The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

American television program

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  • history of television in the U.S.
    • Milton Berle
      In Television in the United States: The new cultural landscape

      …Laugh-In was proving, as had The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (CBS, 1967–69) a few seasons earlier, that even the soon-to-be-moribund variety-show format could deliver new and contemporary messages. Dramatic series such as The Mod Squad (ABC, 1968–73), The Bold Ones (NBC, 1969–73), and The Young Lawyers (ABC, 1970–71) injected timely…

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role of

    • Mabley
      • Moms Mabley
        In Moms Mabley

        …on television programs such as The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Several of her comedy performances were recorded live, including Moms Mabley, the Funniest Woman in the World (1960), her first of some two dozen comedy albums. The documentary Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (also called Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin’…

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    • Martin
      • Steve Martin
        In Steve Martin

        …for the hit television show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, for which he won an Emmy Award in 1969. Within a few years, he was writing for The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour and other top variety shows of the era.

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