"Red River Valley" Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

[@Withpeace7597]

Rest In Peace Tom. Beautiful man, beautiful voice.

[@ellenbeato652]

They look so young. I forgot we were ever that young. My family never failed to watch their TV show and they paved the way for Laugh-In

[@millenniumman75]

RIP Tom Smothers - December 26, 2023

[@SplittTwig]

😢

[@bobp3738]

RIP Tommy. You really made me laugh over the years.

[@herman58100]

Never missed a show, despite all the troubles of world in those days the Smothers Brothers made us laugh...😄

[@anaixtar6793]

I used to look forward to this TV program..... this brings back such memories. Thank you Tommy. RIP...........

[@GeorgeStar]

Another icon of my youth bites the dust. So sad.

[@Couldnteventhink]

My family would watch them every week. Hilarious. They sang so pretty too.

[@veramae4098]

"I uh also sold your race car."

[@catlynnearkin8825]

I was a kid when they were on TV. I loved them.

[@PhilFeedback]

Rest In Peace Tommy 😢 I’ll always remember the time we saw the Smothers Brothers perform at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. “Dream the Impossible Dream” and then Red river valley were always my favorites!

[@Couldnteventhink]

Awww. Brings back memories. We watched them every week. They sang so beautifully really.

[@carolynbrown3379]

No one remembers how beautifully they sang and harmonized together as their sound was overshadowed by their comedy.

[@DrDespicable]

Well, comedy WAS their focus. Folk singers/groups were popping up EVERYWHERE, when they started, so they tackled both music AND comedy.

[@francinelima5963]

They did put out an album called " The Smothers Brothers Sing It Straight"! They harmonized beautifully! I saw them in person in the 90's ,in Atlantic City! The show was great! They were so kind! Afterwards they came out to talk to everyone & let us take pictures with them! They were really down to earth! I went to see them with my father & my sister!They both died shortly after that ! So this was a really sweet last memory of the 3 of us together, laughing & enjoying Tom & Dick's unique & hysterical routines! I will never forget it!

[@jamesmccormick211]

Saw them live once, and it dawned on me as they sang, hey, they're really good musicians!

[@fairyqueen56]

I do!!

[@damamae950]

That's why the comedy worked

[@cynthiarowley719]

They got in trouble, lost their show, but we grew up with them, so comedy was never what it once was. Of course we didn't realize they had been around a long time before their groundbreaking show. Beautiful guys!

[@ArianiMauve999]

Modern Masters of Fable and Musical Comedy.

[@shellymars9961]

I remember watching this when it aired. I was a teenager at the time and I thought it was hilarious.

[@stetson_maven]

Saw them once live, in CA. guys knew their audience and always delivered. Will be missed.

[@damamae950]

Welcome to the fan club, baby! Glad to see they crossed generational bpundaries. They were among our heroes

[@MexicoDigDoctor]

There are few of us left to remember how great they were. I for 1 miss them both immensely.

[@JeffreyCampbell-v3e]

Great Guy's great show! These two brothers really pushed the boundaries! Thank-you,Smother Brothers...😂❤❤

[@constance.bridenbaugh676]

They were great musicians!!

[@allentate3760]

I was lucky to see them in concert in 2007. Third row center!

[@johnrucker-vy5in]

Always my one of my favorite shows. In my freshman year of college, Sunday night was the Smothers brothers and Mission Impossible.

[@markthompson7727]

My absolute favorite tv show in the 60s!

[@robertbishop5357]

Always loved how they'd start off with a great song and then segway into a silly yet funny monologue/argument.

[@taylorharvey7945]

Duologue, actually. ;-)

[@76rjackson]

Segue. Segway is the stand up 2 wheeled scooter. Segue comes from the latin "follow".

[@raydonica6723]

Those two nuts have me laughing too much. I miss them..

[@jerrymoyers7496]

I rem when I was a kid, watching them. I loved their comedy, but I always wanted to hear more of their singing.

