Six String Orchestra - Music

The Smothers Brothers Was An American Music-And-Comedy Team Formed By Real-Life Brothers Tom Or Tommy Smothers Born 2 February 1937 Died 26 December 2023 And Dick Smothers Born 20 November 1939 . They Were Both Born On Governor's Island In New York Harbor Where Their Father A West Point Graduate And U.S. Army Officer Was Stationed. Their Father Died During The Second World War In A Japanese Prisoner Of War Camp And They Were Raised By Their Mother In The Los Angeles Area. In The Late 1950s And Early 1960s The Brothers Frequently Appeared On Television Variety Shows And Issued Several Popular Record Albums Of Their Stage Performances. Their Own Television Variety Show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Became One Of The Most Controversial American TV Programs Of The Vietnam War Era. Despite Popular Success The Brothers' Penchant For Material That Was Critical Of The Political Mainstream And Sympathetic To The Emerging Counterculture Led To Their Firing By The CBS Network In 1969. One Episode Was Left Unaired. The Brothers Continued To Work Both Independently And As A Team On Stage And Television And In Films During Subsequent Decades. read less