The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
19680121.Sid Caesar,Blackstone Rangers,Glen Campbell
TV Flash files “19680121.Sid Caesar,Blackstone Rangers,Glen Campbell” as hour 39 of 72 in the TV Flash guide — The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969) on CBS, season 2, episode 19, aired 1968-01-14, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E19: listed hour 39 of 72 in the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour guide, hour 19 of 26 in season 2. It aired 1968-01-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “19680114.Patty Duke,Association,Don Rickles” (S02E18). Next is “19680128.Robert Morse,Paul Revere and Raiders,Nanette Fabray” (S02E20).
Viewer FAQ
Where does 19680121.Sid Caesar,Blackstone Rangers,Glen Campbell sit in the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour guide?
S02E19 is listed hour 39 of 72 — hour 19 of 26 in season 2, season 2 episode 19.
When did The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour S02E19 air?
19680121.Sid Caesar,Blackstone Rangers,Glen Campbell aired 1968-01-14 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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