"The Smothers Brothers Show" (1965) TV series 1965-1966

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

17 September 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Dick is a rising young business executive who life is turned upside down when his younger brother Tom reenters his life...

Plot Keywords:

Angel | Brother Brother Relationship | Character Name In Title

Cast

Tom Smothers	...	Tom Smothers (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Dick Smothers	...	Dick Smothers (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Roland Winters	...	Leonard J. Costello (10 episodes, 1965-1966)

Runtime:

30 min (32 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

When cable TV channel Nick at Nite pulled this series out of the vault and reran it some time in the 1990s, producer Aaron Spelling received a royalty check for $30. Spelling, by then one of the wealthiest and most successful TV producers in history, wrote: "Now you can understand why I decided to form my own company".

Liked This One The Best

Tommy Smothers, lost at sea and dead for two years shows up at Dick Smothers doorstep (with a life saver around his neck) saying he is an angel, sent back to earth to perform angel assignments every week in the hopes he can get into heaven. They play Tom and Dick Smothers.

I remember watching this half-hour sitcom when in second or third grade. It was my favorite show at the time, and came out right about the time their "Mom Always Liked You Best" comedy album did.

I seem to remember my Mom telling me at the time that this was originally a "summer replacement" program for Summer 1965 that proved so popular, they extended it (apparently into 1966). The popularity of the show also fueled the creation of their Variety Show, but as a kid I did not like the variety show near as much as the sitcom.

I was finally able to see the show 25 years later on British Satellite TV ("Lifestyle"?), and still remembered the theme song. I would imagine the shows are quite rare in the states seeing as how they only made one season of the sitcom and most people remembered their variety show that immediately followed.

All in all a good show featuring Roland "Charlie Chan" Winters as Dick Smothers boss in the advertising business.