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Smothered - The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Smothered - The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy HourDirector: Maureen Muldaur
Actors: Joan Baez, Jack Benny, David Bianculli, Allan Blye, George Burns
Studio: New Video Group
Category: DVD

Buy New: $58.99
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Seller: inetvideo
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 28 reviews
Sales Rank: 33,017

Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: 9523
ISBN: 0767049721
UPC: 767685952337
EAN: 9780767049726
ASIN: B00007CVSP

Theatrical Release Date: December 4, 2002
Release Date: January 28, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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1 out of 5 stars thumbs down   February 6, 2010
Michelle Proksa (Streator, IL)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Smothered - The Great Smothers Brothers Censorship Wars [VHS]

Boring,no good clips of shows. My parents loved the show, and I gave this to them as a gift. They threw it away!



4 out of 5 stars Smothers Brothers history   December 28, 2009
Thomas R. Lynch (Pocasset, MA)
I was watching the night the network pulled the Smothers Brothers off the air. This DVD fills in the blanks, explaining how the comedy team worked their way to the forefront of social commentary in a time that the country was torn by a war, racial demonstrations and censorship. The program is both educational and entertaining. The interviews with the Brothers and the writers is full of anecdotes. If you lived through the 60's, you should take some time to watch this DVD.


5 out of 5 stars The Best Social Comedy--ever!   October 5, 2009
Jenny Hanniver (Philadelphia, PA, United States)
I saw this last night on Public TV, and today I'm buying it. It brought me back! When the SmoBro came to TV in 1967 I'd been a Naval officer for 10 years. When they were cancelled, I'd already resigned and was with the VVAW to "protest U.S. foreign policy, specifically the war in Vietnam," in the words of my March 1968 resignation letter. Along with everyone else in the service, I got locked into active duty till the end of 1968--as officer in charge of all non-Nurse Corps women's recruiting for one of the largest Naval Districts. Tommy Smothers could have made a hilarious skit out of my moral dilemma.

The Brothers had nothing to do with my change in attitude, which was already firm by 1967, caused by analysis of history and current events, and shared by many military people. The mass military resignations and refusals to fight in the field, from the air or from seagoing gun turrets were what brought the war to a close. (See "SIR! NO SIR!") But I surely did admire the SmoBros' kind of comedy--America's closest approach to Britain's brilliant non-commercial BBC comedy like "Monty Python"--and sat on the edge of the chair waiting for the next puncture of hypocrisy and all other oppressions of genuine American ideals. What a show it was. Hip! hip! hurrah! for Tommy and Dickie. And booooos and hisses for all Bottom Line censors.

After the intelligently satirical "Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "Laugh-In", "The Prisoner" and, best of all, "The Smothers Brothers" I turned off commercial TV until "Star Trek--The Next Generation", "Deep Space Nine" and "Max Headroom," which were all thought-provoking. After TNG ended I've stopped watching again. There've been a few rare exceptions, but since the 70s nearly everything on the commercial channels hasn't been worth wasting time on. Some channels are unspeakable for the lies and slanders of their paid talking heads, and I refuse to watch so-called "documentaries" on cable. Give me our three local Public TV channels--plus magazines, YouTube, a few books a week, and lots of good conversation.



5 out of 5 stars censorship in the 60s   July 13, 2009
joe gering (mesa, arizona)
today these boys would be considered SAINTS, but back then, their innovation and style were very troubling for incompetent incumbent politicians who had their own agenda going, and really didn't give a flip about what America, or the kids they sent out to fight for them thought. This was another fine example of people in the 60s standing up for what they believed trying to make a difference, and they did. The Smothers Bros. are still way cool!


2 out of 5 stars Bitter Dickie   May 2, 2008
F. Miller (Austin Texas)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful

Dickie came across a little bitter is this otherwise good video.
I cannot wait for their shows to come out on DVD


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