Smothers Brothers Cabbage 1963

[@rckrtcrg1246]

This is still one of my all time favorites and any time I see a "cravice" I ask if there's pumas in there. Thank you Tommy for all the laughs. RIP.

[@michaelmurphy6195]

RIP Tommy, thanks for all the laughs!

[@lilithrogers5204]

Oh, You Brothers were so Good......We miss you but will never forget you...

[@felixmadison5736]

This is the first routine my brother and I saw of the Smothers Brothers and we were hooked!! I was 14 years-old in 1963, and absolutely loved these guys, and still do. We had their record albums and watched them on t.v. whenever the old 'T.V. Guide' had them listed. RIP Tommy, and God Bless you Dick. So sorry for your loss.

[@diannecockrell3210]

Great part of my teen years. Their unmatched humor has stayed with me to this day.

[@petev6543]

I've seen this hundreds of times over years including at least six since Tommy died yesterday and it's still making tears roll down my face...

[@garylobo348]

Two perfect comedians and musicians.

[@wheatdoctor]

So long Tommy. You gave us lots of good laughs.

[@misselanys1219]

As folk singers their vocals were amazing. Toms guitar skills wow! Their comic timing and delivery was impeccable. We miss you tom n dick!!!!

[@veramae4098]

... but there were PUMAS in America. Cougars, mountain lions, different names.

[@jimdent351]

@@veramae4098 Only in the crevasses though

[@monkmchorning]

He knew all the passing chords and bass runs.

[@David-yw2lv]

Tom Smothers did frequent guitar work on different singers' recordings.

[@goodwintrent4453]

Dickie lied to Tommy - We do have Pumas in America (aka Cougars, Mountain Lions), and yes they can be vicious, especially when they hide in crevices... So long, Tommy - may G-d like you best...

[@altareggo]

Timeless and priceless!! One of the best comedy duos EVAH!!!!

[@bossfan49]

Nothing like Tom Smothers' narration. You always learn something new. =D

[@michelleborup378]

Yeah!!!! My childhood!!!!! I grew up with a cd of these guys and I'm so excited I found a video with the same audio as what I grew up with!!!!!!

[@docinparadise]

Absolutely! I’ve been looking for the Pumas in the cravices for 50 years. Sometimes you have to love the internet!

[@suzannecook9290]

I sometimes wonder what I would do without these memories!

[@anaixtar6793]

Living in London in the early sixties, I used to listen up for these guys in the evening when many of their routines were broadcast over Radio Luxemburg. Any time I hear them now the years just melt away.

[@movievaudeville]

The comic timing is so perfect

[@stutzbearcat5624]

Holyshit that was HYSTERICAL!! And they're SOLID musicians!

[@Shellydav]

This was one of my favorites as a kid! I know every song and sketch on the album this was on by heart.

[@mcurtinsax]

This is the finest of these brothers, totally tight.

[@Taphfy]

I was 3 years old. I learned the word "No!" Right here! I went around saying NO! Mom would say pick up your toys "No!" Thank the good Lord I was too little to tell her to boil that cabbage down! (That came later) Yay to the Smothers brothers helping out an oppressed little kid! See youse at the family reunion in heaven!! I know one thing on the table!

[@Taphfy]

I just realized this btw

[@belphegor9161]

60 years passed. There are still pumas in the crevices. Anyone's gonna take it?

[@rhondawomble9036]

I love this! Such good,clean fun! They sure don't make great shows like this anymore, which in my opinion is a shame! Another great video is a Tennessee Ernie Ford Christmas...he has his children and others on it. Watch his son sitting next to him.. HILARIOUS!

[@fergusof]

Smothers Brothers ... my favourite. My sister and I used to do all their skits while doing the dishes. And, yes, that Tennessee Ernie Ford Christmas piece with his kids is a classic. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqO8lnhni6yFbKs

[@alvincash3230]

I'm 66. My oldest sister had various folk albums during the early 60's. She had the Smothers Brothers comedy albums and we watched them on tv through the years. Such wonderful entertainers!

[@mlsaulnier]

Tom was such a rebel - "Take it Tom!" No.

