The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
19670226.Betty Davis.Bob Crane
TV Flash files “19670226.Betty Davis.Bob Crane” as hour 4 of 72 in the TV Flash guide — The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969) on CBS, season 1, episode 4, aired 1967-02-26, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 72 in the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour guide, hour 4 of 20 in season 1. It aired 1967-02-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “19670219.Jack Benny,George Burns,Esther OFarim” (S01E03). Next is “19670305.Barbara Eden,Carl Reiner,Paul Reviere and Raiders” (S01E05).
Viewer FAQ
Where does 19670226.Betty Davis.Bob Crane sit in the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 72 — hour 4 of 20 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour S01E04 air?
19670226.Betty Davis.Bob Crane aired 1967-02-26 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Any hour that pairs the brothers' folk banter with a satirical bit and a music guest shows the mix. The censorship battles are the extra-textual plot; the on-air comedy is still the assignment.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Tom and Dick Smothers smuggled counterculture onto CBS with folk-comedy smiles until Standards & Practices ended the party. Music guests, political satire, and sibling banter — variety as generational argument. Watch it for the moment network television picked a fight with the establishment and mostly lost, gloriously.
1967–1969 is a short window with a loud cancel. Tom and Dick Smothers smuggled counterculture onto CBS with folk-comedy smiles, music guests, political satire, and sibling banter until Standards & Practices ended the party. **Three seasons, 72 episodes.** Pat Paulsen became a regular. Vietnam-era tension sat under prime-time polish. Censorship fights with CBS were the show's real ongoing plot — a quiet cancel with a laugh track still rolling. Rex wants martyrdom in a martini glass. It was a platform fight. The…
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Filed against
- Tom Smothers as Host
Tom Smothers hosted The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with a folk-comedy smile that smuggled counterculture onto CBS until Standards & Practices ended the party. Music guests, political satire, sibling banter — variety as generational…
- Dick Smothers as Host
Dick Smothers kept The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’s sibling banter straight while Tom smuggled counterculture onto CBS — folk-comedy smiles, music guests, political satire, variety as generational argument until Standards & Practices…
- Pat Paulsen as Regular
Pat Paulsen was a regular on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the 1960s CBS variety hour that smuggled counterculture behind folk-comedy smiles until Standards & Practices ended the party. Music guests, political satire, sibling banter.…
Also in season 1
- S01E01 19670205.Jill St John,Ed Sullivan,Jim Nabors
- S01E02 19670212.Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor,Turtles
- S01E03 19670219.Jack Benny,George Burns,Esther OFarim
- S01E05 19670305.Barbara Eden,Carl Reiner,Paul Reviere and Raiders
- S01E06 19670312.Carol Burnett,Baja Marimba Band
- S01E07 19670319.Jimmy Durante,Inger Stevens,The Turtles