Dangerously Funny

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Comedy

Overview

A dive into an incredible moment in comedy, culture, and politics when Tom and Dick Smothers challenged CBS censors, Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, and ultimately each other. The duo did so via their comedy variety show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, which in its two-year run on CBS, made a major impact with its political satire. The Smothers Brothers used the program as a platform to critique the Vietnam War and tackle other hot topics, coming into conflict with censors, who demanded cuts or last-minute edits to jokes, and fighting management to keep their material intact.

Keywords

vietnam war
1960s
based on true story
sibling relationship
censorship
political satire
television history
biographical comedy

Details

Status: Planned
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Imagine Entertainment,Good Walk Entertainment
Writer: Craig Shapiro,Elizabeth Kruger
Producer: Dan Patterson,Craig Shapiro,Jeb Brody,Brian Grazer,Sarah Babineau,Ron Howard,Kent Alterman,Elizabeth Kruger
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt2142747