Dangerously funny : the uncensored story of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour"
Record details
- ISBN: 1439101167
- ISBN: 9781439101162
- ISBN: 1439101175
- ISBN: 9781439101179
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Physical Description:
xx, 404 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
print - Edition: First Touchstone trade paperback ed.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p.[387]-394) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | PN 1992.77 .S63 B33 2010 | 30540928 | General Collection | Available | - |