How ‘Comedy Hour’ died an unfunny death

In the early to mid-1960s, the Smothers Brothers quickly gained club, recording, and television success performing songs and dialogue based on the premise that Dick was the steady, mature brother and Tom the mischievous, defiant one. Their act was comedically playful, musically proficient, and largely apolitical. (Full article: 633 words)

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