Dick Smothers (b. 20 November 1939) is an American actor, comedian, composer and musician, and half of the Smothers Brothers.
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Smothered
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 show was left unaired. -- Wikipedia
When the Smothers Brothers aired,
They were censored when they dared
To comment in a pointed way
On Vietnam and LBJ.
The badinage between the two,
Their bickering, (as brothers do),
Had gradually become a forum
That challenged CBS decorum,
And the censor recommended
That the season be suspended.
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