Tom Smothers was serious about politics
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Last updated 1/3/2024 at 11:51am
Tom Smothers wasn’t the first performer to weaponize comedy for political purposes, but he was perfectly suited for it. During the height of his career with brother Dick in the ’60s and ’70s he took on Lyndon Johnson over his Vietnam policies and Richard Nixon over, well, just about everything.
When news came that Tommy died of cancer on Dec. 26, many of us immediately recalled the playful jibes e...
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