Tom Smothers of '60's duo/comedy show dead at 86 years old

[Melensdad]

We used to watch the Smothers Brothers on TV, I think it was CBS, on their weekly show.

Sad to lose another icon.

Tom Smothers, a Counterculture Comedy Legend With the Smothers Brothers, Dead at 86

Tom Smothers, one-half of the famed counterculture comedy duo, the Smothers Brothers, has died at the age of 86.

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Tom Smothers, a Counterculture Comedy Legend With the Smothers Brothers, Dead at 86​

Jon BlisteinDecember 27, 2023​

Tom Smothers in 1970. Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Imagesnone​

Tom Smothers, one-half of the famed Smothers Brothers comedy duo, who brought a revolutionary hit of music and political satire to late Sixties television, has died, The New York Times reports. He was 86.​

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Smothers died at his home in Santa Rosa, California, following a “recent battle with cancer,” according to a spokesman for the National Comedy Center, on behalf of the family. No additional details were shared.​

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Tom and his younger brother, Dick, broke through with an act that combined folk music and comedy: Tom played guitar, as well as the goofball, while Dick balanced him out as the straight-man with a stand-up bass. Their famed show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, premiered in 1967 and became a counterculture staple with pointed bits and sly references to everything from recreational drug use to the Vietnam War.​

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[Doc]

RIP. Cutting edge comedy. Enjoyed the reruns of their show.