Laugh-In or the Smothers Brothers?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Poll question: Laugh-In or the Smothers Brothers?

[On the Road]

1. Boy, That's a Hard One

but I had to give it to Dick & Tommy.

[gingergreen]

2. neither

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

5. Agreed

[lpbk2713]

3. My old man's a refrigerator repairman.

Whaddaya think about that?

[Arkana]

7. My old man's a cotton-pickin' finger-lickin' chicken plucker.

Whaddaya think about that?

"I think we better not make a mistake!"

[rock]

15. He wears a

cotton-pickin' finger-lickin' chicken plucker's raincoat, he wears a a cotton-pickin' finger-lickin' chicken plucker's shoes.

[htuttle]

4. I'd probably enjoy the Smothers Brothers more now

...But back when I was a kid, Laugh-In was my favorite. The Smothers Brothers jokes went over my head all the time.

[JHB]

6. HmmmRRmmm

(agreeing in Artie Johnson "old man" grumble/groan)

;)

[htuttle]

8. WHACK!

(smacking you with Ruth Buzzy's old-lady purse)

[JitterbugPerfume]

11. mom always loved you best

you had a DOG

all I had was a dumb old chicken that I named Spot

Tommy speaking to Dick


you gotta love it

[nine23]

9. I was a bit too young myself...

But seeing the Smo Bro's later in reruns, I recognized their "edge" and fully understood why they were too hot for 60's prime-time (and were subsequently canceled, ie. forced out of the bidniz for a spell).

[trotsky]

10. Watching some of the Smothers Brothers episodes...

those guys were WAAAAAAAY ahead of their time. So clever, so political. I wish they were back on TV now.

[RaleighNCDUer]

12. Laugh in had its good bits, for political humor, but that wasn't the

focus.

Laugh in was today's Mad TV. Smothers Brothers was The Daily Show.

[tilsammans]

13. The Smothers Brothers . . .

. . . crack me up, to this day. They were WAY ahead of their time.

[JimmyJazz]

14. The Smothers Brothers - I'd love to see it in reruns now

because of the political edge to the show that I didn't understand at the time, but when I see clips of it from retro shows, it blows my mind to hear what they were saying.

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