The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Billy Barty, The Clinger Sisters, Leigh French, Times Square Two
TV Flash files “Billy Barty, The Clinger Sisters, Leigh French, Times Square Two” as hour 62 of 72 in the TV Flash guide — The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969) on CBS, season 3, episode 16, aired 1969-01-26, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E16: listed hour 62 of 72 in the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour guide, hour 16 of 26 in season 3. It aired 1969-01-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Ray Charles, Jackie Mason” (S03E15). Next is “Burl Ives, The Chambers Brothers, Jackie and Roy” (S03E17).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Billy Barty, The Clinger Sisters, Leigh French, Times Square Two sit in the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour guide?
S03E16 is listed hour 62 of 72 — hour 16 of 26 in season 3, season 3 episode 16.
When did The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour S03E16 air?
Billy Barty, The Clinger Sisters, Leigh French, Times Square Two aired 1969-01-26 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.
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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 3
- S03E01 Harry Belafonte, Cass Elliott, Rosie Grier
- S03E02 The Beatles, Nancy Sinatra, Aaron Williams
- S03E03 The.Beatles, Barbara Feldon, Bill Medley
- S03E04 The Everly Brothers, Jack E. Leonard, New Day Singers
- S03E05 Glen Campbell, The Clinger Sisters, Rowan and Martin
- S03E06 Kate Smith, Jefferson Airplane, Mason Williams