The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour - clips and commercials 10/13/68

Here is another set of clips and commercials for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as seen on CBS 10/13/68.

Guests for this weeks episode included Barbara Feldon, "99" from NBCs Get Smart which would move over to CBS for it's final season in the Fall of '69, Bill Medley, and the second and final clip of the Beatles this time performing Revolution...the flip side to Hey Jude.

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[TIPTON340]

I can't believe CBS cancelled this sharp modern show for Hee-Haw!

[RayNDeere]

The guy who passed the script to Steve was Bob Einstein, better known as Super Dave Osbourne

[kiwiperson]

I cant believe that commercials were that short

[ToriTinkles]

@karlwho1 I think the main purpose of the post was to show the old commercials which a lot of people like. There are lots of other posts with just the skits on YouTube.

[ToriTinkles]

@RadioCannedMusic That's a little harsh don't you think? I think the purpose of the post is to show the old commercials. These are the spots exactly as they aired within t his episode so there was nothing 'more' added.

[ToriTinkles]

@RCmack Yes, they released two 'Best of' collections on DVD of seasons 2 and 3. The episode posted here is not one of the season 3 episodes available. The shows on the collections (I have them both) are mostly the cutdowns from when they were re-aired back on E! in the early 90s (I think?) but they are better than nothing. They have lots of cool extras though so if you are a fan, they are worth owning IMO.

[fromthesidelines]

At 6:10, there was supposed to be either a network promo {"Shelley Winters meets Lucille Ball, and the results are hilarious...on 'HERE'S LUCY'- tomorrow night, on CBS"} or a straight I.D. {"This is CBS"}, followed by a 40 second station break and I.D. {"Channel 2, New York"}, returning to the show at 6:12.

[RCmack]

It's interesting that back in '68, many Green Bay Packers and other NFL fans thought Bart Starr was the best quarterback around. Now nearly 44 years later, Aaron Rodgers has the chance to become the best Packers QB ever. He has already surpassed Brett Favre, in my opinion. Two months from now, Rodgers may already have won twice as many Super Bowl rings as Favre and won as many as Starr.

[RCmack]

Are Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour episodes available to purchase on DVD?

[courtney359]

by god 44 yrs ago

[raclarkus]

If you look close, you can see a young Steve Martin as one of the censors in the opening scene.

Wow, back in the day of cigarette commercials.

[tomservo56954]

The topper is Bart Starr sharing the screen with Gunilla Knudsen. Those shave cream spots were as controversial as the Brothers. One person described the way she said "Take it ALL off" as sounding like "she was five seconds away from an orgasm"