Gawd these guys are funny. First saw them on their variety show back in the sixties. Saw them in person back in the early 80s. Saw their revival show back in the late 80s.
What a classic act. Here are a couple of their classic bits (revised) performed with the Boston Pops (and no, the line in the post title is from the original bit, not from this one):
And their lovely rendition of a Gilbert and Sullivan song, with some, er, unsettling Georgia overtones:
And for those nostalgic folks out there, their final performance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, with a tribute to Johnny:
Posted by Ken S at May 12, 2008 04:49 PM | TrackBack (0) |The Smothers Brothers were great.I saw them on a
folk revival show on PBS recently, and they did
a great routine.
In the early sixties, when I was a youngster,I
had a friend whose older half-sister was a bartender
in town.She brought home one night a girl named
Sherry,who said she was the sister of the Smothers
Brothers.We played cards all night and she told
us about the dirt she knew on certain celebrites.
I"ve looked on the internet to verify this.Did
they have a sister named Sherry?
No idea if they have a sister, Greg. But they were great.
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at May 12, 2008 08:45 PMBoil that cabbage down boys!
Posted by: Boy Named Sous at May 12, 2008 10:03 PMSounds about right to my Georgia ears Dad.
Posted by: WunderKraut at May 13, 2008 04:44 AMBUAWHAHAHAHA!!!
The Smothers Brothers show was a must-see event in our family. Classic!!
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at May 13, 2008 06:45 AM