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A review by sjgrodsky
(DANGEROUSLY FUNNY) THE UNCENSORED STORY OF THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR BY Bianculli, David ( AUTHOR )paperback{Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour} on 28 Sep, 2010 by David Bianculli
3.0
I wish the author had teamed with a sociologist, a psychologist, a historian, or all three. These folks would have asked and attempted to answer the more interesting questions Bianculli leaves unaddressed. Did the Nixon admin really try to kill the show? Why did the CBS admin leap on the chance to fire Tom just weeks after it had renewed the contract? Why did 30-something Tom insist on playing chicken with CBS when an adult would have chosen his battles?
That said, the author has researched the facts and stuffs each sentence with them, regardless of relevance, heedless of sentence structure. I doubt anyone will write a second book about a television show. But if someone wanted to delve more deeply into the why and how, this book supplies much of the who and when. It's excellent source material for the much better book that could be written.
That said, the author has researched the facts and stuffs each sentence with them, regardless of relevance, heedless of sentence structure. I doubt anyone will write a second book about a television show. But if someone wanted to delve more deeply into the why and how, this book supplies much of the who and when. It's excellent source material for the much better book that could be written.