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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780767049726 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC ISBN: 0767049721 Label: New Video Group Languages: Manufacturer: New Video Group MPN: 9523 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Video Group Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 28, 2003 Running Time: 92 minutes Studio: New Video Group Theatrical Release Date: December 04, 2002 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The tribulations of Tommy and Dick Smothers and their popular late-'60s television show are detailed in Maureen Muldaur's interesting 92-minute documentary. Viewing the clips from The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, one might find it hard to imagine that they were considered controversial at the time; indeed, the jabs at censorship, gun ownership, the Vietnam war, and more seem mild by today's raunchy standards. But controversial they were, especially to CBS, who aired (and eventually canceled) the Smothers' show. Turns out that Tommy, the "dumb" one, was in fact a gadfly who turned the program into a cause célèbre somewhat beyond its actual significance; and in the end, as one of the talking heads featured here points out, it was the Smothers' decreasing sense of fun that really doomed it. Both brothers are interviewed, as are writers Rob Reiner and Steve Martin and others. DVD extra features include bios and an excerpt from a book on the subject. --Sam Graham Description: An incredible slice of America's media and pop-culture history, SMOTHERED tells the story of the censorship struggles of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the Emmy Award winning television program, broadcast on CBS from 1967 until it was prematurely stru Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Bitter DickieDickie came across a little bitter is this otherwise good video. I cannot wait for their shows to come out on DVD Rating:  - Innocence in the guise of two comic singing brothersI watched THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR every Sunday night of my young teenage years;the finest singers of the day,comedians (Pat Paulson) and young artists appeared in this hour variety show. Tom and Dickie Smothers were the All-American collegiate folk singers with their guitar and bass and homey,folksy way!.Their show was a smash....and then CBS canceled it, and none of us knew why!.Well,here it is now for all to see and hear,and if we can just think back three years when NBC bowed to political ... Read More Rating: - Excellent!I bought this as a gift and the recipient absolutely loves it. It's a great buy for that Smothers Brothers fan in your life. Rating: - American OriginalsIn my own time, I've seen lots of sociopolitical satire, including of candidates, public figures and ideas that I like. Some of it's quite creative. But the Smothers Brothers did their work and blatantly in an era with much tighter controls on the First Amendment. Watching this documentary--with actual performance clips spliced in--gives you an appreciation of freedom. These guys were fighting for the Constitution in a time when people were eager to talk about, but not extend ... Read More Rating:  - Still have not received the item!!!!!!The products that were purchased ( Dec.12) for Christmas presents have not been received. There lies the review. |
