob Newhart, Paul Hampton, Steve Martin, The First Edition; Goodnight and Credits

Guests: George Carlin, The Doors, The Committee; Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'Red River Valley' (Unplugged and Plugged) - Tom & Dick; 'Wild Child' - The Doors; Stand-Up - George Carlin; 'American Time Capsule' - short film; 'Minority Report' sketch - Dick and Company; 'Touch Me' - The Doors; Finale: 'Daily News' - Tom & Dick, George Carlin, The Committee, and Company (including Bob Einstein); Goodnight and Credits.

3x13 Nanette Fabray, Steppenwolf

  • 1969-01-05T05:00:00Z1h

1969-01-19T05:00:00Z

3x15 Ray Charles, Jackie Mason

3x15 Ray Charles, Jackie Mason

  • 1969-01-19T05:00:00Z1h

Guests: Jackie Mason, Ray Charles; 'Love Come A-Tricklin' Down' - Tom & Dick; Comedy spot - Tom & Dick, Jackie Mason; Stand-Up - Jackie Mason; 'I Can't Stop Loving You' - Ray Charles; 'You made Me Love You' - Ray Charles; 'Minority Report' sketch - Dick and Company; 'Oy Vey Blues' - Jackie Mason and Ray Charles; '1968' - short film; Goodnight and Credits.

Guests: Liberace, David Frye, Hedge and Donna; Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'Money' spot - Tom & Dick; 'Universe' - short film; 'Long Piano' spot - Liberace; Stand-Up - David Frye; 'Bowling Ball' spot - Liberace; 'Officer Judy' spot - Liberace and Officer Judy (Bob Einstein); 'Halftime' sketch - Ron Poindexter Dancers; Finale: 'A Fable for Our Time' - Tom & Dick, Liberace, David Frye, Pat Paulsen and Company; Goodnight and Credits; NOTE: This episode earned the Emmy Award 1969 Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety.

Guests: Joey Bishop, Jonathan Winters, Judy Collins, Leigh French; Opening Teaser - Joey Bishop; 'Individualism' spot - Tom & Dick; 'Someday Soon' - Judy Collins; Stand-Up - Jonathan Winters; 'I Think It's Going to Rain Today' - Officer Judy (Bob Einstein), Tom & Dick; 'My Father' - Judy Collins; Finale: 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' - Jonathan Winters, Tom & Dick, Leigh French, and Company (including Bob Einstein and Steve Martin); Goodnight and Credits.

This episode had originally been scheduled for March 9, 1969, but CBS refused to air it because a copy had not been delivered in time for affiliate screening. Guests: Joan Baez, Jackie Mason, John Hartford, The Committee; Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'Song of the Volga Boatmen' - Tom & Dick; Stand-Up - Jackie Mason; 'Sweet Sir Galahad' - Joan Baez; 'Green, Green Grass of Home' - Joan Baez; 'I Shall Be Released' - Joan Baez, Tom & Dick; 'The Joke Book' spot - Jackie Mason and Tom; Finale: 'Wonderful World of Income Taxes' - Tom & Dick, Jackie Mason, Joan Baez, The Committee, and Company; Goodnight and Credits.

Guests: Ike & Tina Turner, Mason Williams; 'I Can Sing a Rainbow' - Tom & Dick; Comedy spot - Tom and Pat Paulsen; 'Physical Fitness' spot - Pat Paulsen; 'River Deep, Mountain High' - The Ike & Tina Turner Revue; 'I'm Gonna Do All I Can (To Do Right by My Man)' - The Ike & Tina Turner Revue; 'Land of 1000 Dances' - The Ike & Tina Turner Revue; 'Bang Bang' - Jimmy Joyce Singers; Comedy Spot - Tom and Pat Paulsen; 'The Censor' spot - Mason Williams; Finale: 'Believe It or Not' - Tom & Dick, Ralph Story, Pat Paulsen, Biff Rose, and Company; Goodnight and Credits.

CBS declined to air this episode on its scheduled airdate of April 6, 1969, and the brothers believe this is the show that got them fired. Guests: Rowan and Martin, David Steinberg, Nancy Wilson; Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; Comedy spot - Dan Rowan, Bob Einstein and Tom; Comedy spot - David Steinberg and Tom; 'Will You Remember' - Nancy Wilson and Tom; 'Jonah' sermonette - David Steinberg; Finale: 'Rules and Regulations' - Tom, David Steinberg, Bob Einstein, Nancy Wilson, Dan Rowan, Teddy Neeley, and Company; Goodnight and Credits. This episode was taped March 21, 1969.

Opening Teaser - Tom & Dick; 'There's No Business Like Show Business' - Tom & Dick; 'Social Climate' spot - Leigh French; Comedy spot - Tom & Dick; 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour' Theme Song - Tom & Dick featuring guest stars Harry Belafonte, Victor Borge, Ray Charles, Donovan, Nanette Fabray, Barbara Feldon, David Frye, George Gobel, Jack E. Leonard, Liberace, Jackie Mason, Bob Newhart, Pat Paulsen, Tony Randall, Nancy Sinatra, Kate Smith, Andy Williams and Jonathan Winters; Comedy spot - Anthony Newley, Bob Einstein, Tom & Dick; 'They Say It's Wonderful' - Anthony Newley; 'Dance' spot - Officer Judy (Bob Einstein) and Tom; Finale - Tom & Dick, and Company; Reading of LBJ letter - Tom and Dick; Goodnight and Credits.

Season Premiere

1970-07-07T04:00:00Z

4x01 #1

Season Premiere

4x01 #1

  • 1970-07-07T04:00:00Z45m

1970-07-14T04:00:00Z

4x02 #2

4x02 #2

  • 1970-07-14T04:00:00Z45m

1970-07-21T04:00:00Z

4x03 #3

4x03 #3

  • 1970-07-21T04:00:00Z45m

1970-07-28T04:00:00Z

4x04 #4

4x04 #4

  • 1970-07-28T04:00:00Z45m

1970-07-28T04:00:00Z

4x05 #4

4x05 #4

  • 1970-07-28T04:00:00Z45m

1970-08-05T04:00:00Z

4x06 #5

4x06 #5

  • 1970-08-05T04:00:00Z45m

1970-08-11T04:00:00Z

4x07 #6

4x07 #6

  • 1970-08-11T04:00:00Z45m

1970-08-18T04:00:00Z

4x08 #7

4x08 #7

  • 1970-08-18T04:00:00Z45m

1970-08-25T04:00:00Z

4x09 #8

4x09 #8

  • 1970-08-25T04:00:00Z45m

1970-09-01T04:00:00Z

4x10 #9

4x10 #9

  • 1970-09-01T04:00:00Z45m

1970-09-15T04:00:00Z

4x11 #11

4x11 #11

  • 1970-09-15T04:00:00Z45m

2002-12-04T05:00:00Z

4x12 Smothered

4x12 Smothered

  • 2002-12-04T05:00:00Z45m

This documentary shows unedited & edited footages from the 'Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'and about how Tom & Dick sued CBS (the lawsuit continued until April 5, 1973).

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