[@joejoesguitarinventions]

I'm glad I clicked on this to learn more about the history of the railroad system

[@asperhes]

I understand it involved a lot of working.

[@stranraerwal]

Tommy's deadpan delivery is incredible-he sometimes he looks like STAN LAUREL !

[@Zero-Skillz]

My father would watch these guys. It was the few times in his life I saw him laugh. May he r.i.p

[@113dmg9]

Fifty-five years ago... and still hilarious today.

[@kevinmorrill8347]

As funny now as when I listened to these routines as a teen ager. Thanks for posting these classic Smothers Brothers routines. Kevin

[@ptempleton07]

This routine is still funny. Thanks for posting.

[@leepeirce9335]

Great routine! They were so funny.

[@hudsonsteele1674]

I'm sure they both made up all of this stuff, (with maybe a few other writers), but Tommy was a genius in his timing and delivery. I watched them every time they came on TV. Great post. I like the one about "Cream of As'parakeet Soup", too.

[@stephenwoehr6500]

Just like George Burns always used to say that Gracie was the talented one. He would come on stage and say something normal like , "How you doing, Gracie?" She was the one who would have to memorize something off the wall like, "I'll let you know when I pick it up off the floor."

[@TheLarryBrown]

​@@stephenwoehr6500George Burns says "All i had to do was say 'Gracie how's you brother?'" and she talked for 30 years.

[@TheLarryBrown]

Tommy is one of those guys that made a career off a single character and he always appeared in character so you really believed it. He disappeared into that character. Plenty of others did that too: Harpo Marx, Andy Kaufmann, Georgia Engles, Stan Laurel, Pee Wee Herman, Steve Martin.

[@nonisnest9718]

That skit makes me laugh no matter how many times I watch it!

[@Lisa-pl6gv]

These guys really take me back!

[@GwendolynShow]

I will never get tired of watching this (and I laugh every time) (and I will never pronounce puma or crevice any other way)

[@alvalatka4075]

Cravasses

[@eugenegrewing2587]

Tommy Smothers was an incredible guitar player.

[@AdamWildavsky]

Likely he still is…

[@randallbexell3481]

Besides being very funny, they were also very talented music wise. NO electronic stuff, just pure music the way it should b. Great job for posting these hilarious brothers. Thanks. Brings back lots of good memories.

[@patrickcorliss8878]

They did go electric once or twice. See, for example, "The Smothers Brothers Rockin' Out" on KZbin at kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpW5nZWJYr6NiJY

[@julieabraham3566]

"Broke it all to (slight hesitation) pieces!"

[@siddaviscomedy]

Dick Smothers was the greatest straight man next to Jack Benny

[@paulmeinart2851]

Sid Davis yes

[@harveyharbicht4959]

PUMAS IN THE CREVICES! I haven't heard this in years! "They looked like pumas (but they weren't)" lolololol

[@paulelias936]

Tommy was my favourite. he was so quick and fany i will miss his heumer. RIP in peace

[@StarWarsTrekkie1342]

These guys were way before my time but I love em anyway :)

[@unseelie63]

Love them.This is the first performance I saw.Ferocious beasts! Sure look like pumas...

[@losaikosavetheearth4215]

The Smothers Brothers brought true entertainment into homes across America (including mine). Their skits, songs, and politicitical sataire (which caused them major problems in their career) are as fresh, entertaining, enjoyable, and true in 2018 as they were 40 to 50 years ago. I grew up watching them as well as early George Carlin, Flp Wilson (whatever happened to Flip?), Bill Cosby, and too many others to list. In these turbulent times, I reccommend 15 minutes of classic entertainment a day (available online for free usually). Todays news will give us ulcers, high blood pressure, and other preventable health problems. A little old fashoned entertainmdnt may not cure us, but it won't hurt either. Don't ignore the issues, but give yourself and others a break. Wiloby

[@steveendicott1855]

Flip Wilson sadly passed away many years ago

[@greglauer]

Yes! This was the first routine of theirs I ever heard, on my mom's LP, when I was maybe 7 or 8 years old. Thanks for posting this!

