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Title: Take Me Back To The Sixties
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Published: Feb 22, 2008
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Post Date: 2008-02-22 20:13:48 by christine
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Comments: 36

Come on, baby, let's do the twist
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#4. To: christine (#0)

Jethro Tull posted on 2008-02-22 20:23:40 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#6. To: Jethro Tull (#4)
Smothers Brothers

(they went to my high school - but well before me)

robin posted on 2008-02-22 20:30:01 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#9. To: robin (#6)
hehehehehe
Remember when CBS tossed them and their show for their subtle opposition to VN?
Talk about censorship.

Jethro Tull posted on 2008-02-22 20:33:14 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#11. To: Jethro Tull (#9)
subtle?

robin posted on 2008-02-22 20:35:05 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#16. To: robin (#11)
On their show they were very mild by today's standards. By that time even Walter Cronkite had turned against it,so CBS (yes, owned by GE) shouldn't have gotten bent out of shape.

Jethro Tull posted on 2008-02-22 20:43:26 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
#17. To: Jethro Tull (#16)
I suppose it was mild; that there was any anti-war sentiment televised at that time was amazing.
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Smothered: The Great Smothers Brothers Censorship Wars (2002)
With their blend of folk singing and stand-up comedy, Tom and Dick Smothers became a popular nightclub attraction in the early 1960's and were frequent guests on many television variety shows of the day. In 1967, in a bid to win younger viewers away from NBC's perennially popular western series Bonanza, CBS gave The Smothers Brothers an hour-long comedy-variety series airing on Sunday evenings The show became an unexpected hit, and in their second season, The Smother Brothers and their writing staff (which at the time included Rob Reiner and Steve Martin) began using the show as a platform for satiric humor which examined key issues of the day, including the war in Vietnam, drugs, racism, and the right-wing policies of the Nixon White House. While the show remained popular, it also became wildly controversial, and the Smothers Brothers soon found themselves battling their network and the FCC for the right to say what they wanted on their own show. Smothered: The Great Smothers Brothers Censorship Wars is a documentary which explores the history of the show, and how network brass and Nixon's cabinet worked together to pull the plug on a hit TV series; the film includes interviews with Tom and Dick Smothers, Rob Reiner, Pete Seeger, Harry Belafonte, and Joan Baez. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

robin posted on 2008-02-22 20:48:17 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
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#18. To: All (#17)
The Who-My Generation

The Who on Smothers Brothers show performing "my generation".

robin posted on 2008-02-22 20:51:03 ET Reply Untrace Trace Private Reply
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