SMOTHERS BROTHERS EPISODE GUIDE

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Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-1969) The variety show that, 35-plus years later, is still the topic of someone's converation. This show had everything: music (including the literally explosive appearance by The Who that, to this day, still ranks as among music's big highlights), comedy (and not just "Mom Always Liked You Best"), commentary, and, depending on whose opinion you believe, controversy. Too bad it's not available on video except in excerpts in the documentary "Smothered: The Censorship Struggles Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". The pieces representing the whole are excellent,...and more timely than some may realize. Vital Stats February 2, 1967-June 14, 1969...CBS, Sunday 10:00-11:00PM ET regulars (outside of Tom and Dick): Pat Paulsen, Leigh French, Bob Einstein, Mason Williams, Jennifer Warren (Warnes), John Hartford (1968-1969), Louis DaPron Dancers (1967-68), Ron Poindexter Dancers (1968-1969), Anita Kerr Singers (1967), Jimmy Joyce Singers (1967-1969), Nelson Riddle Orchestra excecutive producers: Saul Ilson and Ernest Chambers writers: Alan Blye, Bob Einstein, Carl Gottlieb, Cy Howard, Jerry Music, Lorenzo Music, Steve Martin, Rob Reiner, Murray Roman, Cecil Tuck, Paul Wayne, Mason Williams

February 1967 February 5, 1967 scheduled guests: Ed Sullivan; Jim Nabors; Jill St. John; Danny Thomas scheduled sketches/numbers: Romeo And Juliet (Tom and Jill); Don Quixote, The Impossible Dream (Jim); L.O.V.E. (Jill); Hava Nagila (Tom and Dick); What The World Needs Now (Dick and Company); Violins Play Along (All) February 12, 1967 scheduled guests: Eddie Albert; Eva Gabor; The Turtles scheduled sketches/numbers: Dear Hearts And Gentle People (Eva and Eddie); Guantanamera (Eddie); The One On The Right Is On The Left (Tom, Dick, Eddie); debate on controversial material (Tom and Eddie); Let It Be Me (Dick); Mom Always Liked You Best (Tom and Dick) February 19, 1967 scheduled guests: Jack Benny; George Burns; Esther Ofarim scheduled sketches/numbers: Tom and Dick Parody, Make Me Laugh (Jack and George); A Taste Of Honey. Omrot Eymaich (Esther); Winchester Cathedral (Jack, George, Tom, Dick); Lonesome Traveler, They Call The Wind Mariah, My Old Man (Tom and Dick) February 26, 1967 scheduled guests: Bette Davis; Bob Crane; Buffalo Springfield scheduled sketches/numbers: Marie Antionette and Robespierre (Bette and Tom); For What It's Worth, Go And Say Goodbye (Buffalo Springfield); One Of the Those Songs, South Rampart Street People (Bob and Band); Pollution (Bob and Dick); movie cliches (Bette, Bob, Tom, Dick); Dance Boatman Dance (Tom and Dick)

March 1967 March 5, 1967 scheduled guests: Carl Reiner; Barbara Eden; Paul Revere And The Raiders scheduled sketches/numbers: Hey Big Spender (Barbara); translation of the French Revolution, Broken Cookies And Red Balloons (Carl); Ups And Downs (PR&R); "enlightened" college students (Barbara and Tom); Gunslingers, Down In The Valley (Tom and Dick); The Revolutionary War (all) March 12, 1967 scheduled guests: Carol Burnett; Baja Marimba Band scheduled sketches/numbers: Brasilia, Clancy Lowered The Boom (BMB); office workers who run into each other in the strangest places (Carol and Tom); You've Got Possibilities (Carol and Dick); In A Little Barn, They Call The Wind Mariah (Tom and Dick); The Protest Song (all) March 19, 1967 scheduled guests: Jimmy Durante; Inger Stevens; The Turtles scheduled sketches/numbers: The Well-Dressed Man (Jimmy); Lasse Lasse Liten (Inger); fashion show commentators (Jimmy and Inger); Columbus persuades Queen Isabella to finance voyage (Turtles and Tom); bullfighting (Tom); poetry reading (Tom and Dick); gun legislation (Paulsen); Smothers Smothers And Durante March 26, 1967 scheduled guests: Tony Randall; Jack Jones; Krofft Puppets scheduled sketches/numbers: If you Go Away (Jack); Lucky Lindy (Tony); The Jump (Jack and Tom); Charles Lindbergh's Flight (Tom); Dick interviews two Easter Bunnies (Jack and Tom); Doer Of Foul Things (Tom is prince-frog, Dick is fairy, Jack is narrator); Church Bells (Tom and Dick)

April 1967 April 2, 1967 scheduled guests: no listing given from source scheduled sketches/numbers: no listing given from source April 9, 1967 scheduled guests: Lana Turner; Robert Morse; The Association; Electric Prunes scheduled sketches/numbers: Enter The Young, Hear Me Call Your Name (Association); Theme From "Blowup" (dancers); TV Viewer Tests, One Of Those Doers (Robert, Lana, Tom and Dick); Casanova And Lady X (Lana and Tom); The Hunter, The Four Winds And The Seven Seas (Tom and Dick) April 16, 1967 scheduled guests: no listing given from source scheduled sketches/numbers: no listing from source April 23, 1967 scheduled guests: Phil Silvers; Jennie Smith scheduled sketches/numbers: no listing given from source April 30, 1967 scheduled guests: Nancy Sinatra; Frank Sinatra Jr.; Dom Deluise scheduled sketches/numbers: no listing from source

