Remembering Tom Smothers

Perhaps I was waiting for the great musical theme of the iconic Smothers Brothers Show as my tribute to the great Tom Smothers, who died last week at age 86, was delayed until now.

Together with his slightly younger brother, Dick who was so gracious to me when I interviewed him at a charity tennis event roughly thirty years ago, Tom/Dick(not Harry),The Smothers Brothers were both humorous and poignant, not an easily attainable feat.

Theirs was an incredible show and Tom Smothers in the more comedic role teamed with “straight man” Dick to produce incredible comedy.

Without sticking out too far, the Smothers Brothers stance against what proved not only a ridiculous but ultimately disintegrating “policing action ” was one I need to hear and am so grateful to Tom and Dick, at a personal cost, for having done so.

Go easy Tom and so many of us “Moms” like you, relativity while almost always present, does not matter here. So many LOVED you both!!

Tom on the left, Dick to the right and eventually in the video above, the great talk show host, Jack Paar in the middle.