The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
19671231.Eddie Albert,Irish Rovers,Judy Collins,Bobby Blackmore
TV Flash files “19671231.Eddie Albert,Irish Rovers,Judy Collins,Bobby Blackmore” as hour 37 of 72 in the TV Flash guide — The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969) on CBS, season 2, episode 17, aired 1967-12-31, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E17: listed hour 37 of 72 in the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour guide, hour 17 of 26 in season 2. It aired 1967-12-31 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “19671224.Christmas Show.Nanette Fabray,Jack Benny” (S02E16). Next is “19680114.Patty Duke,Association,Don Rickles” (S02E18).
Viewer FAQ
Where does 19671231.Eddie Albert,Irish Rovers,Judy Collins,Bobby Blackmore sit in the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour guide?
S02E17 is listed hour 37 of 72 — hour 17 of 26 in season 2, season 2 episode 17.
When did The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour S02E17 air?
19671231.Eddie Albert,Irish Rovers,Judy Collins,Bobby Blackmore aired 1967-12-31 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.…
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