May 1967 May 7, 1967 scheduled guests: Jonathan Winters; Nancy Wilson; Jefferson Airplane scheduled sketches/numbers: Smothers Family Album (Jonathan); editorial: divorce laws; Mother Goose (Jonathan, Tom and Dick); Hound Dog Blues (Nancy and Tom); Born Free (Dick) May 14, 1967 scheduled guests: Janet Leigh; Simon And Garfunkel; Hamilton Camp scheduled sketches/numbers: man shows off his date in a french restaurant (Janet And Tom); surprise birthday party for Billy The Kid (Tom); Cloudy, 59th Street Bridge Song (S&G) May 21, 1967 scheduled guests: Martin Landau; Barbara Bain; Sonny And Cher scheduled sketches/numbers: Brothers vow to free a czarina from Rasputin (Barbara, Martin, Tom and Dick) May 28, 1967 scheduled guests: Jim Backus; Margaret O'Brien; The Association scheduled sketches/numbers: one episode soap opera; circus sketch (Tom is a seal)

June 1967 June 4, 1967 scheduled guests: Steve Allen; Vikki Carr; Teddy Neely 5 scheduled sketches/numbers: A Steve Allen-esque show: man on the street; spoof of late-night talk; Mad Libs with the audience; My Man (Vikki); Beatles Medley (Vikki and Dick); Blow The Man Down (Tom and Dick) June 11, 1967 scheduled guests; Shirley Jones; Noel Harrison; The Buckinghams scheduled sketches/numbers: importance of luggage; The Three Musketeers (all played by Tom) and D'Artagnan (Noel) save Queen Anne (Shirley) from Richlieu (Paulsen) June 18, 1967 scheduled guests: Tammy Grimes; John Gary; The Buckinghams scheduled sketches/numbers: Accuracy check of 1957 high school grads; Southern Belle in love with brothers on opposite sides of the Cvil War (Tammy, Tom and Dick); Two Brothers, The Impossible Dream (John); That's Life (Tammy) June 25, 1967 scheduled guests: Jefferson Airplane scheduled sketches/numbers: White Rabbit (JA); "Best Of" clip show

September 1967 September 10, 1967 scheduled guests: Janet Leigh; Pete Seeger; Bobbie Gentry scheduled sketches/numbers: Study of a high school dropout; editorial: gambling (Paulsen); an embarrassing moment (Janet and Tom); Round And Round Old Joe (Pete); Ode To Billy Joe, Niki Hoeky (Bobbie); Summer Song (Tom and Dick); Saturday Night At The World (Dick) September 17, 1967 scheduled guests: Bette Davis; The Who; Mickey Rooney scheduled sketches/numbers: I Can See For Miles, My Generation (The Who) September 24, 1967 scheduled guests: George Burns; Herman's Hermits scheduled sketches/numbers: Little Red Robin Hood (All...George is narrator, Hermits are the Merry Men, Paulsen is the Sheriff, Tom is Robin, and Dick is King Richard); flower children and hippies; I'd Like To Call You Roses; Museum, Green Street Green, Day Tripper (George, Tom and Dick); Worried Man (Tom and Dick); The World I Used To Know (Dick)

October 1967 October 2, 1967 scheduled guests: Jane Powell; Noel Harrison; The Cake scheduled sketches/numbers: Tarzan in the Presidential race (Paulsen); The New Red Menace--Tomatoes!; After Today (Jane); Sunshine Superman, Suzanne (Noel); You Can Have Him (Cake); Tom is a centaur courting Jane; Indian Love Call (Jane and Tom); Will You Remember (Jane and Dick); Molly Malone (Tom and Dick); What's More American Than I Am? (All) October 9, 1967 scheduled guests: Greer Garson; The Association scheduled sketches/numbers: Never My Love, Requiem For The Masses (Association); hairstyle show (Paulsen, Greer, Tom and Dick); Bonnie Prince Charlie And Flora Macdonald (Greer and Tom); Paper Of Pins (Greer, Tom and Dick); The Impossible Dream (Tom and Dick); What Now My Love (Dick); Stour Hearted Men (All) October 16, 1967 scheduled guests: Ronnie Schell; Kate Smith; Simon And Garfunkel scheduled sketches/numbers: "effete" western star and harried director (both Ronnie); Sgt. Pepper homage; Overs, Punkas Dilemma (S&G); The Splendor Of You (Kate); poll of Presidential preferences (Dick); Me And My Shadow (Tom and Dick) October 23, 1967 scheduled guests: Eddie Albert; Moms Mabley; The Byrds scheduled sketches/numbers: About A Quarter To Nine, Stardust (Eddie); Sweet Georgia Brown (Moms); editorial: the millions on the moons shots (Paulsen); Mr. Spaceman, Going Back (Byrds); Pinocchio (Tom is Pinocchio, Dick is narrator, Eddie is Gepetto, Mom is the Blue Fairy); The Look Of Love (Dick) October 30, 1967 scheduled guests: Shirley Jones; Harry Blackstone Jr.; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band scheduled sketches/numbers: duet on a camel (Shirley and Tom); editorial: the draft (Paulsen); Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate, Teddy Bears Picnic (NGDBand); Softly As I Love You (Shirley); Dick sees paintings come to life (Tom is Blue Boy, French is Mona Lisa, Paulsen is Whistler's Mother); that Face, The Face I Love (Dick)

