Not much needs to be said about this musical comedy duo. They hit it big during the 60’s, first poking fun at the coffeehouse folk music scene with their interrupted musical numbers and brotherly disagreements, then as counter-culture leaders challenging the boundaries of television.
We’ll celebrate by showing a couple fo their best known routines, and an episode of the 60’s comedy show.
First up, watch out for the pumas in the crevices…and take it!
Here they are with the Boston Pops, turning a nice Victorian tune into a hoedown:
And here is an episode of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour from 1968, featuring George Harrison in clever trousers, Donovan, Dion, and Jennifer Warnes, with a short, “newer” introduction by the Brothers thrown in.
https://youtu.be/aNLxW1mlrGA