[@dannolson6661]

Greatest variety show ever!

[@bjmckinneyjr8199]

I am only 33 years old and just discovered the Smothers Brothers like 3 days ago on an episode of Jack Benny. They were so funny on his show that I just had to look them up and see if they had any other skits I could watch. I love these guys. They r absolutely hilarious and can sing like crazy. I never thought I would learn that they were so into the Nation's issues and even more so that they would speak freely about how they felt. I think they are just amazing and I am so glad I happened to catch them when I did

[@soonerjane8966]

need to see his "Yo-Yo man" - he's talented

[@chuckcap6878]

As a kid back around 1961, they appeared with Jack Paar. Being innocent, I REALLY thought that Tom was brain damaged and that it was cruel that people laughed at his discomfort.

[@wooliz4me51]

Because of their frankness on TV, they were censored and finally taken off the air

[@LostNNYGal]

woolspnr51, they would be doing an even better show now!

[@R.M.MacFru]

@@wooliz4me51 ...Yep. I think they were the first top rated program that was scrapped by a network because of their political commentary.

[@harleykingman]

I COULD WATCH THESE GUYS ALL DAY AND NIGHT !!!

[@71742s]

I had forgotten how great the Smothers Brothers harmony was.

[@delfin7461]

it's that genetic harmony thing! Think of the Beach Boys, The Osmonds, The Jackson Five to a certain degree and of course The Roaches :)

[@DavidVT23]

Everly Brothers

[@MsCatreona]

The Bee Gees

[@micsayre]

Roches.....

[@salvatorematteliano4676]

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[@MikeM275]

@4:20..."I also sold your race car" ... The Smothers Brothers were drag racers. They raced Oldsmobiles in stock eliminator. Their car and engine builder is a good friend, Jimmy Waibel (who also built an Olds race motor for my car), they were a good and well known race team way back when...something the casual Smothers Brothers fan may not know...

[@willoughby1888]

My first car in '76 was a '67 Oldsmobile Delta 88 with a 425 ci Super Rocket engine. It wasn't a special race motor, but loved that car. It flew! I was one of the fastest vehicles in L.A. freeway traffic. Other cars seemed as if gnats easily avoided through using speed and focus. Car didn't have a race motor but I sure did. I was 19; gregarious and audacious. Car was too. Bought it for $230, tx title and registration included. Sold it for twice as much a year later to a cripple guy in Berkeley. He was going to have it retro-fitted for arm controls. It was worn when I bought it, poor thing. It nickeled and dimed me out of my union job double-shift paychecks every month, poor me and my empty wallet. It sure ran well and had decent interior though. I could live out of that car if I had to. That car, a hammock and I'd own the world... well maybe throw in a kayak? I enjoyed what you shared. Maine said to say hello. Laugh often... be fun knee.

[@DaveDunning-st1hh]

They had their own California wine label too !

[@kingspawner2480]

Whoever you are, you made this old lady very happy

[@hughesmoir6260]

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[@dianeallen5803]

This is a song that the family used to sing together in the car when they were boys.

[@susantownsend8397]

Loved them. As so often happens, older brother Tommy was actually the serious business-minded member of the duo while Dick was frivolous playboy. They were must-see tv when we didn’t have any way to record shows or constant reruns.

[@GR-ll5sd]

Pretty damn nice guitar playing. 😊

[@karenm3028]

I've always loved their sense of humor. FUNNY!!! Love it!

[@habitualmasticator]

When I was a kid we would watch this every week. My dad was as far right as it got, and now that I'm older I can't believe he liked them so much, subversive as they were. I wish he was here to ask.

