The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour - Episode 5 - W/O/C - 1967 

I always enjoyed their singing--anyone else ?

Oh Dear! Wait a minute while I wipe my tears away! Oh Tommy Smothers you " MR. YOYOMAN" were my favorite brother! 💞🙏🏻 I remember the TV nights when our family would pile into the den to watch " The Smothers Brothers Show"!. It was an hour of truly edgy 60'S entertainment. I remember the night your show had been canceled by the station for pushing the envelope. I think it was about your protesting of the War the US was sending boy's to in Vietnam!? We were heartbroken losing your show! But a few years later along came ROWEN MARTIN'S LAUGH IN TV and they BROKE all the TV regulations! So thankfully they Brought you and Dick on as guest's! Thanks for teaching us YOYO TRICKS and to always to "QUESTION AUTHORITIES"! REST in PEACE and LOVE forever TOMMY! I Thank both of you brother for truly touching my heart and soul as a pre-teen and affected my direction in life. 🕊❤💫🕯🎶🧿🙏🏻

The Smothers Brothers were such a great comedy team and very accomplished folk singers. Dick was a great straight man and Tommy was absolutely hilarious.

I don’t think I missed one of their shows back them! This brought me back to happier times!

i miss good television. it has been a very long time!

It is amazing to see Barbara Eden's talent!

I grew up with the Smothers Brothers.I started watching the show right from the get-go in January of 1967 .Ialways wondered how come we don't see it on RU-vid or even on cable? we see plenty reruns of Laugh-In which, if it wasn't for the Smothers Brothers ,would never have happened. CBS cancelled the Smothers Brothers but at least NBC had the guts to do laughin which had the same political humor.

This is one of the many reasons I celebrate the kids who founded RU-vid!

There is no Saturday Night Live without the pioneering Smothers Bothers at CBS.

Only Carl Reiner could take something so ridiculous and abstract, and turn it into something entertaining, funny and great.

I enjoyed the Smothers Brothers growing up. Very entertaining show. Barbara Eden takes my breath away and Carl Reiner a real surprise. Wish they had shows like this nowadays. Thank u for posting!

The variety shows were plenty. So much fun entertainment.

These two were terrific and so ahead of their time. Thanks for posting!

Moving camera on Down in the Valley. Very rare in 67. Bass killer!!!!

this was a must watch show if your parents were cool--luckily mine were

RIP Tommy Smothers

That was an unbelievably sensitive and wonderful rendition of 'Down In The Valley' (Birmingham Jail)...

"The younger generation" That was us!

Way before the likes of "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE", and just shortly before the debut of NBC's "ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN" in early 1968, CBS's "THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR" (1967-1969) was quite a controversial variety hour, given that the show's content had reached deeply into the objections of both American conservatives, and the CBS brass that didn't take kindly to much of Dick and Tom Smothers' material-and, in fact, that it got THAT bad, that the CBS people demanded that each tape of "THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR" be reviewed before airing (censoring any "objectionable content"), and, that any delay or failure to comply with the Network's demands would result in a pre-emption. But nevertheless, the variety show was still a successful format, with great guest stars, and the greater music of Nelson Riddle, the CBS variety series still made a huge dent in the ratings, and went on to win 2 Emmy Awards and five nominations, showing how huge the dent that The Smothers made on CBS, despite the disruptive politics! running a total of 71 (or 73) episodes, the show managed to last as long as it did, but their battle against CBS's corporate censorship was a lengthy conflict, especially as it was believed that the series was supposed to be renewed for the 1969-70 TV season, but that did not happen, and Robert Wood, CBS head, fired The Smothers, in a breach of contract, replacing them with "THE LESLIE UGGAMS SHOW", and eventually "HEE HAW", which CBS later canceled in The Spring of 1971 during their "de-ruralization" process (but survived in first-run syndication from 1971 to 1992), but Tom and Dick Smothers got the last laugh when they became victorious in their suit against CBS in 1973, which the network had to pay them. In early 1970, ABC aired the short-lived "PAT PAULSON'S HALF AN HOUR COMEDY SHOW", with former SMOTHERS cast regular Pat Paulson (also a one time Presidential candidate) which, was an okay show (they even had "Daffy Duck" in animation appear on one episode), but, the strangest event was to take place some 25 years later, when CBS brought back The Smothers in an early February 1988 TV special commemorating "THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR", and, shortly after that TV special, CBS officially brought back "THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR" on March 30, 1988, as a 16 episode run TV series, which was quite a change of venue since the embattled feud between The Smothers and CBS in the late 1960s that led to their cancelation, and, bringing them back on the network 25 years later, was a true first in TV history!

" I'll Always Love me Sundown "

RIP Carl Reiner

51 yrs ahead of their time...!

babs eden! karl renior! mork lindsey with paul & the 76ers! the groovy TOM & dickie!!! really good shoe 😄

Thank you so much for these uploads. It really is like a time capsule. The thing I find about these old Smothers Brothers shows is that the sketches don't really hold up very well. The only things that stand the test of time are the musical guests and the Smothers Brothers' own bits. (And the Pat Paulsen stuff.)

Wow, Carl Reiner was an absolute genius. I see where Andy Kaufman got his inspiration.

Originally telecast (in color) on March 5, 1967.

Smothers Brothers (Tom & Dick) are so funny !👍😋

'on the shoulders of giants'-----these are the shoulders kids

Rob Reiner was a writer on this show along with Bob Einstein and Steve Martin.

Hell, Barbara Eden couldn't even show her belly button on I Dream of Jeanie! WTH!!!

Carl Reiner and a French accent were a wonderful combination...

getTV has aired at least some episodes from Season 1 of the Smothers Brothers in color; saw the Sonny and Cher ep rerun sometime last year (2021)

Irving the shysty peddler trying to hustle Betsy, lol!

I sort of remember Paul Revere and the Raiders on the radio. Did they do Georgy Girl?? Great song, great movie!

i turned 7 in 67'

The Smothers Brothers only lasted a very few years on TV during that time. CBS said they were too political! LOL now! Yet sexy, risque skits were ok! It seems it was ok to be sexy but God forbid they say a small joke against the war in Viet Nam. Look where the media are now! (No, it's not political at all)! LOL!

Is this on 📀 dvd?

I still have every episode I recorded from when the series aired on E! Entertainment Television in 1993. I have every episode from seasons one and two, except for the episode from 1968 with Don Knotts, Mel Torme and Ravi Shankar. Would you have a copy of that one? I'm also missing about seven episodes from the third season. Sadly E!, frankly, butchered the episodes due to clearance rights. I've been trying to find someone who would be interested in these physical VHS copies for their collection. I also have a copy of the 5/7/67 episode with Jonathan Winters, Nancy Wilson and The Jefferson Airplane from kinescope.

Oh, what the heck! I can't find my edited comment???????¿ Guess no one or no censorships r perfect.

Hmm..... is it me or did that song, “Cookies & Balloons” sound a LOT like Frankie Lymon’s, “Goody Goody”?

Never heard of this group who are they ? '

Gee...too bad Barbara Eden couldn't be promoted on her talent but on a skimpy costume, which added little to the song. Paul revere and the raiders, with mark Linsey? Didn't have any cables going to their guitars.

They had a fabulous funny show. But they started saying political things and were canceled if I remember right. That was sad. Sorry they went off the air. They were funnier in concert or long playing party albums. 🥳