Smothers Bros, Mason Williams hosted by John Williams & Boston Pops
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2022
- John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra welcome the Smothers Brothers and Mason Williams. This act made me a Smothers Brothers fan for life. Mason Williams' performance of "Classical Gas" with the orchestra is fantastic.
I grew up watching these two in the 60’s. Their show was hilarious, provocative for the time & just a lot of fun. May Tommy rest in eternal peace.
I loved them as a kid and never missed them on tv. As an adult, I realize now how truly talented they were as comedians, performers, musicians, and singers. The best.
RIP Tommy
Loved Tommy and Dick they were very talented and very funny rest in peace Tommy 🙏
RIP Tommy, your likes are rare.
It's tempting to make light, a joke, but your contribution was generous and loving.
Unique - you'll be miss you bro
They were a mega multi talented duo!! Brilliant!!
Yep!! CBS fucked up big time
They were giants
In case anyone besides me was wondering, according to the BSO site this is from 1988.
Classical gas by Mason Williams loved his music thank you for sharing your beautiful music with us ❤️
Never realized Dick Smothers was such a talented vocalist.
Their timing is impeccable both in comedy and music.
My husband and I watched this many yrs ago at the beginning of our marriage. It was a running joke between us our whole marriage of 40 yr. He's been gone for 13 yrs now. When I see things like this, it makes me miss him even more.
Rest In Peace, TOM
I almost forgot how funny and talented the Smothers Brothers were.
R.I.P. Tommy!
Lucky to hv seen them perform in person!!!! Awesome!!!!!!
Greatest entrainment on the planet 😊
Something you could play for your children without censoring from profanity or explicit sexual content. True G rated comedy!! I enjoy it myself. I'm 70. 😻💕🌹✌️
I had almost forgotten how beautiful real music is. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This is the high water mark popular entertainment!
They are so loved. It's on the faces of so many in the audience. Good and brave and audacious in the ticklish wonderful American way. How they are needed.
Pianist Michael Petty can compete any time....fabulously talented orchestra members..all the guitar music was superb! Conductor Williams looked very pleased!
They had an elevated musical sense in addition to their classy and clean sense of humor.
They have come a long way from performing in bars with an audience of 14 people! A truly unique duo of musical comedians. A long-time fan since 1963, I never missed their iconic show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. After being fired by the network, they came back in 1988 with a special that was delightful. What a treat!
2024; first time I heard this; the comedy is as funny today as it was then.
Dick's vocals are wonderful, and so is his timing with the comedy routines.
Wow, I did not realize how good these two were
This was the amusement before internet.
And here it is ON the internet, still entertaining us!
Most of the memorable tunes I remember from growing up in the 60's were instrumentals: Classical Gas, Pipeline, Tel-star and Love is Blue come to mind. Back when radio stations would play songs that were many years old in addition to the current "hits". As a kid I didn't realize they were that old... even songs from 40's and my parent's generation!
He will be sorely missed!
So lucky to grow up with them, priceless and at times mildly controversial. Amazing talents!!!
Yup. I am still pissed that abc fired them
Some of it was more than "mildly" controversial - for the times. For example, one of the skits they censored and was never shown on TV was titled something like, "The First Interracial Marriage in Mississippi." There is the standard wedding party setup with a white bride and black groom. The minister goes through the usual vows and when he gets to the point where he would say, "The ring please." the minister instead says, "The rope please." And the groom's eyes get real big. Of course, they could have done that skit on the "In Living Color" show years later and definitely by Key & Peele nowadays.
@@garyakirschIt was CBS friend.
The Smothers Brothers deserve our thanks, for entertaining us during one of the darkest times in America: The Nixon Administration! Bless you guys....Mason Williams too, of course!
Just what we need, a political comment at a non political event…..
The Smothers Brothers were very political. @@michdoug1
@christheghostwriter They were anti politician and dished it out all of them. I really like that Nixon hated them.
It wasn't that dark then but it seems to get a little darker each year.
Loved, listening to the smothers brothers when I was a teenager! Very funny and talented
Classical Gas is a classic in my books, Just a wonderful piece, masterfully played.
