We used to watch The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour - LOVED it. I'm still hoping I might get the chance to see them in a live performance some day. I think they're great.These two albums were packed away in our Mother's stuff. I am sure she found them at a thrift store, as well:
I missed this program (below) when it was on PBS last month. I'd have liked to have seen it. My friend gives me her copy of the program guide sometimes, but I got it too late to know this was on. I blame the stupid TV Guide magazine (that isn't) completely for this. I know I can look online - but I just don't. TV Guide no longer gives us the correct information for what is on our local stations. I plan to write more about this in an upcoming post. OH, YEAH - I have a lot more to say. Don't get me started.
Rant over (for now). Shout out to Dick and Tom - Love you guys!!
......she liked you best! i agree heidi - one of my favorite shows had flip wilson doing this skit to the beatles 'rocky racoon' - i remember laughing so hard i fell of the couch. i always think of them when someone famous gets in trouble for saying what they think - joan baez, dixie chicks etc etc. i was so angry when cbs took them off the air. i was thrilled to see pbs give them back to us for too short a time.
ReplyDeleteThese guys were my favorite. I just saw a special about them on PBS.
ReplyDeleteI love them too, and hate the TV Guide too. I absolutely loved their set on their TV show. I would love to see all of the shows again. I didn't know they were on a PBS special either. About TV Guide: not only do they not tell you what is on locally or have the right times, but now they keep having double issues and the second week is a complete joke, just a guess pretty much. I could guess what was on better than they can. Love T
ReplyDeleteYou've got that right, T.!! And like I said - more to come on the subject....
ReplyDeleteOh, my gosh! My sister had the album at the Purple Onion. She used to belong to a record club, and that was the monthly selection one month. I can still remember her getting it and how exciting it was to open it and play it. I can still remember They Call the Wind Mariah. That was the first time I had ever heard that name, and I loved it. What else is on there? Love, Deb
ReplyDeleteHi Deb! Here is the list on the album:
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Dance, Boatman Dance
Down In The Valley
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
I Wish I Wuz In Peoria
They Call The Wind Maria
Jezebel
I Never Will Marry
Tom Dooley
I got a kick out of reading that your sister had the album!
Just Loved watching and listening to these Guys... Tommy was Brilliant! There were several of their albums in our home... I'm sittin' here with a big grin, just remembering how much they made me laugh... Pearl
ReplyDeleteas i am writing this the smothers brothers and their show are being discussed on pbs about humor in america - they have current interviews with them.
ReplyDeletei meant to mention earlier 'have a little tea' with goldie. they showed a bit of her on the old show as well. what a great show!!!!
Wow, we used to watch this show all the time. My parents loved it!
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I loved that show! A few years ago my husband (with Lindsey's help) bought me a VCR tape of the show where the Beatles sung Hey Jude. I cried when I opened it. It was like getting back a chunk of my childhood. It also had Bobby Goldsboro on it singing Honey. I would love to have all the shows on DVD. 'Mom liked you best'! Twyla
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ReplyDeleteI was a bit young when their original CBS show aired, and most of my memories of that show are of clips seen in documentaries and such, but I clearly remember the summer replacement show they had (on NBC, I think). Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) was a regular on that show. I was so bummed when the network didn't pick up the show. These guys are still great!
I saw that PBS special too- wish they had shows like that one now-a-days! I got to see "Laugh In," "The Carol Burnett Show," and others like that in re-runs, and I loved them all! Along this same vein, have any of you seen the advertisements for the "Dean Martin" shows?? I want that sooo bad!!! How about if a bunch of us go in together and buy them all, then trade them around?
ReplyDeleteThat's the strangest thing. I actually saw this program on PBS and I never knew about the Smothers Brothers before. It was a very well done program.
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