[@jiffyjet2]

Wil Wheaton

[@reyh6557]

@@mgtowpaladin6566 Life was life back then, I remember cause I was there and it was wonderful

[@R.M.MacFru]

Same here with my very conservative mother. She just loved watching them. 😃

[@jimrebr]

My mom was the conservative Republican and my dad the liberal democrat, but they both adored The Smothers Brothers so much, deep down inside, I knew my mom wasn’t actually the conservative she tried to be, she always loved absurd dark humor, like dad & in 1972 when I desperately campaigned for McGovern, they both voted against Nixon, they thought he was as despicable as me & my friends. Mom told me in 2016, she would never vote for Trump, she saw right through him, but my mom is a very intelligent woman, my dad is smart too, but my mom is genius level, like me.

[@miriamjewett5438]

My mother never missed the show. I was a little girl and watched with her. These guys were just awesome.

[@DrDespicable]

"I'd tell ya, but you wouldn't do it..." Pure Tommy Smothers!

[@CriswellKOL]

And Dick's reaction - The brothers are so good, you can't tell if it's a genuine reaction to Tom's ad lib or if it was scripted.

[@ceejay1794]

Loved “Satisfaction “ Dickie! 🤓

[@cheongyei]

Tommy's ability to dart his eyes back and forth is so awesome.

[@normanacree1635]

He had more little idiosyncrancies to his schtick it was hard to keep track of all of them. Their timing, especially his, was the best I have ever seen.

[@lmalino695]

His eyes are reading the cue cards. Comedy is precise; using the incorrect word, or dropping a word, or delivering the words in the incorrect order can undermine the humor.

[@susieq9801]

@@lmalino695 - I suspect there was a lot of adlibbing going on too judging by Dick's grin. I saw them live and they were hilarious and adlibbed a lot including with the audience. Tommy also made a lot of eye contact with audience members as I suspect he also did here. They prepared their routines well and doubt they needed to rely much on cue cards.

[@normanacree1635]

@@lmalino695 Reading cards and having the flow they had would be pretty much impossible, I think. With most duos yu can tell when they are reading the cards. They were a well oiled machine.

[@lmalino695]

@@normanacree1635 That's the magic of television. What the viewers see, may be pieced together from several performances.

[@oliemueller3951]

They were my favorite duo. Saw them live at the hungry I many moons ago. Love 5hem

[@davidstokes925]

I’m old enough. They were awesome, never missed a segment!

[@Glandorray]

Dickie just had the look of pure joy on his face...love it.

[@DavidDellman]

Love the Smothers Brothers. They are just sooo good

[@martimer]

Fantastic! I miss that show.

[@annbush1826]

So brilliant and foussed! We were waiting for that little gleam of mischief, when Tom would begin the pretended side track and Dick would have to be either patient or annoyed!

[@impalamama7302]

They ABSOLUTELY had their fingers on the pulse of the nation.......and THANKS to their humor. they DID keep stuff from exploding later than it eventually did in 1967.........or 1968................

[@heatherking8706]

ImpalaMama only just saw this. They were my favorite. I was so upset when they were cancelled. The next best show was “That Was The Week That Was”

[@raydonica6723]

Miss them both.

[@pauljackson9761]

Dick is playing a Hagstrom model H8 8-string bass guitar. Hagstrom made only about 2,200 of them in the mid-60's. Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Noel Redding all played this model. I remember watching this episode the night it first aired. A friend of mine had just bought a similar Hagstrom. I bought several '60s Hagstroms myself and still have one. Tom is playing a Hagstrom Viking electric guitar. In December of '68, Elvis played a red Viking on his comeback TV special on NBC. That guitar was recently appraised at $5,000,000. The "wall of amps" appears to be a dozen Acoustic Control PA cabinets with six bass heads that I can't identify. They are not connected. On the left and right you can see a pair of Marshall 50W heads with Marshall 1960 slant cabs. These are what Tom & Dick are actually playing through.

[@DaveDunning-st1hh]

Those amps look like a Star Trek set, but that was the idea, right ? God love these guys. It won't be heaven without them !

[@therugburnz]

Got to see them live once in 1985. The KILLED so hard that even Jim Stafford had to pull out all the stops .

