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The Smothers Brothers are an American musical-comedy team, formed by real-life brothers Tom and Dick Smothers.
After a brief time in a folk group called the "Casual Quintet," the Smothers made their debute as a duo in 1959. They were a popular act in clubs and released several successful record albums.
The brothers' trademark act was performing folk songs (Tommy on acoustic guitar, Dick on stand-up bass), which usually lead to fake arguments between the two siblings. Tommy's signature line was "Mom always liked you best". Tommy (the elder of the two) acted 'slow', and Dick acted 'superior'.
In real life Tommy was not 'slow' at all. He handled their business affairs and later gained fame as a yo-yo expert, even starring in his own special program on television.
The brothers appeared on numerous television shows since the mid-1960s and hosted two often-controverisal variety shows of their own, The Smothers Brothers Show 1965-1966 and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1967.
Discography
- The Two Sides of the Smothers Brothers, 1962
- Think Ethnic!, 1964
- It Must Have Been Something I Said!, 1964
- The Songs and Comedy of the Smothers Brothers, 1964
- Aesop's Fables, 1965
- Tour de Farce American History and Other Unrelated Subjects, 1965
- Golden Hits of the Smothers Brothers, Vol. 2, 1966
- Mom Always Liked You Best!, 1966
- Smothers Comedy Brothers Hour, 1968
- Sibling Rivalry: The Best of the Smothers Brothers, 1998