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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 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...

With that. 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. 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 b...

>> it was embarrassing. >> oh, rob, did you hear what she said about me? behind every great man -- >> is a woman with a big mouth. >> also may have well been the first tv comedy in which it was occasionally obvious that the married couple were actually sexually attracted to each other, god forbid. then in the 70s she broke another mold on the "mary tyler moore" show, mary richards an independent, smart, unmarried working woman, wasnt at all obsessed with getting her mrs degree. the scenes at her...

Leia in the original star wars. in her first and best known book, she wrote about her turbulent relationship with her mother, drug addiction, mental health issues. she said she was bipolar. she was in london promoting her new book and filming the third season of a british tv comedy. shes loved by fans around the world and will be missed. i have to tell you that twitter is blowing up with news this morning. were getting tweets this morning here from ryan seacrest who says thoughts and prayers to ...

>> 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 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 "t...

>> 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. 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 hour...

Pomp is silly. everything you see in comedy where the idea that it is bad on purpose can kind of be traced back to the early letterman days. i think that had a generational impact not just on comedians but tv comedy in general. >> talking about the impact on comedians. we know he really played a huge part in changing late night tv but on comedians, as well? >> he was one of the first guys who sort of showed that you didnt have to be silly all the time. even though the comedy was silly he was kin...

About right now, that was the greatest thing ever. the 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. because it was well executed, it changed everything. >> this is the smothers brothers comedy hour. production 124 air, take one. >> good evening and welcome to the smothers brothers show. >> if rowan and martin and t...

>> the family that watched "laugh-in" together really needs to pray together. >> just seemed like its happening right now. it was about right now, that was the greatest thing ever. the 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. because it was well executed, it changed everything. >> this is the smothers brothers ...

Anyway -- >> the family that watched laugh-in together really needs to pray together. >> just happening right now, about right now, that was the greatest thing ever. the 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. because it was well executed, it changed everything. >> this is the smothers brothers comedy hour. pr...