[@tolfan4438]

Wow these guys sound good plugged in. Satisfactionized

[@georgecrutchfield8734]

My father didn't watch the Smothers Brothers, but my neighbors did!

[@KW-gb9cd]

I loved how they showed us that they can, in fact, play something other than folk songs.

[@winonamassingill7895]

Reminds me of the man who bought an album that he thought was only one peace of equipment and the man asked him if he didn’t need the batteries to go with it and that had been a huge box of batteries 🔋. 🔋🔋😂🔋😅😱😱😱😳😳😳

[@Fromard]

Better than anything on TV now.

[@SirDcitykity]

Just shows their talent. It's not the instrument, it's the player.

[@ghw7192]

Such beautiful harmony!

[@richart58]

Loved them as a kid , remember when the show went off the air. Knowing that ' the man' was out to get them.

[@loridiamond4731]

Brilliant!

[@TracyAllen]

I don't know what made me feel like seeing these guys today but, I'm glad I did. Still think they're funny and still think Tommy is cute! :)

[@susanreaves4762]

Miss this kind of entertainment.

[@amandalively1]

They are so talented. Could play and sing asses off.

[@salhaddad5]

They did and it was beautiful.

[@charlesaguilar1708]

THAT WAS COOL! GOD BLESS YOU GUYS!

[@gmoops8986]

Dickey has that sweet 2'nd tenor that really brings things together. Tom has a nice 1'st tenor and can reach into a nice baritone. That they can blend those voices is beautiful. when they interrupt a song and go into a joke-fest, that has some kind of strange connection to the original theme is a trademark. Then back to finish the song is great. Pat Paulson for president!

[@AdrianaK]

I don't think Tom was Tenor 1. He was more a baritone, who could sometimes reach somewhat higher notes. Dicky could always sing higher than Tom, so there is no chance Tom was Tenor 1. Unless you mixed up the Tenor 1 and 2?

[@jerrykofford2675]

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[@jerrykofford2675]

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[@grandmalovesmebest]

Ha! That just popped into my head while listening to campaign news this morning, wh is how I got here. Whatever became of Pat Paulson? Guilty by association?

[@captbad9313]

I had forgotten this about the Smother's brothers. Thanks

[@moebetta4224]

One of the seminal American music/comedy shows.

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

Too funny! They are the best!

[@JeffreyCampbell-v3e]

I do!😂

[@Rev22-21]

Remember when they had the Beatles on two weeks running. The first week they sang Hey Jude, the second Revolution.

[@zippyustar6350]

This was a fav back when I was eight over by the time I was 10

[@JamieSmith-fz2mz]

Ooh, I think I just saw Dick feed Tommy his line when Tommy stumbled on it. @3:06 I’ve never seen that before. Love this pair.

[@GR-ll5sd]

I don't trust any wine or cheese over 30. LMAO 😅

[@MinkSnopesJJZ109]

Tommy Smothers is Go[o]d.

[@tomadams5582]

I work at Publix in Sarasota , Today I met the one with the mustache . Awesome guy !!!!

[@JeevesReturns]

Tom Adams Really?! So cool!

[@Pronzini1]

Dickie had a great voice.

[@boonestead4812]

my dad had one of their albums.he used to sing "slithery dee" to us.wed make him sing it over and over lol

[@edfulginiti8798]

This was called entertainment.

[@pegajense]

RIP Tommy 😔

[@fewerbeansplease]

I love this song (I live there) and I love the Smothers Bothers...so what's not to like??

[@Zichronot]

I was so sad when they were cancelled.

[@THEfamouspolka]

The blasted network FIRED those boys! They even took the network to court to prove it. Canceled implies that the option to continue was not picked up. I know it's a nit-picky, fine-line distinction, but... there ya know

[@grandmalovesmebest]

I was mad. Old enough to understand why they were cancelled, young enough to know what the were doing was very important.

