Smothered - The Great Smothers Brothers Censorship Wars [VHS]
Movies & TV / VHS
UPC: 767685558737 / Publisher: New Video Group, January 2003
Tells the story of the television program The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour that aired from 1967-1969, including its many struggles with censors and the reasons for its cancellation.
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Originally broadcast on Bravo, this documentary chronicles the censorship battle waged between CBS and its then most controversial series, ""The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,"" which aired from 1967-69. Classic clips and interviews with such notables as R"ob Reiner, Bill Maher, and Steve Martin, recall how the brothers Smothers pushed the envelope with anti-war sentiments and satire.
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