November 1967 November 5, 1967 scheduled guests: Ricardo Montalban; Diahann Carroll; First Edition scheduled sketches/numbers: Some Of These Days, This Time (Diahann); La Mentira (Ricardo); I Found A Reason (FE); editorial: sex education (Paulsen); jazz trumpeter Bix Butterbox (Diahann and Tom); TV commercial spoofs (Diahann, Ricardo, Tom and Dick) November 12, 1967 scheduled guests: James Mason; Barbara Feldon; Jimmie Rodgers; David Frye scheduled sketches/numbers: TV movie spoof; Child Of Clay (Jimmie); Bonnie And Clyde (Barbara, dancers); Elocution Lesson (James and Tom); Flying Saucers (Jimmie and Tom); Marco Polo, Volga Boatman (Tom and Dick) November 19, 1967 scheduled guests: Nancy Wilson; George Segal; Paul Revere And The Raiders scheduled sketches/numbers: Peace Of Mind (PR&R); Sunny, It's A Grand Night For Singing (Nancy); method acting (George and Tom); a "Kukla Fran And Ollie"-like homage with frogs (Nancy, Tom and Dick); spoof of TV commercials; Draft Dodger Rag (George, Tom and Dick); Foxes (Tom and Dick) November 26, 1967 scheduled guests: Jimmy Durante; Janis Ian; Nancy Ames; Gino Conforti scheduled sketches/numbers: Society's Child (Janis); This Is All I Ask (Jimmy); Old McDonald (Jimmy, Tom and Dick); poll on the war on poverty (French, Gino, Tom and Dick); "Smothers Brothers" theme (Nancy, Tom and Dick)

December 1967 December 10, 1967 scheduled guests: Agnes Moorehead; Norm Crosby; Hollies scheduled sketches/numbers: communication problems (Norm); Carrie Anne, Dear Eloise (Hollies); worried mother of teenaged George Washington (Agnes and Tom); editorial: social security benefits (Paulsen); Salute To Apples/spoof of Adam And Eve (French, Paulsen, and Tom); Never On Sunday (in Greek) (Tom and Dick) December 17, 1967 scheduled guests: Tallulah Bankhead; Temptations scheduled sketches/numbers: Mata Hari and The British Captain (Tom is Mata Hari and Tallulah is the British Captain); Paulsen introduces The Fathers, a quartet spoofing pop music; The Wonderful World of Guns (All); I'm Losing You, Swanee (Temptations); My Funny Valentine (Tallulah and Tom) December 24, 1967 scheduled guests: Jack Benny; Nanette Fabray; Marcos And Ana Maria Valle scheduled sketched/numbers: editorial: spirit of Christmas (Paulsen); A Christmas Carol (Tom is Scrooge, Dick is Tiny Tim, Jack is Bob Cratchit, Nanette is Mrs. Cratchit) December 31, 1967 scheduled guests: Judy Collins; Eddie Albert; Irish Rovers scheduled sketches/numbers: editorial: the year 1967; Paulsen is Baby New Year 1968; community sing

January 1968 January 7, 1968 scheduled guests: Edgar Bergen; Judy Carne; First Edition scheduled sketches/numbers: Bergen chats with Mortimer Snerd, Charlie McCarthy, and Effie Clinker; poll on the 51st state; editorial: TV censorship (Paulsen); Wasn't It A Bit Like Now (Judy); Just Dropped In (FE); Troubadour Song (Tom and Dick) January 14, 1968 scheduled guests: Patty Duke; Don Rickles; The Association scheduled sketches/numbers: commentary on TV ratings (Don); Don joins Tom and Dick on tamborine; a farmer and his daughter (Patty and Paulsen); Pocahanta and John Smith; You Love For Real, Birthday Morning (Association); traveling salesman (Tom); Beautiful Things (Dick); Old Man Tucker (Tom and Dick) January 21, 1968 scheduled guests: Sid Caesar; Glen Campbell And Blackstone Rangers scheduled sketches/numbers: A Frenchman, German, and Cuban (all Sid) polled about opinions of the US; Las Vegas Revue take-off (Tom, dancers); You Can't Put Us Down (The Fathers); Bavarian folk tale January 28, 1968 scheduled guests: Robert Morse; Nanette Fabray; Paul Revere And The Raiders scheduled sketches/numbers: Romeo and his mother (Nanette and Tom); shoes; editorial: congressional ethics (Paulsen)

