Big Time Crime- Smothers Brothers Song about Wall St Fat Cat

[1monster]

Run time: 04:57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFky3TdYsuY   Posted on YouTube: September 30, 2008 By YouTube Member: bedirty Views on YouTube: 12141   Posted on DU: September 11, 2010 By DU Member: 1monster Views on DU: 396

 
Still revelant, or even more so, today.

The Smothers Brothers were/are great.

[mediaman007]

1. That's when progressives ruled this country!

Even Nixon was a moderate. A crook, but moderate.

[1monster]

2. Yeah. As I watched, I was thinking, "And those were the good old days."

Sigh.

[elleng]

3. They were KICKED OFF the airwaves!

Progressives ruled?

'The Brothers soon found themselves in regular conflicts with CBS' network censors. At the start of the 1968/69 season, the network ordered that the Smothers deliver their shows finished and ready to air ten days before airdate so that the censors could edit the shows as necessary. In the season premiere, CBS deleted the entire segment of Belafonte singing "Lord, Don't Stop the Carnival" against a backdrop of the havoc during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, along with two lines from a satire of their main competitor, Bonanza. As the year progressed, battles over content continued, including a David Steinberg sermon about Moses and the Burning Bush.

With some local stations making their own deletions of controversial skits or comments, the continuing problems over the show reached a boiling point after CBS showed a rerun on March 9, 1969. The network explained the decision by stating that because that week's episode did not arrive in time to be previewed, it would not be shown. In that program, Joan Baez paid tribute to her then-husband–David Harris–who was entering jail after refusing military service, while comedian Jackie Mason made a joke about children "playing doctor." When the show finally did air, two months later, the network allowed Baez to state that her husband was in prison, but edited out the reason.

Despite the conflict, the show was picked up for the 1969-70 season on March 14, seemingly ending the debate over the show's status. However, network CEO and President, William S. Paley, abruptly canceled the show on April 4, 1969. The reason given by CBS was based on the Smothers' refusal to meet the pre-air delivery dates as specified by the network in order to accommodate review by the censors before airing. This cancellation led the Brothers to file a successful breach of contract suit against the network, although the suit failed to see the Brothers or their show returned to the air.<2> Despite this cancellation, the show went on to win the Emmy Award that year for best writing. The saga of the cancellation of the show is the subject of a 2002 documentary film, Smothered.<3>'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour

[1monster]

4. That's true. I was a child, but I remember. And the progressives (we were liberals then) never

ruled the country.

But, compared to present times, those were the good old days. Then, the powers that were still paid lip service the land of the free and civil rights. If they still do today, it is a very thin lip service.

[elleng]

5. Yes, times appear to have been better,

but they were kicked off because they had Pete Seeger on! (linked story doesn't mention that.)

[Oldtimeralso]

6. That's how I remember it also!

Pete Seeger singing "The Big Muddy"