[@tomheinle1049]

They were masters at their art to make their arguing look spontaneous and accidental.

[@mikemccoy3430]

I used to sing boil that cabbage down boy all the time when I was 12 and shout ' Chocolate' Thank you Tommy....and Dickie. I also thank the producers and directors in TV for giving them 2 shows. Tommy is from another planet just informing 60's America. Up popped the seventies and there was Tommy with 'Get to know your Rabbit.' Then I once saw him do a hand stand from a sitting position with gravity defying arm strength. Yep from another planet.

[@donaldzahnke4300]

hello Mike. I. used. to. sing. boil. that cabbage. down

[@donaldzahnke4300]

I. also. used to. watch. tommmorow. do. his. yo yo. tricks

[@mikemccoy3430]

I remember those yoyo tricks too.

[@canugrok1]

If I yelled chocolate, no one would come

[@sandrafrazier3423]

They always make me laugh. Best medicine in the world

[@sallylea1]

I love these guys!!!

[@markcruiser64]

BEST comedy duo EVER

[@laurabeane8862]

17 people were eaten by PYOOMAS😁

[@mcervantes362]

I especially love Jack Benny's inability to control his laughter when you watch the whole show. Look up the show where an extremely young Johnny Carson is the guest.

[@jfuzz9083]

Jack was a great audience for other comedians, never begrudging about sharing the spotlight ... and he loved the SmoBros.

[@nowvoyagerNE]

actually we do have pumas (AKA mountain lions, cougars) in the USA: one was caught within the city limits of Omaha, Nebraska in 2003 and lived in the Henry Doorly zoo until it died in January 2017.

[@EmersumBiggins]

This takes me back to 1988, St. Croix in the USVI. First time I saw this, with some great people. We laughed so hard😂

[@ltlarrow1]

and they spanned those cravices with great big railroad pretzels

[@billheuber5884]

SO good!! ❤

[@TheTrh2130]

Because of the Smothers Brothers, we got Steve Martin.

[@vincecorvaia4661]

+TheTrh2130 And largely because of Jack Benny, we got the Smothers Brothers.

[@okrajoe]

So true.

[@tommurphy4307]

i did NOT know that!

[@SuperWolsey]

and he was on their writing staff for their 3rd season

[@themodsify]

DAMN THEM! JK.

[@charliesmith4072]

They are still funnier than anything currently on.

[@cherylstarker]

I always laugh so hard at this one.

[@sct913]

"There are no pumas in America." "We accept everyone in America." (from the version of the skit I remember from my childhood)

[@lewistrotter1039]

Yeah, that was on 'The Smothers Brothers Golden Hits Volume Two' I just got that album and almost died laughing when he said that line!

[@jamesanthony8438]

It was also on the "Here's Johnny - Magic Moments From The Tonight Show" two record collection from Casablanca Records :)

[@tonybenn1000]

We accept (everyone)? Tell that to Trump!

[@KairuHakubi]

you know, we DO shoot pumas when they threaten our families and our livestock.

[@TomBarrister]

This was from the Jack Benny show in April of 1965.

[@richardranke3158]

I first saw them sing this on a Mike Douglas show in 1963.

[@Vincentdb82]

I ❤ this so much

[@CasaErwin]

There certainly ARE pumas in North America. But we call them mountain lions. They are the same thing. Sometimes also called cougars. Same animal.

[@jerrygunning1449]

I don't think Dicky would lie to us!

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

Boy, you must be a blast at parties!

[@richardranke7878]

I first heard them do this number in 1963, but this isn't exactly where I heard it. If it was really from 1965, I believe it. I still have the album that this song is on(along with Chocolate, Laredo, Map of the World and Hangman).

[@rotunda57]

It must have been '64 when I heard it.. I remember seeing them live as a child at Knotts Berry Farm and we sat in the front row. They must have been in their 20s then.

[@ltlarrow1]

they had a live album that isn't available

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

That was The Two Sides of the Smothers Brothers. My parents had that album and I listened to it endlessly as a boy. Comic bits on the A side and folk music on the B side. "I didn't think anyone would save me if I yelled CHOCOLATE!" Classic.

