‘Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour’ Shows Battles with CBS Network

“It was a variety show that had some social comment in it.” — Dick Smothers Politics and comedy seem to go hand-in-hand these days as seen with shows such as The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. In the 1960s, a height of political and social movements in U.S. history, this combination was harder to…