The Smothers Brothers had fans in our family when we came back to the States. Guffaws and love of their music made those evenings a joy... as long as we got reception on the black and white tv and kept readjusting the tin foil on the antennas. Hootenany. Lets see... Kingston Trio. Jonathan, my oldest brother, was a banjo picker and David, a yr younger brother, played guitar. (Me? Classical piano). Good times. A lot less apparent evil in our country back then. Blessings!
My favorite performance by them! True American treasures! Love “Classical Gas” 🌼
I used to enjoy watching the Smothers Brothers until i was rudely drafted into the u.s.army in early 1968.
I miss those guys. And also Classical Gas at the end. Brilliant.
This was great, I waited for Mason Williams, and Classical Gas, oh how I love the Smothers Brothers. My mom had their album “Think Ethnic”, I remember being 6-7 & asking what ethnic meant, and she explained, not that I understood back in 1961-62, but I always appreciated my mom taking me seriously, and the humor of The Smothers Brothers. John Williams is on a plain of his own, genius.
They taught me the Venezuelan Umbrella Dance on that album. Oy!
loved these guys since I was little. Mason Williams was a treat on top of the Boston Pops. great humor great music good times. thanks for sharing! made my night.
"They didn't come to watch us argue."
"Some of them did." 😂😊😅
Not sure what I like best -- their humor, or their singing. They were great at both.
What A wonderful quandary!
I absolutely adore them. Their act is never old. I laughed until I cried!
I miss Tommy he was so funny! Loved watching them growing up.
Those three had to have had a wonderful time working together!!!!! 😊
Always watched Them,,,,best entertainment ever ,,,,sure do miss them! They brought sunshine every Sunday night at my house.
This is one of those times when it matters, you know? Thanks.
The Smothers Brothers are now in their mid 80's.
Sadly Tommy has died.
I always thought President George W Bush reminded me of someone but could never name who that was. I now see who it was ,Tommy Smothers when he goes into his hilarious panicked dialogue.
I never missed their show!! My son and I saw them in concert on Maui about 35 years ago. Loved Tommy’s use of the yoyo! They were so talented!
Oh, I'd forgotten he was YoYo Man. Thank you for bringing back long lost memories.
Timeless.
Classical Gas: One of the most unique and strikingly original compositions to come out of the 70s. It transcends strict classification, much like a lot of the music of George Gershwin.
And he originally played it on a 12 string flat-top! He was way ahead of the times back then.
1968
Classical Gas by Mason Williams came out in 68 I believe , relate it to the summer job I had that year
What a wonderful evening for all to see! Really glad this was recorded... FANTASTIC... AMEN
I second the Motion
Thanks to the original recorder-er-er, er, Take It!
Mason Williams' song! Wow! Beautiful!
Showmanship at its best, musical talent, vocals, humor and the audience captured 100%!
Not only great comedy but GREAT singers and musicians
Smothers Brothers are among the finest entertainers/musicians in my opinion.
I hadn't heard anything of theirs in a long time. This was refreshing.
Such great memories of these fellas on Ed Sullivan.
Loved the Smothers Brothers when growing up! So baffling.
RIP Tom Smothers.
After watching SB for years, in all the wonderful humor I actually forgot just how musically talented they were. So nice to hear it all.
They were good musicians!
I never missed their show. They were wonderful, loved the music and the humor was so much better than most. They really were great and the fans loved them.
Here in Australia, the Smothers Brothers were a rare treat for me when I was younger. Every time they popped up on the tube, I had to watch them because I always knew I was in for a treat. Comedy, music and off-the-cuff moments that really made these guys the absolute fantastic entertainers that they were.
Me too. We got to stay up later to watch it because my parents never missed it.
Ppp
I laughed so hard at one of their Vegas shows…it was filthy, hilarious and sooo different from their tv show.
Thank god for Tom Smothers, he changed the World for the better just by being himself.
This is such a tremendous loss to the Smothers Families and to the entire world. 🎉RIP, Tommy!
Some years ago, I saw the "Yoyo man" bit at two of their concerts live. Just great. These guys are just treasures in the entertainment world. Wish there were more of this sort of quality and class with more of today's performers.
