On April 4, 1969, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was abruptly canceled by CBS. The Sunday evening variety series aired for three seasons starting in February 1967, but not all of the episodes aired ...

Tom Smothers died last week, on the day after Christmas. The comedian and folk musician was 86. He died of causes related to cancer. Smothers and his brother Dick performed as a duo for some 60 years.

Tom and Dick Smothers skewered authority and the Vietnam War with their biting ‘60s variety show "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." Tom Smothers, the comedian who rose to fame as half of the musical ...

Tom Smothers, the elder half of the Smothers Brothers, has died at the age of 86. The duo was hugely popular in the late 1960s and known for subversive political humor. NPR's Neda Ulaby has our ...

Comedians Tom Smothers and Dick Smothers arrive for the Academy Of Television Arts and Sciences' 19th Annual Hall Of Fame Induction Gala held at Beverly Hills Hotel on January 20, 2010 in Beverly ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Getting fired from work isn’t usually a cause to celebrate. But the Smothers Brothers aren’t your run-of-the-mill comedians. The duo has stepped out of retirement to commemorate the ...