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>> television has grown faster than a teenager, and now it is time to grow up. ♪ ♪ ♪ the tv was the center of the house. i dont remember a time without tv. >> by 1960, essentially every household in america had a television. it was a new way of bringing the world to you. >> when something big happened on television, it really did happen to the entire country and impacted the entire country at the same time. >> keep an awakened eye on the world. >> suddenly television was the ma...

The great comedy and speechwriter Bob Orban passed away. Yvette Chevallier, his great-niece, confirmed the death at a nursing home.

>> i want to learn how to be funny, ive always wanted to do stand-up comedy. i propose to the producers to do it tonight, i dont think im getting at, but great and his hilarious late-night team took the three of us to comedy school to teach us -- to find out really whether we are capable of being funny. >> lets see. ♪ ♪ >> phones off, everybody. today we are going to go over some of the comedy techniques that have helped make the gutfeld show pete all the plate i host and we are closing in w...

Anyway. >> the family that watches "laugh-in" together really needs to pray together. >> just seemed like its happening right now and its about right now that is the greatest thing ever. that it was a fusion of politics and comedy and everything else into one television show. >> when we take over, im going to look out for you. >> the subjects that were verboten, we dont talk about these things, were starting to come up in tv. and because it was well executed, it changed everything. >> this is th...

>> you do want to be funny. >> i want to learn how to be funny, ive always wanted to do stand-up comedy. i propose to the producers to do it tonight, i dont think im getting at, but great and his hilarious late-night team took the three of us to comedy school to teach us -- to find out really whether we are capable of being funny. >> lets see. ♪ ♪ >> phones off, everybody. today we are going to go over some of the comedy techniques that have helped make the gutfeld show pete all the plate i ...

Happening right now and its about right now that is the greatest thing ever. a fusion of politics and comedy and everything else into one show. >> when we take over, im going to look out for you. >> the subjects that were verboten, we dont talk about these things, were starting to come up in tv. and because it was well executed, it changed everything. >> this is the smothers brothers comedy air. take one. production 124 air, take one. ♪ >> good evening and welcome to "the smothers brothers sho...

>> just seemed like its happening right now and its about right now that is the greatest thing ever. a fusion of politics and comedy and everything else into one television show. >> when we take over, im going to look out for you. >> the subjects that were verboten, we dont talk about these things, were starting to come up in tv. and because it was well executed, it changed everything. >> this is the smothers brothers comedy air. take one. ♪ >> good evening and welcome to "the smothers brother...

>> this is the smothers brothers comedy air. take one. production 124 air, take one. ♪ >> good evening and welcome to "the smothers brothers show." >> if rowan and martin and the smothers brothers are the new stars of tv comedy, it is the comedy itself rather than the comedians which is more often in the spotlight. these two programs have consciously tried to influence people by comedy techniques that break through the traditional song and skit routines and by subject matter that is often on t...

A fusion of politics and comedy and everything else into one show. >> when we take over, im going to look out for you. >> the subjects that were verboten, we dont talk about these things, were starting to come up in tv. and because it was well executed, it changed everything. >> this is the smothers brothers comedy air. take one. production 124 air, take one. ♪ >> good evening and welcome to "the smothers brothers show." >> if rowan and martin and the smothers brothers are the new stars of tv ...

"laugh-in" together really needs to pray together. >> just seemed like its happening right now and its about right now that is the greatest thing ever. a fusion of politics and comedy and everything else into one television show. >> when we take over, im going to look out for you. >> the subjects that were verboten, we dont talk about these things, were starting to come up in tv. and because it was well executed, it changed everything. >> this is the smothers brothers comedy air. take one. produ...