Smothers Brothers

Biography

The Smothers Brothers were the American duo of brothers Tom and Dick Smothers, who performed music and comedy. The brothers' trademark double act was performing folk songs (Tommy on acoustic guitar, Dick on double bass), with Tommy (the elder of the two) acting clueless and Dick as his straight man, which usually led to arguments. Tommy's signature line was "Mom always liked you best!" In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the brothers frequently appeared on television variety shows and issued several popular record albums of their stage performances. Their own television variety show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, became one of the most controversial American TV programs of the Vietnam War era. Despite popular success, the brothers' (especially Tom's) penchant for material that was critical of the political mainstream and sympathetic to the emerging counterculture led to their firing by the CBS network in 1969. The brothers continued to work, both independently and as a team, on stage, television, and in films until the pair's retirement in 2010.

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