Tommy Smothers FINALLY wins 1968 Emmy, dedicates it to people who "speak to power"

[johnfunk]

Inspiring beyond belief! LONG overdue. Blasted "ignorance" (as in teh current regime and ended with, "Truth is what you get other people to believe." And how right he is -- time to demolish the propaganda the way he and Dick did in the late 1960s.

This particular honorary Emmy is a strong and inspiring message from Hollywood's creative community.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. I sat here applauding him!!!! Bravo Tommy!!!!!

[BrklynLiberal]

2. It was a great show and they were great people of the times.

[johnfunk]

4. I was all of 10 years old when it was on the air, and I loved it even then

The subversive and very funny sketch comedy was memorable -- and honestly, I didn't laugh as hard at anything on the idiot box until, one night in my senior year of high school and suffering from insomnia, I expected to see my local NBC affiliate's "Creature Feature"... but was instead subjected to the first episode of "NBC Saturday Night" (the original name of SNL).

[lynettebro440]

8. You remember creature feature

we had doctor sangunary...funniest, dumb shit..same age as you.

[juno jones]

12. Mister Mephisto broadcast at us from Madison, WI

Good times, good times.

[UpInArms]

9. can you name the first live musician on Saturday Night?

trivia quiz :D

and the song?

[johnfunk]

19. Billy Preston

Nothin' from Nothin'

With a very groovy backing band!

[csziggy]

20. No but for me the most memorable was Paul Simon singing

"Still Crazy After All These Years" while dressed in a turkey suit the weekend before Thanksgiving.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. As Colbert and Stewart are the voices for now, The Smothers Brothers were the voice for then.

I adored them and was heartbroken when the show was cancelled. Although honestly forgotten with all those years between, Tommy has now taken a place in my heart as a hero as he was back then.

[BrklynLiberal]

7. They had the classic "Find the Pope in the Pizza" contests w/ Father Guido Sarducci.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I loved them..and was really incensed when they were taken off. I remember that it was something that
David Steinberg did that really got them in the hottest water.

[KakistocracyHater]

14. pizza is a holy food!

;) Was he the 1 who would say "sock it to me"?

[NashVegas]

3. I Loved Him For That

[Bozita]

5. They were big factors in turning America against the War.

There will forever be a warm spot in my heart for the courageous Smothers brothers.

[Faygo Kid]

10. The Very Best. Thank you, Smothers Brothers.

The best. PERIOD.

[bluesmail]

11. Congratulations Tommy Smothers. This warms my heart

...and ( I forget how my head was hurting) . :thumbsup:

[eowyn_of_rohan]

13. I love Tommy Smothers - he has been a political rebel since the beginning

and he rose to the occasion again when we need him- live long and prosper Tommy!

[KakistocracyHater]

15. good for him & hope Hollywood inspired

satire & humor get past the usual filters in people.

[johnfunk]

16. Overall, this is the most politically charged awards show I have yet seen anywhere.

I'm enjoying this one a lot...

[eowyn_of_rohan]

17. shoot - i've gotta get off the computer and go watch!!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

18. Hollywood is more than good commedians...

Thank God for good directors... and turnip greens"

[Wilms]

21. k&r n/t

[grasswire]

22. I love you Tommy Smothers

Despite the fact that his mother loved Dickie best.

A true American hero and patriot.

[Bluebear]

23. You can recommend older threads :)