Catching up with the Smothers Brothers
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An earlier version of this story originally aired December 11, 2022. Tom and Dick Smothers never expected to be back on camera again at this point of their lives. They especially didn't think they'd be appearing on CBS, the network that famously cancelled their top-rated show back in 1969 – the show that turned prime time TV upside-down. Tommy was on guitar; Dick was the straight man on the bass. "Looking back on it, we look so naïve, and so pure, and so clean," said Dick. Correspondent Lee Cowan asked, "Did you think of yourselves as standup comedians early on?" "No. We thought of ourselves as folk singers," Tom replied. Tom and Dick Smothers on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." CBS There were an almost instant hit. Just two weeks after the show premiered, &