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Smothers Brothers

rip Dec. 27, 2023

Tom Smothers, Half of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Duo, Dead at 86His boundary-pushing variety show was known for sharply targeting racism and the Vietnam War, leading to its abrupt cancellation in 1969.

By Tom Smyth
blacklisting July 29, 2015

Janis Ian Shares Her Own Creepy Bill Cosby StoryThe singer says Cosby tried to blacklist her in the ‘60s.

By Nate Jones

Dec. 10, 2011

George Clooney, Sony Pictures to Do Smothers Brothers FilmLate-sixties CBS comedy hour that earned the ire of President Nixon.

By Andre Tartar