Smothers Brothers Still Haunted By CBS Censorship Legacy
Four years after CBS canceled the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour the duo say they remain typecast as troublemakers. Tom and Dick recall contract battles over creative control, a $784,000 judgment, and ongoing limits on satire on U.S. television. They discuss past cancellations, current guest spots, and the lack of a new show despite touring.
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Kissinger Travels With Nixon as Generation Gap Stories Emerge
Nixon’s Western White House trips include Kissinger and his children visiting a Hollywood studio where Kissinger reflects on the generation gap. The column threads through political quips, film gossip, and excerpts about celebrities like Ben Gurion, Bronson, Arthur, Lollobrigida, Woodward, Newman, Hackett, and Black, with notes on Unrest in Ireland and Gatsby links.
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Musician Sues Over Records
Los Angeles AP. Rock musician John Phillips filed a million damage suit with his wife Michelle in Los Angeles Superior Court against ABC Records alleging fraud breach of contract and copyright infringement over record royalties from 1964 to 1971. Phillips claims about 130 artists affected and royalties around 60 million. ABC Records denies the charges and says evidence will show proper accounting.
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Smothers Brothers Fight Typecast After CBS Canceled Show
Mirephoto shows Tom Jeth and Dick Smothers taping a Glen Campbell TV special amid claims they were wrongly typecast as troublemakers after their CBS show was canceled four years ago in a dispute over network censorship.
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