An edition of Dangerously funny
(2009)
Dangerously funny
the uncensored story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
by David Bianculli
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"Dangerously Funny" presents a rollicking history of the rise and fall of the wildly influential '60s TV show, its perennial problems with the network censors, and its lasting influence on the cultural landscape.
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Table of Contents
The birth of the Smothers brothers (and the Smothers sister)
The Smothers Brothers, all three of them, take the stage
Tom and Dick shoot for Paar
The Smothers Brothers, on the record
"High noon on the Ponderosa"
Revolution in a shoe box
And so it begins : The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Testing the CBS censors, the first encounters
From hit status to Elaine May not
Becoming more creative, and more substantive
Homegrown talent : Pat Paulsen, Leigh French, Mason Williams
Season two : breaking the blacklist of Pete Seeger
The Who explodes
The generation gap widens, even on TV
Wading back into "The Big Muddy"
"Classical gas"
The Smothers Brothers Smothers Show
Season three : "We're still here"
Meet the Beatles, this time on Comedy Hour
Pat Paulsen for president
David Steinberg finds religion
Hair today, gone tomorrow
Beeping censors lurking in the wings
Classics and controversies
Fired, not canceled
The aftermath, the bed-in, and the trial
After the fall, and couples therapy
The Smothers Brothers legacy.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-372) and index.
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