The Smothers Brothers comedy hour the best of season 3
| DVD 2008 |
| Available at 4 Libraries 6 of 7 copies |
Summary
Presents many segments from the series censored by CBS and never seen on network TV.Contents
disc 1. Show 202, original air date: September 29, 1968 with guests: Harry Belafonte, Mama Cass Elliot, and Rosey Grier; Show 212, original air date: December 8, 1968 with guests: Bob Newhart; Show 213, original air date: December 15, 1968 with guests: The Doors, George Carlin; Show 219, original air date: February 16, 1969 with guests: Liberace, David Fryedisc 2. Show 209, original air date: November 17, 1968 with guests: George Harrison, Donovan, Dion; Show 216, original air date: January 19, 1969 with guests: Jackie Mason, Ray Charles; Show 221, original air date: March 2, 1969 with guests: Joey Bishop, Judy Collins, Jonathan Winters; Show 225, original air date: April 13, 1969 with guests: The Ike & Tina Turner Revue, and Mason Williams
disc 3. Show 223, original air date: March 30, 1969 with guests: Jackie Mason, Joan Baez; Show 226, never aired with guests: Dan Rowan, David Steinberg, and Nancy Wilson; Show 227, original air date: April 20, 1969 with guest, Anthony Newley
disc 4. Show 205, original air date: October 20, 1969 with guests: Pat Paulsen for President.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Comedy sketches.
Political satire, American. Television comedies. |
| Publisher | [Hollywood, Calif.] :Comedic Productions :2008 [Distributed by] Time-Life, |
| Edition | Fullscreen. |
| Contributors |
Smothers, Tom,
1937- Smothers, Dick. Blye, Allan. Sunga, George. Kiley, Tim. Pasetta, Marty. CBS Television Network. |
| Participants/Performers |
Tom Smothers, Dick Smothers. |
| Other Contributors |
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour produced by Allan Blye, George Sunga, directed by Tom Kiley, Marty Pasetta. DVD produced by Paul Brownstein. |
| Audience |
[Not rated] |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Television series originally aired on television between 1968-1969. Includes show 226, aired in 1993. Special features: interviews with Harry Belafonte, Bob Newhart, Allan Blye, John Densmore, Chuck Braverman, and Rob Reiner; "A New Fable for Our Time" featurette; rehearsal footage shot by "60 Minutes"; 1969 Emmy Awards clip; photo gallery; CBS documents (disc 1) ; interviews with Judy Collins, and Bob Einstein; special feature "Mom Always Liked You Best"; Dr. Benjamin Spock interview; photo gallery; CBS documents (disc 2) ; interviews with Joan Baez, Jackie Mason and David Steinberg; exerpts from Tom and Dick's press conference after CBS cancels the show; Jackie Mason dress rehearsal; Joan Baez dress rehearsal and alternate performance; episode promos; Smothers Brothers 2000 reunion at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado; LBJ letters; Donald Rumsfeld "Department of Peace" letter; CBS documents; photo gallery; Tom's final reflections (disc 3) ; Robert F. Kennedy with Pat Paulsen and Tom: never-before-available outtakes from the "Pat Paulsen for President" special; interview outtakes from special: Woody Allen, David Frye, Eddie Fisher, Paul Hornung, Robert Morse, Nancy Ames, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara; Pat Paulsen at the White House; Pat Paulsen at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; Pat Paulsen comedy club act at the Pierce Street annex, Anchorage, Alaska (March 31, 1992); E! Intro segment to "Pat Paulsen for President"; photo gallery; "Pat Paulsen's Malignant Humor": Pat's personal notes from his fight with cancer; at Paulsen's Memorial humor (disc 4). |
| System Details |
DVD, fullscreen. |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 840 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages) |
| Other | Classic View |