[@rckrtcrg1246]

​@@Tim_the_Enchanter Still think of that album whenever I get grease (Greece) on my knees 😊

[@ultrasynthax3046]

On top of everything, they had lovely voices.

[@josepherhardt164]

BTW, pumas = cougars, of which we have.

[@KenGullette]

*Brilliant!*

[@moabfool]

On a scientific note, pumas are not only found in the Americas, is the only place they're found. Puma range from the northern rocky mountains in Canada, in mountainous regions of the western US, with an isolated population in Florida, throughout Mexico and central America, in the Amazon rainforest, and up to the Andes mountains. Wherever there are uninhabited mountains or dense cover; there are pumas. But you haven't heard about pumas in the United States? That's because here they're called mountain lions here. Wikipedia says that Puma Concolor has more English names than any animal on earth with over 40. It may be a cougar, a catamount or a panther (despite not being a member of the genus panthera) depending on regional dialects and slang. So, Tommy, you can rest assured that there could've been pumas in the cravises.

[@harf59]

Before this clip was on youtube, there was a clip of the Brother's first tonight show appearance. They played "The foxes". Haven't seen it since

[@jif8802]

I think they are timelessly hysterical! Maybe it’s because I was born in that year, 63

[@censusgary]

These men were giants of comedy.

[@susanfalkowski4377]

Loved them!!!

[@cminor99]

Love these guys.

[@veramae4098]

Thank you for posting this!

[@capitanpirata9412]

I knew them cause Simpsons 😁.Greatings from Spain

[@kaldesyzdi595]

Bart Simpson doesn't need a brother and no dream can make him think he does.

[@AndrewVelonis]

Now THAT was funny!

[@NellsStuff]

All I can say is... "boil that cabbage down"??? HA!! ;-)

[@domitype]

They were graduates of my university - San Jose State. They should get statues!

[@Katya_Lastochka]

Who else thinks Flight of the Conchords were influenced by this, especially the beginning?

[@misterlondoner]

“Yes” in NZ accent

[@Lisa-pl6gv]

I remember this one!

[@David-yw2lv]

Tom Smothers was an excellent guitarist

[@gretchencomfort6471]

No one will ever match these two!

[@joejoesguitarinventions]

The Folk Singers guide book is pretty much it!

[@tomf429]

The also gave us their own show on TV, which was brilliant, but got cancelled because of censorship arguments. 1967-69.

[@alx5726]

I love this

[@VoltiSubitoVideo]

Love!

[@tomtom6894]

RIP genius funny man!

[@patrickryan1515]

DEFINITELY an American treasure!

[@bert-qu3iq]

RIP Tommy. Don't fall into any cravisses on the other side.

[@user-kw7mr6xt9n]

If anyone from gen Z has stumbled upon this video, I think you should know that these are the guys from the "but the yo-yo Master did not answer, he just kept on yo-ing" Vine

[@johnson81508]

Good stuff!

[@lazurm]

He was wrong about where pumas live. The puma has the largest geographic range of any native terrestrial mammal in the Western hemisphere, spanning 28 countries from southern Alaska down to the southern tip of Chile. Pumas inhabit every forest type across their range as well as montane deserts and open steppe grasslands.

[@rosannerich2424]

Love this!

[@nancysonneman1530]

R.I.P. Tommy.

[@Withpeace7597]

Rest in Peace Tom

[@billyc.9379]

thank you caleb! this is so funny

[@hollyharps]

Ironically, pumas only exist in North America and they prefer crevasses! Dick's character was a know-it-all who knows nothing, like Cliff from Cheers. Sometimes when they argue about facts, they are both wrong, like the girls in Carousel.

[@Dermorder1]

Yes there are pumas in America

[@Andolini99]

***** Not in the east. Declared extinct!

[@ltlarrow1]

just don't go down into that cravice

[@nowvoyagerNE]

yes...pumas / mountain lions / cougars...

[@FishTheJim]

I stay out of cravisses with pewmas in em but if twer a Cougar, I jes mite aft ta chance it.

[@VSV659]

This was in 1965 - Jack Benny’s final show

[@kellytilford2476]

Railroad pretzels!