SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR, THE {THE DOORS, THE COMMITTEE, GEORGE CARLIN} (TV)
Summary
One in this weekly series of comedy/variety shows, hosted by comedy-singing duo Tom and Dick Smothers, which features political satire, irreverent parodies of topical social issues, and musical performances. On this program, the brothers are joined by rock group The Doors, comedy troupe The Committee, comedian George Carlin, the Jimmy Joyce Singers, the Ron Poindexter Dancsters, and Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. Highlights include: Tom and Dick decide to "go electric" with their musical instruments during a performance of the traditional folk song, "Red River Valley"; the Doors -- fronted by the "Lizard King" Jim Morrison -- perform "Wild Child" and "Touch Me"; the comedy stylings of a clean-cut, conservatively-dressed George Carlin, who does a routine about American Indians; a short film called "An American Time Capsule," which is a staccato montage of photographs encapsulating the history of the United States; a performance by The Committee comedy troupe (whose members number Howard Hesseman and Peter Bonerz) with sketches that include a sinister, paranoid rendering of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," a park bench meeting between a fusty codger and a motorcycle gang member, a bus driver of questionable sobriety, and an automated department store Santa Claus; Dick hosts a "Minority Report" which questions representatives of different minority groups about their opinion of how the government spends their tax dollars (this sketch features appearances by Michael Constantine, Betty Walker, Mel Stuart and Kenneth Mars); a segment with the Smothers Brothers, Carlin, Howard Hesseman, and Bob Einstein called "Daily News" which decries American citizens gathering their news from television rather than newspapers, and lampoons the rift between the conservative and liberal factions of the Catholic Church. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: December 15, 1968 Sunday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:15
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:28128
- GENRE: Comedy/Variety; Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy/Variety; Folk songs, American; Music, popular (Songs, etc.); Rock music; Poltical satire; Satire
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1967-1969
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Anacin pain reliever
- TV - Commercials - Aqua Velva After Shave
- TV - Commercials - Corn Huskers Lotion
- TV - Commercials - Dristan Decongestant Tablets
- TV - Commercials - Kool cigarettes
- TV - Commercials - Listerine mouthwash
- TV - Commercials - Pall Mall cigarettes
- TV - Commercials - Silva Thins cigarettes
- TV - Commercials - Volkswagen Sedan automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Williams Lectric Shave
CREDITS
- Ken Kragen … Executive Producer
- Ken Fritz … Executive Producer
- Allan Blye … Producer, Writing supervised by
- George A. Sunga … Producer
- Chuck Braverman … Producer
- Howard Rothberg … Associate Producer
- Nannette Eiland … Associate Producer
- Marty Pasetta … Director
- Bob Einstein … Writer
- Carl Gottlieb … Writer
- John Hartford … Writer
- Steve Martin … Writer
- Chuck McDaniel … Writer
- Jerry Music … Writer
- Rob Reiner … Writer
- Murray Roman … Writer
- Cecil Tuck … Writer
- Paul Wayne … Writer
- Dick Westerschulte … Writer
- Mason Williams … Writer
- Nelson Riddle … Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Director
- Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra … Music Group
- Jimmy Joyce … Music (Misc. Credits), Choral Direction
- Jimmy Joyce Singers … Music Group
- Ron Poindexter … Choreographer
- Ron Poindexter Dancers … Dance Company
- Dick Smothers … Host, Cast, Singer, Instrumentalist, Bass
- Tom Smothers … Host, Cast, Singer, Instrumentalist, Guitarist
- The Doors … Performer, Music Group
- Jim Morrison … Singer
- George Carlin … Performer
- The Committee … Performer
- Howard Hesseman … Cast
- Peter Bonerz … Cast
- Bob Einstein … Cast
- Michael Constantine … Cast
- Betty Walker … Cast
- Mel Stuart … Cast
- Kenneth Mars … Cast
- Roger Carrol … Announcer
- Claus, Santa (Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle)
- Smothers Brothers, The