February 1968 February 4, 1968 scheduled guests: Arthur Godfrey; Moms Mabley; BeeGees scheduled sketches/numbers: Arthur joins Tom and Dick on ukulele; spoof ot TV cemmercials; Lewis And Clark February 11, 1968 scheduled guests: Don Knotts; Mel Torme; Ravi Shankar scheduled sketches/numbers: high-strung author of a book on insanity (Don and French); Paulsen announces his candidacy (NOT) for presidency; The Saga Of Bonnie And Clyde; The Folks Who Live ON The Hill (Mel); overcrowded hospitals (Don, Mel, Tom and Dick); Mule Train (Tom and Dick); Some Of These Hats (All) February 18, 1968 scheduled guests: Nancy Sinatra; Frank Sinatra Jr.; Julliard String Quartet scheduled sketches/numbers: Valentine's Day; editorial: humor (Pat Paulsen); love sketch (Paulsen is Cupid) February 25, 1968 scheduled guests: Pete Seeger; SCoey Mitchlll scheduled sketches/numbers: Waist Deep In The Big Muddy (Pete); audience sing-a-long; poll on TV programming; Round And Round Old Joe Clark, Turn Turn Turn (Pete, Tom and Dick); Lazy Days (Dick, singers); Lloyd George, Legman (Tom, dancers)

March 1968 March 3, 1968 scheduled guests: Glen Campbell; Moms Mabley; John Hartford; Gino Conforti scheduled sketches/numbers:The Singing Fathers; Without A Mom (Moms); Paulsen announces his candidacy for President and sums up the competition; Hey Little One (Glen); Gentle On My Mind (Glen, Hartford); English Country Garden (Tom and Dick) March 10, 1968 scheduled guests: Glen Campell; Dr. Joyce Brothers; Dan Rowan and Dick Martin scheduled sketches/numbers: Dr. Joyce analyzes Tom nad Dick, the three answer audience questions; paulsen goes to the White House; The Impossible Dream (Glen); Live For Life (Dick); Food (Tom and Dick); Can't Take My Eyes Off You (singers); Brother John (orchestra) [The primary source for this information is the Eastern Illinois edition of TV Guide,...which looks to be one of the areas affected by the censorship struggles--to have an enormous gap of reruns sitting between original Comedy Hour episodes and the June premiere of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour just doesn't sound feasible. Any help to fill in the blanks would be greatly appreciated.]

September 1968 September 29, 1968 scheduled guests: Harry Belafonte; Mama Cass Elliot scheduled sketches/numbers: Paulsen's "presidential song"; "What I Did This Summer"; Suzanne, The Carnival Song (Harry); California Earthquake (Cass); Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Cass and Tom); I Wish I Knew (All); We're Still Here, My Old Man (Tom and Dick) tentatively scheduled: Bonanzarosa

Octber 1968 October 6, 1968 scheduled guests: The Beatles (part 1); Nancy SInatra; Aaron Williams scheduled sketches/numbers: Tribute To Love; Hey Jude (Beatles); It's Such A Lovely Time (Nancy); When I Was A Cowboy (Nancy, Paulsen, Hartford, Tom and Dick); Honey (Tom and Dik, singers and dancers) October 13, 1968 scheduled guests: Beatles (part 2); Barbara Feldon; Bill Medley; Ideals; Jack Coleman Chorale scheduled sketches/numbers: Revolution (Beatles); Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Peace Brother Peace (Bill); Woman Woman (Barbara and Dick); Musical Fred (Tom) October 20, 1968 ["The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" will not be soon tonight so we can bring you the special..."Pat Paulsen For President"] October 27, 1968 scheduled guests: Everly Brothers; Jack E. Leonard; New Day Singers (8 men becoming Jesuit priests) scheduled sketches/numbers: Jack gives Tom and Dick show siness advice; sermon: lack of communication; history of Halloween (Tom)

November 1968 November 3, 1968 scheduled guests: Glen Campbell; Clinger Sisters scheduled sketches/numbers: Wichita Lineman (Glen); The Moment Of Softness, Walk On By (Clingers); spoof of TV cooking shows (French); Paulsen makes a last bid for votes; life's nuisances; the tangled mind; clips section November 10,1968 scheduled guests: Kate Smith; Jefferson Airplane; Mason Williams scheduled sketches/numbers: Yesterday I Heard The Rain (Kate); Crown Of Creation (JA); Baroque-A-Thon, Road Song (Mason); disclosure on nudity; freedon-themed vignettes; Cinderella Rockefella (Kate and Tom); Camptown Races (Tom and Dick) November 17, 1968 scheduled guests: Donovan; Dion; Jennifer Warren (Warnes); The Committee scheduled sketches/numbers: spoof of young peoples' concerts (Committee); Latena, Catch The Wond, Happiness Runs, Two Lovers (poem) (Donovan); Abraham Martin And John (Dion); Santa Monica Pier (Jennifer); My Favorite Shirt (Donovan, Tom and Dick) tidbit of note: A musicians' strike disrupted the regular production of the program; musical accompaniment was provided a capella by the Jimmy Joyce Singers November 24, 1968 scheduled guests: Tony Randall; Jennifer Warren (Warnes); Sem Huaute of the Chumash tribe scheduled sketches/numbers: Thanksgiving from a Native American point of view (Sem); messenger delivering a telegram to Admiral Byrd (Tony); secrets of successful bird watching (Paulsen); Chelsea Morning (Jennifer); World War I Medley (All); Less Of Me (Tom and Dick)

