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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 debut 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 led 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, The Yo-Yo Man, even starring in his own special program on television.

The brothers appeared on numerous television shows since the mid- 1960s and hosted two variety shows of their own, The Smothers Brothers Show 1965- 1966 and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1967. The latter show became increasingly controversial for its references to youth culture, racism, and the Vietnam War, thus getting the comedians into regular conflicts with the network censors. The show also featured an impressive list of writers and regular performers who would eventually become some of the biggest names in comedy, like Pat Paulsen, Steve Martin, Don Novello, and Rob Reiner. CBS abruptly canceled the show on March 9March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). There are 297 days remaining. Events 1841 The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Amistad case that the Africans who seized control of the ship had been taken, 1969For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 5 The Derry Riots leave over 100 people i, leading the brothers to file a successful breach of contract suit against the network. Despite the cancellation, the show went on to win the Emmy AwardThe Emmy Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment. There are two types of Emmy Awards, the Daytime Awards and the Primetime Awards. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sci that year for best writing. The saga of the cancellation of the show is the subject of a 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom documentary film, "Smothered".

The Smothers Brothers had further shows: "The Smothers Brothers Show" 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i and "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day.- 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra and "The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Specials I and II" in 19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 He.

The Smothers Brothers operate the Remick Ridge Vineyards in Sonoma County, California and as late as 2004 continued to tour.