The Smothers Brothers
Mar 20, 2009 7:30 pm
Where: The Venue - Orlando
Over four decades of audiences have seen the Smothers Brothers in their own primetime comedy series in the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s, guest appearances on numerous television programs, countless engagements as headliners in Las Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe, a hot-selling video, twelve top-selling albums, as well as continuous coast-to-coast concert tours and performances with symphony orchestras. The YoYo Man (Tom) and the Voice of Yo (Dick) travel and appear with the Smothers Brothers in concert.
The contributions Tom and Dick have made to the entertainment world throughout their careers were so highly respected that the Museum of Television and Radio (in New York) produced a retrospective and seminar on their work; an honor not lightly accorded. The entertainment industry honored them with one of its most valuable awards: a star on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame. SMOTHERED, a film by award-winning director, Maureen Muldaur, documents the Brothers’ struggle against censorship and their subsequent firing by the CBS Television Network.
The millennium has brought new honors for the legendary duo, including a reunion of THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR at the USA Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, induction into the illustrious Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame, an invitation to become Artist Members of the Board of Directors of the Wolf Trap Foundation, 2003 Freedom of Expression Award presented at the annual Video Software Dealers' Association in Las Vegas (2002 recipient was George Carlin) and Honorary Doctorate Degrees from their alma mater, San Jose State University.