December 1968 December 8, 1968 scheduled guests: Bob Newart; First Edition; Paul Hampton and the West-Coast Production of "Hair" scheduled sketches/numbers: What Would Happen If...?' harried traffic-controller (Bob); auto-racing film (Dick); But You Know I Love You (FE); Oklahoma City Times (Paul); Aquarius, Hair, The Flesh Failrues ("Hair" cast); Dancing In The Streets (dancers) December 15, 1968 scheduled guests: The Doors; George Carlin; The Committee scheduled sketches/numbers: The Minority Report: government spending; "Ameican Time Capsule"; daily newspapers December 22, 1968 scheduled guests: George Gobel; Spanky And Our Gang scheduled skethes/numbers: breaking bad news; decorating the Christmas tree (French); Give A Damn, Leopard Skin Phones (SOG); You Done Stomped On My Heart (George, SOG); Some Children See Him (Tom and Dick); In A Little Barn, It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (All)

January 1969 January 5, 1969 scheduled guests: Nanette Fabray; Steppenwolf scheduled sketches/numbers: Paulsen on guitar: history of music; decision making; Mother Smothers, What Now My Love? (Nanette); Magic Carpet Ride, Rock Me Baby (Steppenwolf); Sonny Boy (Paulsen) January 12, 1969 scheduled guests: the show's writers are featured (Bob Einstein, Carl Gottlieb, John Hartford, Steve Martin, Jerry and Myrna Music, Murray Roman, Mason Williams) scheduled sketches/numbers: comic skiing (Murray); Thang For Claudang To Sang (Mason); I Didn't Know The World Would Last This Long (John); Swanee River, Bach's B-Minor Mass (Tom and Dick); Do Your Own Thing finale January 19 1969 scheduled guests: Ray Charles; Jackie Mason scheduled sketches/numbers: "The World Of '68"; Minority Report: The Draft; You Don't Know Me, BJ Blues (Ray); Church Bells (Jackie, Tom and Dick); Born To Lose finale January 26, 1969 scheduled guests: Andy Williams and family; Clinger Sisters; Harry Mancini; Billy Barty; Times Square Two scheduled sketches/numbers: transforming household items into works of art (French); All The Time, People, Moon River (Andy); Gonna Have A Good Time Tonight, Good Day Sunshine (Clingers); The Nothing Ball (dancers); population explosion (Tom and Dick)

February 1969 February 2, 1969 scheduled guests: Burl Ives; Roy Kral; Chambers Brothers scheduled sketches/numbers: My Town, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, The Times They Are A-Changin' (Burl); I Can't Turn You Loose (Chambers); irritating trivia; new approach to facial makeup (French); Blue Tail Fly, A Little Bitty Tear, Poor Liza Jane (Burl, Tom and Dick) February 16, 1969 scheduled guests: Liberace; Hedge And Donna; Chuck Braverman; David Frye scheduled sketches/numbers: impressions of William F. Buckley Jr. and Senator Everett Dirksen (David); Little Child, Long Time Gone (H&D); A Fable For Our Time (re: changing administrations) (Liberace); medley: Look Of Love, Love Is Blue, Lara's Theme, Sunny, Love, Nola, Beer Barrel Polka (Liberace) February 23. 1969 scheduled guests: Victor Borge; Clinger Sisters; Hello People; Joe South scheduled sketches/numbers: Beatles redux (Hey Jude); President Johnson's visit to a concert, Wings Of Song (Victor); Blackbird, Gonna Have A Good Time (Clingers); Anthem (HP); Games People Play Finale

March and April 1969 March 2, 1969 scheduled guests: Judy Collins; Jonathan Winters; Glen Campbell scheduled sketches/numbers: Kentucky Bluegrass; When Johnny Comes Marching Home; military spoof [It is unknown if this particular episode was postponed nationally or locally, but this episode was listed to play March 9, 1969, but would play March 30, 1969.] March 9, 1969 scheduled guests: Joan Baez; Jackie Mason; April Stevems; Nino Tempo; The Committee scheduled sketches/numbers: concert in the round; I Didn't Know The World Would Last This Long (Hartford); Mr. Businessman (April, Nino); The Volga Boatman (Tom and Dick); income tax finale March 16, 1969 scheduled guests: Righteous Brothers; Glen Campbell; David Frye scheduled sketches/numbers: impressions of Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey (David); Tahnk You, Soul Man, When Something's Wrong With My Baby, Hold On I'm Coming (RB); Galveston, Until It's Time For You To Go (Glen); Dick interviews a couple (French and Tom)--potential victims of a predicted earthquake; spoof of the world of pop art finale March 23, 1969 scheduled guests: Donovan; Peter, Paul, and Mary; Mort Sahl; Jennifer from "Hair" scheduled sketches/numbers: concert in the round...Atlantis, Giggles, Pamela Jo, Little White Flower (Donovan); Too Much Of Nothing, Marvelous Toy, If I Had My Way (PPM); Hymn (Paul); Easy To Be Hard (Jennifer); Lassie (Donovan, Mary, Jennifer); Mule Train (Tom and Dick); Day Is Done finale (performers and audience) March 30, 1969 scheduled guests: [repeat of March 9, 1969 episode--see above] April 6, 1969 scheduled guests: Biff Rose; Ike And Tina Turner; Ralph Story scheduled sketches/numbers: editorial: physical fitness (Paulsen); Sing A Rainbow (Tom and Dick--in bunny suit); hard-to-believe events finale (Ralph) ["The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" was cancelled on April 7, 1969, in a rather public way: Walter Cronkite announced such on the day's nightly newscast. Don't think I've ever heard of such a public cancellation of a TV show in my lifetime. Repeat episodes were played until June 14.]

Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour [Smothers Brothers Show] (1970) Thirteen months after the last absolute airing of the CBS "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" came this version. Curiosity got people to look, but once it was noticed that this show wasn't as biting as the first the novelty died. Do take note of a person among the regulars: Sally Struthers,...who would, one season later, enchant us as Archie Bunker's "Little Girl" on "All In The Family". [Any gaps of broadcast are simply the matter of airing broadcasts of the previous variety series--a bit odd for the ABC network to be showing CBS programming.] Vital Statistics July 8-September 16, 1970...ABC, Wednesday 10:00-11:00PM ET regulars (outside of Tom and Dick): Pat Paulsen, Sally Struthers, Spencer Quinn

July 1970 July 8, 1970 scheduled guests: Nancy Sinatra; Harry Nilsson; Ted Mack; Bobby Stevens and Checkmate; Natalie Brown (baton-twirling champ) scheduled sketches/numbers: Poet's Corner (Harry); Without Him, Something (Nancy); Sweet Caroline, I Have A Dream (Checkmates); Love Story (Nancy and Tom); Tennessee Boardwalk (Nancy, Tom and Dick); Okie From Muskogee (Tom and Dick) July 15, 1970 scheduled guests: Peter Lawford; Mac Davis; Sunday's Child scheduled sketches/numbers: loan companies, Show Me (Struthers); Babies' Butts, The Politician, Bird Scene, I'll Paint You A Song (Mac); Sweet Inspriation, Friendship Train (SC); Little Miss Muffett (Struthers, Peter); I Dig Rock And Roll Music (Peter, Tom and Dick); Half And Half (Tom and Dick) July 22, 1970 scheduled guests: Petula Clark; Kendrew Lascelles scheduled sketches/numbers: The Box (poem about war) (Kendrew); editorial: feminist liberation movement (Paulsen); Saul Bass film "The Parable"; I Couldn't Live Without Your Love (Petula and Dick) July 29, 1970 scheduled guests: Burl Ives; John Hartford; Delaney And Bonnie And Friends; Los Angeles String Quartet scheduled sketches/numbers: film excerpt of Dick's racing; One More Time Billy Brown (Burl); Lay My Burden Down, Rock And Roll Music (DABAF); Tear-Stained Monologue, Cigarette Burn, Tall Buildings (John); salesman for electricity and homes (Quinn); Foggy Foggy Dew, Goober Peas, Blue Tail Fly (Burl and Dick); wire tapping, Wichita Lineman (Tom and Dick)

August 1970 August 12, 1970 scheduled guests: Pete Seeger; Arlo Guthrie; Seals And Crofts; Clark And Marilyn Borroughs; singing chimps scheduled sketches/numbers: "The Box" reprise; computer made imagery; Sailor On The River, Que Vivian Los Estudiantes, UNcle H (Pete); Percy's Song (Arlo); Hum A Song In Your Heart, Tumble On You (Clark And Marilyn); Daydream (chimps); Go On Home, See My Life, Gabriel (S&C); America The Beautiful (Pete, Arlo, Tom and Dick) August 19, 1970 scheduled guests: Little Richard; Kris Kristopherson; Delores Hall; Rita Abrams scheduled sketches/numbers: I'm Real--Shut Up!, Long Tall Sally, Somebody Saw You (Little Richard); editorial: federal reforms for campus rebels; song of Mill Valley, California (Rita); marathon version of Good Night Irene (Delores and Little Richard); A Brand New Me (Delores); Sunday Morning Coming Down, Casey's Last Ride (Kris); Me And Bobby McGee (Tom and Dick)

September 1970 September 2, 1970 scheduled guests: Mason Williams; Richard Pryor; Jennifer Warnes; Procol Harum scheduled sketches/numbers: Tom dreams he is President; Snow White spoof September 16, 1970 scheduled guests: Edwin Hawkins Singers; John Denver; Keith Barbour editorial: defense of air pollution (Paulsen); There's No Business Like Show Business; goodbyes

Tom Smothers' Organic Prime Time Space Ride (1971) Not much is known about this third attempt at a variety series, this time featuring Tom as a regular and Dick as a "guest star" (though Dick might as well have been a regular as before since, well, you just can't spilt up these two permanently.) Being that it had a syndicated versus network run made it all the harder for this program to exist. But it's around somewhere.

Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (Smothers Brothers Show) (1975) Tom and Dick's fourth (though not last) run with a variety series. This one was produced by Joe Hamilton, who was able to make the concurrently running "Carol Burnett Show" a hit. But what worked for Carol did not translate to the Brothers and this version was more or less a mid-season TV fling. Notable names among the regulars here: Steve Martin (stepping up from his writing duties of the 6769 series), Don Novello (AKA Father Guido Sarducci) and Betty Aberlin (more recognizable from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood) Vital Stats January 13-March 3, 1975...NBC, Monday 8:00-9:00PM ET regulars (outside of Tom and Dick): Betty Aberlin, Don Novello, Steve Martin, Nino Senporty, Marty Paich Orchestra executive producer: Joe Hamilton, Tom Smothers