Talent and TALENTS, on so many levels
Peace ✌ ☮
I have long reflected on the politics that pulled that talent, skill, gift away from us.
There were others who were so silenced
Loved them. Just genius comedy. Rest in peace, Tommy Smothers.
Such comic genius.
That was fun.
Say whatever you want about their 1-derful comedy but their vocal harmonies are so great !!!
Sure miss Tommy. Bless your Soul Sir. Love you!
They are good.
I love these guys❤❤❤ who is the Oldest of these guys❤❤❤❤
Loved them and never missed a show. Stil love thwm.
Hearing Mason Williams perform Classical Gas for the first time in probably 20 years or more brought tears to my eyes. The only thing that could have made it better would be if he had included a couple of verses of "How 'bout them toad suckers" or "How 'bout them hjor d'oerves? Ain't they neat? Little piece of cheese. Little piece of meat." They don't write 'em like that anymore.
he could have played it a hundred more times and i would still b here listening. good to see and hear this man, this gem.
Watched The Smothers Brothers when I was in high school loved them then still do. I try to catch all I can on You Tube…Never gets old. You two are so talented…
Next time when I don't know what to say to a person I'll just say naked bacon😂
And from these humble roots the hip hop movement began.
This was fantastic thanks for your talents and your show loved it 😀
The man was in the yo-yo zone! I'd forgotten how funny these guys were!
On The Tonight Show Tom imitated Johnny Carson exactly! He looked and did his movements just like Johnny did! You couldn’t tell the difference!
That was too much fun! I tried to teach my junior high self how to play it, but could never figure it out. What fun to see it now and with John Williams conducting (and he's still here!!)
Wow, this brought back memories, The man from yo and naked bacon. I never knew where the naked bacon line that goes through my head every day came from.
Very talented and not like the flashes in the pan we see today!
Omg greatest show i watched every show in black and white TV. Still hilarious.
So much talent and good humor!! My cheeks hurt from smiling so hard =]
I grew up with these guys. What a treat! T hank you for the delightful memories.
Where has all the talent gone? ¿Woke?
How come I have never heard of these wonderful brothers?! Not the same about Classical Gas... it's pure emotion in sound, what an amazing piece (and this version is awesome). And J. Williams and all the orchestra... Pure treasure. Greetings from Brazil.
One reason you never heard of them is because they were black-balled for speaking out with the truth.
"CBS abruptly yanked “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” in April 1969 because of their persistent and humorous opposition to the Vietnam War, support of civil rights and tweaking authority. They welcomed controversial anti-war guests and resisted efforts to censor the show. The brothers weren’t allowed to use the phrase “sex education” or joke that someone was “a known heterosexual.”
From apnews
Their best schtick was Tommy shouting to Dickey that "Mom always liked you best!"
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Check out Tom Smother’s YoYo Man. As a kid, I always enjoyed that part & tried my best with the yo-yo tricks
State of yo! Oh yeah.
I had a crush on both of them!
So entertaining.
That "Stand back..." gesture at 20:27 - kills me every time! 🤣
Such a great memory!
Always loved those guys. They really ruffled some feathers with their TV show which eventually got them canceled.
Terrific!!!
Miss Tom smothers
Checking to see if they’re still around, both are, i was interested to see that their father, a U.S. Army major, died while being held in captivity by the Japanese during WW2.
Tommy Smothers died yesterday, Dec. 26, 2023😢
I was lucky to have met Dick Smothers years ago ... awesome
I will always remember these 2!! R.I.P. This Mom here always loved you best!!😢
And they didn't claim victimhood over it for the rest of their lives. Much less at every opportunity.
RIP Tommy- loved your show, love both of you
Does anyone remember the original Smothers Brothers show? Throne where Dickey died died at sea?
Tommy died at sea. He was the angel.
Having worked in that hall and with those musicians the best running joke was “poorly paid”!
Mr. Brown, thank you for this amazing gift of music and pure talent. I am floating on a sea of wonderful memories that you have made available. I am subscribing to your channel!
Thanks for listening, Doc VIII. I feel the same way about this video! :)
What year was this done? Love this so much. 💕🎶
Anyone who likes Classical Gas will like "What Song Is This?" from his Holiday recording called "A Gift of Song."