[@michaelhardin470]

Gutbustingly funny. Talent!

[@debraen]

I still have a crush on Tommy...!

[@delfin7461]

me too!!! they were so talented and really went out on a limb to push through some cutting edge comedy

[@MsCatreona]

Tommy's adorable, but I always liked Dickie best.

[@davidmccluskey6908]

@@MsCatreona Are you their Mother?

[@Epulor1]

I am a huge fan of these guys, but still say that Dickie Smothers had the perfect poem star name.

[@crlguitar1]

Tommy, always the 'comic' one...and Dickey....the perfect 'straight' man....Ya need 'em both to make it work!

[@alanberent4428]

I have to wonder how they came up with this shtick. "Hey, Dick! We've been playing and singing together since we were kids. How do we get noticed? Well Tom, we need a gimmick. What if one of us pretends he's smart, and the other dumb? Sounds good, Dick. But who gets to play the smart one? I dunno, Tom. Lets ask Mom."😂

[@JoeGalanteTribute]

My brother was the piano player for a singer who was an opening act for The Smothers Brothers back in the 70's. In real life, they were the opposite of their onstage persona. Tommy was the business man and Dick was the funnier one. I believe they own a winery these days.

[@grandmalovesmebest]

@@JoeGalanteTributeyou mean luckily "the man" didn't put them on the street.

[@JoeGalanteTribute]

@@grandmalovesmebest - ??? What the hell does that comment have to do with anything I said?

[@rodneyrawlings7100]

@@alanberent4428 Brilliant!

[@buitlbybear1580]

GOAT's !!!!

[@davegentry2380]

I live in Kansas city!!

[@zz449944]

I was expecting smoke to come pouring out of all the equipment.

[@markschafer1828]

i'm LMAO...I was only 8 or so then. But Funny is what Funny does🤣

[@cavramau]

How can ther be only 170 comments after 11 years!

[@grandmalovesmebest]

Most of the comments are from Boomers, who are either not addicted to the net, or dying off.

[@johnwalker1471]

We’re listening.

[@raymondgerman6671]

I wonder if the brothers ever played a complete song seriously. They were so talented..

[@mozehey]

They actually had an album, "Almost," where they did ALL the songs seriously... almost.

[@Stafford-d8u]

Absolutely

[@Alexandria815]

On their album Two Sides of the Smothers Brothers, they did all songs on one side of the album completely serious and in their entirety!

[@raymondgerman6671]

@@Alexandria815 Thanks. I will have to listen if I can find it on KZbin.👍🏻

[@kenwittlief255]

Yes, I had the record from their TV show when I was a kid in the 60s. I think there was one sung all the way thru " Mary was pretty..."

[@Juliemorgana]

Classic!

[@SplittTwig]

Ooh that 8 string… hagstrom? Rickenbacker? Whatever that bass is is real nice. Real crazy seeing that in the hands of a smothers brother.

[@educatethemax9714]

The humor back in those "old days" was way really funnier than now!!

[@tombloom99]

Great Gag

[@Powers3848]

They were in Cannonball Run - Speed Zone. If anyone remembers.

[@DRShissler1]

Someone else commented on this but I can't reply 3:40 is really funny. Dick then says "your gonna get it" under his breath lol.

[@CriswellKOL]

I always wondered if Tommy's answer was scripted or ad-libbed. "You're gonna get it" Absolutely unscripted ad-lib by Tommy.

[@normanacree1635]

You must be able to read lips from behind a person.

[@loriemccaughey4667]

Tom and Dick really kicked ass on that electric jam, would have been cool if they played more electric than acoustic

[@retrogaming5743]

These guys were ahead of there time, They would never been canceled in the 90s to 2000s

[@normanacree1635]

They wouldn't even get on the air. Wrong material, sorry to say.

[@DaveDunning-st1hh]

They would have made Trump thier target, instead of Nixon. I think fascist 'conservates' weild even more cloat today than in the 60s.