January 1975 January 13, 1975 scheduled guests: Redd Foxx; Alice Cooper; Johnny Carson; George Burns scheduled sketches/numbers: Unfinished Sweet [tooth decay in a mouth full of dancing teeth] (Alice); formal awards ceremony honoring memorable lines; Poor Wandering One, Changes (Tom and Dick) January 20, 1975 scheduled guests: Kate Smith; Paul Lynde; Sha Na Na; Jack Albertson; Freddie Prinze scheduled sketches/numbers: parody of Tom and Dick (Jack and Freddie); suicidal house plant (Paul); spoof of country music; customer (Tom) at a complaint desk (Paul); Shake Rattle And Roll (Sha Na Na); I Have Dreamed (Kate); Me And My Baby (Kate and Tom) January 27, 1975 scheduled guests: David Steinberg; Olivia Newton-John scheduled sketches/numbers: mad psychiatrist trying to counsel and unhappy couple (David); Tom's new pet--a cloud; celebrity roast of Uncle Sam (Novello, David, Tom and Dick); Have You Ever Been Mellow? (Olivia); If You Could Read My Mind (Olivia and Dick); Michael Row The Bow Ashore, In Times Like These (Tom and Dick)

February and March 1975 February 3, 1975 scheduled guests: Ray Charles; Dom Deluise scheduled sketches/numbers: a wannabe celebrity (Tom) trying to sell his soul to an unreceptive Devil (Dom); Laurel And Hardy during the Watergate break-in (Dom and Tom); Have A Nice Day, A Wandering Minstrel (Tom and Dick) February 10, 1975 scheduled guests: Cloris Leachman scheduled sketches/numbers: no listing given from source February 17, 1975 scheduled guests: Rona Barrett; George Carlin scheduled sketches/numbers: no listing given from source February 24, 1975 scheduled guests: Milton Berle; Sally Kellerman; Barry Manilow scheduled sketches/numbers: no listing given from source March 3, 1975 scheduled: new episode featuring the SBCH 6769 cast

Fitz And Bones (1981) This series is the one and only non-variety series Tom and Dick starred in, one in which they also moderately played it straight, and as non-siblings. This also happens to be the only series running during the beginning of a writers' strike that delayed the start of the 1981-82 season. Despite this, viewers pretty much waited till the season began in full to come back to watch their favorites. Vital Stats October 24-November 14, 1981...NBC, Saturday 10:00-11:00PM ET cast: Dick Smothers (TV investigative reporter Ryan Fitzpatrick); Tom Smothers (camerman Bones Howard); Diana Muldaur (Terri Seymour); Mike Kellin (Robert Whitmore); Lynette Mettey (Lt. Rosie Cochran, Ryan's ex-wife); Roger C. Carmel (Lawrence Brody, Ryan's news rival) executive producer: Glen A. Larson

Fitz And Bones Series Run October 24, 1981 TV Guide listing: In the opener, the news comes to them as they're taken hostage at the station by terrorists. guest cast: Judith Chapman (Clementine); Michael Cavanaugh (Joe); Tony Burton (Sid); Jay Bell (Raymond) October 31, 1981 TV Guide listing: The police shooting of a young robber is considered open-and-shut by the law, but not by Fitz and Bones or the cop who becomes their anonymous source. guests cast: Drew Snyder (Carl Van Dyke); Sally Powell (Claire Van Dyke); Jeffrey Jacquet (Young Boy); Katherine Baumann (Sally) November 7, 1981 TV Guide listing: Fitz and Bones investigate the high evidence of cancer-related deaths among the cast of a movie filmed near a nuclear test site in the 1950s. guest cast: Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Karl Hunt); Pamela Susan Shoop (Alice Hogan); Warren Kemmerling (Henry Cale); Barry Nelson (Val Peterson); Lois Areno (Flo); Larry Levine (Major Sampson); Ned Bellamy (Corporal) November 14, 1981 TV Guide listing: Fitz and Bones investigate violence at a racially torn high school. guest cast: Joanna Kerns (Jane Trask); Larry B. Scott (Sweet James); Ike Eisenmann (Danny); Joan Welles (Mrs. Beckwith); Fran Bennett (Mrs. Nipper); Martin Ferrero (Hays)

Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988-1989) Once again, with feeling, with a few twists added: Tom and Dick (and a few of their old company) are back to do a little reminiscing and try again. The sparkle was there, but with this coming in bunches not a lot of momentum to make a real series run--and hardly enough to certify the return trip as a failure. It was less "Mom Always Liked You Best" (though, siblings that they are, you can't take rivalry out of them) and more a showcase for all kinds of talent: jugglers, magicians, comedians, musicians, yo-yo artists (of which we find Tom being one of these),...much like a classic vaudeville show. One of the twists thrown in was coming out of the starting gate smack in the middle of yet another writers' strike--running as the only network series playing in first-run for the second time in less than a decade (note the lack of sketch listings in the first set of air dates). But all was not lost, and two more bits of run were added, causing them to jokingly wonder aloud in talk show appearances if what they were doing was "a special series" or "a series of specials". Don't think they ever figured that one out. Vital Stats Reunion Special, February 3, 1988...CBS March 30-May 25, 1988...CBS, Wednesday 8:00-900PM ET January-February 1989...CBS, Saturday 9:00-10:00PM August 2-23, 1989...CBS, Wednesday 8:00-9:00PM regulars (outside of Tom and Dick): Pat Paulsen, Jim Stafford (1988), Larry Cansler Orchestra (1988), Geoffrey Lewis And Celestial Navigations (1989), Jack Elliot Orchestra (1989) executive producers: Tom Smothers, Ken Kragen

Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 20th Reunion, February 3, 1988 scheduled guests: Glen Campbell; Jennifer Warnes; Pat Paulsen; Bob Einstein; Leigh French; John Hartford; Mason Williams; Steve Martin scheduled sketches/numbers: Pat Paulsen For President; Song Of Bernadette (Jennifer); Classical Gas (Mason); Gentle On My Mind, Learning To Smile All Over Again (Glen and John); Madrigal (Tom and Dick); Those Were The Days played throughout

March 1988--April 1988--May 1988 March 30, 1988 scheduled guests: Jack Lemmon; Harry Belafonte; Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello); Michael Davis April 6, 1988 scheduled guests: Linda Ronstadt; Little Richard; Harry Anderson; George Carlin April 13, 1988 scheduled guests: 12-year-old violinist Leila Josefowicz; Toni Basil; Denis Lancombe (Cirque de Soleil) April 27, 1988 scheduled guests: Martin Mull; Gallagher; Michael Davis; Kohl And Campany; Tom Kuhn May 4, 1988 scheduled guests: Ronn Lucas; Mat Pendl; Professor Peter Schickele (AKA PDQ Bach); Foster Brooks; Merry Clayton and the Dirty Dancers; Ariz Brothers scheduled sketches: CBS executive in charge of "Important Things and Viewer Stuff" (Foster Brooks); Pat Paulsen talks out of both sides of his mouth; Ronn Lucas and "Chuck"; Magic Tom and the Scary Box Pt 1 (Tom and Dick, Jim); The Farmer On The Dole (PQQ Bach); Spiders and Snakes, Undecided (Jim); Magic Tom and the Scary Box Pt 2, Church Bells The Impossible Dream (Tom and Dick); The Evolution of The Yo Yo (Yo Yo Man and Dick) May 11, 1988 scheduled guests: Teri Garr; k.d. lang; Toni Basil; Joseph Gabriel and His Birds May 18, 1988 scheduled guests: Gary Mule Deer; Chet Atkins; Wally Eastwood; George Carl; PEACE Childrens Choir; Melinda Melinda scheduled sketches: Expose on the Smothers Brothers (manager, driver, maid); Thanks for nothing (Pat Paulsen); Paradise In Kasankulu (Harry); Wildwood Weed (Jim); Nola (Chet and Tom); song about his father (Chet); dull guy learns about the state of Yo (Yo Yo Man and Dick); The Ballad of John Henry, My Old Man (Tom and Dick)

January 1989--February 1989 January 28, 1989 scheduled guests: Harry Blackstone Jr; John Hartford; Ronn Lucas; Nuts And Bolts; Ton Basil; Danitra Vance; Gallagher scheduled sketches/numbers: Romeo And Juliet (Danitra); Take Me Back To My Mississippi River Home (John); Big Time Crime (Tom and Dick) February 4, 1989 scheduled guests: Phyllis Diller; Jennifer Warnes; Ronn Lucas; Ed Alonzo; Mike Cross scheduled sketches/numbers: assertiveness training; sexual dos and fashion don'ts; Came So Far For Beauty (Jennifer); Drivin Back To Boulder (Stafford); Grub Springs (Mike) February 11, 1989 scheduled guests: Kenny Rogers; Maureen McGovern; Chick Hearn; Ed Alonzo; Fielding West; Michael Davis scheduled sketches/numbers: There Lies The Difference (Kenny); Mr. Paganini (Maureen); Your Friend's Out Tonight February 18, 1989 scheduled guests: Kingston Trio; Bob Moore's Mongrels; Nuts And Bolts; arrow catcher Larry Cisewsky; Steven Wright scheduled sketches/numbers: Double Yo-Seven versus Yofinger (Tom and Geoffrey); medley (KT); This Joint Is Jumpin (dancers)

August 1989 August 2, 1989 scheduled guests: Shelley Long; Fling Karamazov Brothers; Sorrentino Sensations scheduled sketches/numbers: Dick breaks up with Tom August 9, 1989 scheduled guests: Tony Orlando And Dawn; 12-year-old fiddler Gabe Witcher; Edward Jackman; Skip Cunningham scheduled sketches/numbers: Orange Blossom Special (Gabe); medley (TO&D); My Funny Valentine (Dana) August 23, 1989 scheduled guests: Julia Migenes; Glen and Cal Campbell; John and Jamie Hartford; Professor Irwin Corey; Ritch Shydner; Ed Yeager; Jim Stafford with Flatnose (tree climbing dog); Dick Smothers Jr and Kamikaze scheduled sketches/numbers: Dat's Love (Julia); Tall Oak Tree (Glen and Cal); Short Life Of Trouble (John and Jamie); Let's Misbehave (Dick Jr and Kamikaze)

Acknowledgements This episode guide most assuredly wouldn't have existed without some help. Here's just the start of the list of thank yous: Tom, Dick, Wendy Blair and the folks at "SmoBro HQ"; Brenda Gann; TV Guide

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