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050 00 a| PN1992.77.S63b| B33 2009;

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100 1 a| Bianculli, David.=| ^A298346;

245 10 a| Dangerously funny :b| the uncensored story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour /c| David Bianculli.;

250 a| 1st Touchstone hardcover ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Simon & Schuster,c| 2009.;

300 a| xvi, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| The birth of the Smothers brothers (and the Smothers sister) -- The Smothers Brothers, all three of them, take the stage -- Tom and Dick shoot for Paar -- The Smothers Brothers, on the record -- "High noon on the Ponderosa" -- Revolution in a shoe box -- And so it begins : The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour -- Testing the CBS censors, the first encounters -- From hit status to Elaine May not -- Becoming more creative, and more substantive -- Homegrown talent : Pat Paulsen, Leigh French, Mason Williams -- Season two : breaking the blacklist of Pete Seeger -- The Who explodes -- The generation gap widens, even on TV -- Wading back into "The Big Muddy" -- "Classical gas" -- The Smothers Brothers Smothers Show -- Season three : "We're still here" -- Meet the Beatles, this time on Comedy Hour -- Pat Paulsen for president -- David Steinberg finds religion -- Hair today, gone tomorrow -- Beeping censors lurking in the wings -- Classics and controversies -- Fired, not canceled -- The aftermath, the bed-in, and the trial -- After the fall, and couples therapy -- The Smothers Brothers legacy.;

520 a| "Dangerously Funny" presents a rollicking history of the rise and fall of the wildly influential '60s TV show, its perennial problems with the network censors, and its lasting influence on the cultural landscape.;

610 20 a| Smothers Brothers.=| ^A1007380;

630 00 a| Smothers Brothers comedy hour.=| ^A1006848;

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Dangerously funny : the uncensored story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour / David Bianculli.

Author/creator	Bianculli, David
Format	Book
Edition	1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Publication Info	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Description	xvi, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Sample text
Subjects	Smothers Brothers. Smothers Brothers comedy hour.

Contents	The birth of the Smothers brothers (and the Smothers sister) -- The Smothers Brothers, all three of them, take the stage -- Tom and Dick shoot for Paar -- The Smothers Brothers, on the record -- "High noon on the Ponderosa" -- Revolution in a shoe box -- And so it begins : The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour -- Testing the CBS censors, the first encounters -- From hit status to Elaine May not -- Becoming more creative, and more substantive -- Homegrown talent : Pat Paulsen, Leigh French, Mason Williams -- Season two : breaking the blacklist of Pete Seeger -- The Who explodes -- The generation gap widens, even on TV -- Wading back into "The Big Muddy" -- "Classical gas" -- The Smothers Brothers Smothers Show -- Season three : "We're still here" -- Meet the Beatles, this time on Comedy Hour -- Pat Paulsen for president -- David Steinberg finds religion -- Hair today, gone tomorrow -- Beeping censors lurking in the wings -- Classics and controversies -- Fired, not canceled -- The aftermath, the bed-in, and the trial -- After the fall, and couples therapy -- The Smothers Brothers legacy.
Abstract	"Dangerously Funny" presents a rollicking history of the rise and fall of the wildly influential '60s TV show, its perennial problems with the network censors, and its lasting influence on the cultural landscape.
Local note	Little-354530--305131033885/
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2009036843
ISBN	9781439101162
ISBN	1439101167

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