The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Skirball Cultural Center California LA Metro: Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Barbara, Ventura County - United States Broadcast: radio, TV Thu 3 Dec 2009
Broadcast: radio, TV
Thu 3 Dec 2009
2009
December 2009
Thursday 3 December 2009
Thu 3 Dec, 7:30 pm. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, 90049. 310-440-4500. Skirball Cultural Center - [email][events]
Admission: $5 General Free to Members and Full-Time Students The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, which ran prime-time on CBS from 1967 through 1969, combined cutting-edge comedy, groundbreaking music, and scathing social commentary to become one of the most influential and top-rated shows on American television—that is, until it was unceremoniously pulled from the air for being too controversial.
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the debut of Tom and Dick Smothers as a comedic duo and the fortieth anniversary of the sudden cancellation of their show by CBS, join David Bianculli—television critic for National Public Radio's Fresh Air and author of the new book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy—for a look at how Tom and Dick's opposition to the Vietnam War, support of civil rights, relentless lampooning of politicians, and introduction of now-legendary talents Steve Martin, Rob Reiner, and more. A book signing follows the program.