At the time, The New York Times reported that the network canceled the series amid claims that host Tom and Dick Smothers breached their contract by failing to submit episodes in time for advance screening by the network and its affiliates.
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour often took a liberal view on religion and politics and was known for bits that opposed the Vietnam War. The brothers regularly butted heads with network censors. To the Times, Smothers claimed CBS’ ongoing protests were just a pretext “to get us off the air.”
In 1970, ABC picked up the brothers for The Smothers Brothers Summer Show for nine episodes. The brothers would go on to other incarnations of their series in the late 1970s and '80s.
“We had such a minor payment dollar-wise, but that wasn’t the point. “We had to do it,” he said.
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Tom Smothers introduced the song by saying, “I can really identify with that [song] because I really identify with these guys, I dig ‘em.” He also told viewers they’d be “surprised by what would happen” with the band’s performance.
Tom Smothers appeared visibly shaken by the incident but attempted to crack a joke about borrowing a bass guitar.
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