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I have tickets to see them next month - they had better still be on tour. Anyone know what this event was? [[User:Rmhermen|Rmhermen]] 18:46 Jan 21, 2003 (UTC)
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The link to ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'' redirects back to this same article. While the show may deserve its own article, for now I have simply removed the link. [[User:Richard K. Carson|Richard K. Carson]] 07:54, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

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The main article seems to indicate a different high school than the personal stub articles about Tom and Dick. The main article claims they graduated from Redondo Union High School, in Redondo Beach CA. The personal articles claim they graduated from Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga, CA. This is a bit of a confusion. Which school did they graduate from?

ANSWER: Tom and Dick Smothers grew up in Sunland, California, which is adjacent to Tujunga. Tujunga is within the City of Los Angeles and has Verdugo Hills High School. Dick Smothers was my classmate in the fifth and sixth grade at Apperson Street School in Sunland. From there he and his brother went to Verdugo Hills High School (junior and senior HS) in Tujunga, class of 1957. Yet neither graduated with us because they moved away before 1957. Entered January 15, 2008.
[[User:Jaerune|Jaerune]] 15:35, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

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<s>That random trivia certainly is random...</s> Never mind... [[User:Greyfedora|Greyfedora]] 07:12, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

== Inaccurate info ==

David Letterman doesn't have any credits on IMDB until 1974, so there's no way he could've been a writer for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour unless he was doing it on top of school in Indiana. If anyone can prove otherwise, we'll put it back in, but as for now, it's false information. - [[User:Stick Fig|Stick Fig]] 07:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

== 1988-1989 series, strike, etc. ==

I remove this edit from the article, referencing the 1988-1989 shows on CBS:
:(This is an interesting claim, since the new incarnation of the Smothers show aired on CBS and Saturday Night Live is an NBC show.)
This appears to be a fair point as far as it goes, but it belongs here where we can resolve the issue, not in the article itself. So far I've found this [http://www.tvparty.com/smothers3.html TV Party page], which confirms that it was on CBS. It was during the strike, however, and the SmoBro official site mentions a book about SNL on its [http://www.smothersbrothers.com/referencesources%20.htm Reference Sources page]. I will rephrase the article.-- [[User:Mavarin|Karen]] | [[User talk:Mavarin|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Mavarin|contribs]] 03:50, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
--[[User:Mavarin|Karen]] | [[User talk:Mavarin|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Mavarin|contribs]] 03:51, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

== Other stuff ==

Odd, no mention of their winery, Remrick Ridge: http://www.smothersbrothers.com/remick.html [[Special:Contributions/71.145.155.3|71.145.155.3]] ([[User talk:71.145.155.3|talk]]) 04:27, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

And no mention of their younger brother. In 1967 their mother's house was damaged by a landslide, and she came down to L.A. for several months. I lived in the same building in Marina Del Rey as Tommy, and I played with their younger brother when he was around. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/66.92.42.220|66.92.42.220]] ([[User talk:66.92.42.220|talk]]) 04:44, 14 July 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:They had a younger sister, not a brother. Source: Dangerously Funny by David Bianculli. [[User:Wastrel Way|Wastrel Way]] ([[User talk:Wastrel Way|talk]]) 17:25, 3 January 2020 (UTC) Eric
::By jingo, you are correct... It was Tommy's son, Tom jr.!

I remember a short-lived half-hour show they had a year or two after the cancellation of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,
called "Half the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". But I can't find any references to it anywhere. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/129.97.111.99|129.97.111.99]] ([[User talk:129.97.111.99|talk]]) 19:06, 29 July 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

At one of their nightclub performances, [[John Lennon]] and [[Harry Nillson]] were kicked out for heckling their act. This is mentioned on other Wikipedia pages. [[User:22yearswothanks|22yearswothanks]] ([[User talk:22yearswothanks|talk]]) 07:06, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

The Summer Brothers Summer Show did NOT feature the brothers. It was summer replacement for their show and starred Glen Campbell. There was a later summer replacement show on ABC, The NBC Show in the article and a much later show on CBS that was shown during a writer's strike. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/167.219.88.140|167.219.88.140]] ([[User talk:167.219.88.140#top|talk]]) 20:37, 30 May 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

Don Novello did not appear on the original Comedy Hour (1966-1969) but on the second incarnation in 1975. Also, the infobox seems to be partly about the brothers, partly about the 66-69 show, and partly about the DVD of that show. [[User:Wastrel Way|Wastrel Way]] ([[User talk:Wastrel Way|talk]]) 17:25, 3 January 2020 (UTC) Eric

== Controversial musical guests? ==

Re: "''George Harrison, Joan Baez, Buffalo Springfield, Cass Elliot, Harry Belafonte, Cream, Donovan, The Doors, Janis Ian, Jefferson Airplane, Peter, Paul and Mary, Spanky and Our Gang, Steppenwolf, The Who, Simon and Garfunkel, and even Pete Seeger were showcased during the latter years of the show despite the advertiser-sensitive nature of their music.''":

Some of these performers were fairly taboo (from the perspective of mainstream advertisers), but others were quite innocuous. Maybe the above could be made more accurate by splitting it into two sentences or clauses. (Cream actually recorded a song for a Falstaff beer commercial, by the way.) [[User:TheScotch|TheScotch]] ([[User talk:TheScotch|talk]]) 10:48, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

== Sourcing ==

The statement, "Tom would later say "Four Star (the production company) gave me ulcers." is unsourced and does not say when he said it. I found it repeated many times; some of the articles using each other to support the claim. I am not saying he did not say it, but we need a credible source. [[User:Tomsv 98|Tomsv 98]] ([[User talk:Tomsv 98|talk]]) 20:29, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

== The Brothers Brothers/In Living Color ==

Listening to a few videos of old In Living Color, to my ear, the voices of the Brothers Brothers sound nothing like the Smothers Brothers. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/67.88.172.34|67.88.172.34]] ([[User talk:67.88.172.34|talk]]) 19:34, 4 June 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== No mention of Dick's auto racing interest and participation ==

Not that it "needs" to be in the article, but I was surprised there was no mention of Dick's interest and participation in auto racing. I have no sources for this just the vague memory of seeing a photo of him in a car he owned and raced. Thoughts?[[User:THX1136|THX1136]] ([[User talk:THX1136|talk]]) 16:03, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

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== ''Narrated by'' ==

''Narrated by Peter Cullen'' makes no sense. What was narrated by him? Needs an explanation in the main body of the article. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Koro Neil|Koro Neil]] ([[User talk:Koro Neil#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Koro Neil|contribs]]) </small>
:The article is using an infobox for ''[[:The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour]]''. I don't know why, it doesn't make sense to have it here. [[User:Schazjmd|<span style="color:#9966FF;">Schazjmd</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Schazjmd|<span style="color:#5500FF;">''(talk)''</span>]] 14:56, 8 July 2020 (UTC)
:The infobox was added (without discussion) 7 June 2012. I'm going to [[WP:BOLD|remove]] it; if any editors object, we can discuss why we would have an infobox about just one of their accomplishments which has its own article in an article about the comedy act that encompassed much more than the single TV series. [[User:Schazjmd|<span style="color:#9966FF;">Schazjmd</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Schazjmd|<span style="color:#5500FF;">''(talk)''</span>]] 15:05, 8 July 2020 (UTC)


== Why no mention of an entire show? ==
== yoyo man? ==


"The Return of the Smothers Brothers" was broadcast February 16, 1970. I remember vividly Peter Fonda reading part of the Declaration of Independence, and it sounded extremely subversive. [[Special:Contributions/2602:306:BC65:4189:4CA:C8C7:E5C6:C881|2602:306:BC65:4189:4CA:C8C7:E5C6:C881]] ([[User talk:2602:306:BC65:4189:4CA:C8C7:E5C6:C881|talk]]) 18:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
what about [https://www.amazon.com/Smothers-Brothers-Yo-Yo-Instructional-Video/dp/6301232356 this]? <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:0w0 catt0s|0w0 catt0s]] ([[User talk:0w0 catt0s#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/0w0 catt0s|contribs]]) 08:15, 9 August 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Found a ref and added it. [[User:Schazjmd|<span style="color:#066293;">'''Schazjmd'''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Schazjmd|<span style="color:#738276;">''(talk)''</span>]] 18:47, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
::You're GOOD.
::I added your paragraph to the Revival section of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" article. But I'm not sure I should have. [[Special:Contributions/2602:306:BC65:4189:74F5:3B6:4D83:6445|2602:306:BC65:4189:74F5:3B6:4D83:6445]] ([[User talk:2602:306:BC65:4189:74F5:3B6:4D83:6445|talk]]) 12:56, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
:::I think that's fine. The ref alluded to it being just like the original show. [[User:Schazjmd|<span style="color:#066293;">'''Schazjmd'''</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Schazjmd|<span style="color:#738276;">''(talk)''</span>]] 16:31, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

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Why no mention of an entire show?

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"The Return of the Smothers Brothers" was broadcast February 16, 1970. I remember vividly Peter Fonda reading part of the Declaration of Independence, and it sounded extremely subversive. 2602:306:BC65:4189:4CA:C8C7:E5C6:C881 (talk) 18:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Found a ref and added it. Schazjmd (talk) 18:47, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
You're GOOD.
I added your paragraph to the Revival section of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" article. But I'm not sure I should have. 2602:306:BC65:4189:74F5:3B6:4D83:6445 (talk) 12:56, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I think that's fine. The ref alluded to it being just like the original show. Schazjmd (talk) 16:31, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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