JSngry Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/entertainment/tom-smothers-death/index.html There was a time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 RIP. He was 86! Tom Smothers dies at 86 - Search (bing.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 Sad news to hear. I used to love The Smothers Brothers Show until CBS took it off the air. Great musical guests, too. RIP, Tommy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 52 minutes ago, JSngry said: There was a time... She's still around tho… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Teasing the Korean Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 A very funny guy. Here is his Johnny Carson impression. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 It's not easy to pair absurdity with subtlety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted December 28, 2023 Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 RIP to a true original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2023 5 hours ago, Joe said: It's not easy to pair absurdity with subtlety. Skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted December 29, 2023 Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 12/27/2023 at 3:52 PM, JSngry said: “…The Who, meanwhile, had a regular bit of stagecraft wherein they would put an explosive charge in Keith Moon's bass drum and light it off at the end of their performances. Due to some miscommunication and a desire to really bring down the house, unbeknownst to everyone, the drum kit ended up with a triple charge on the night the band appeared on the Smothers brothers' show … cymbal shrapnel hit Moon in the arm (see him grab his shoulder), and the explosion singed Pete Townshend's hair while also giving him permanent hearing loss…” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 12 minutes ago, rostasi said: “…The Who, meanwhile, had a regular bit of stagecraft wherein they would put an explosive charge in Keith Moon's bass drum and light it off at the end of their performances. Due to some miscommunication and a desire to really bring down the house, unbeknownst to everyone, the drum kit ended up with a triple charge on the night the band appeared on the Smothers brothers' show … cymbal shrapnel hit Moon in the arm (see him grab his shoulder), and the explosion singed Pete Townshend's hair while also giving him permanent hearing loss…” I was watching that show in real time, and the endgame destructions was the final blow coming as it did on top of all of Daltrey's uber-stuttering. I had yet to turn 12, was stuttering a lot anyway, and was rapidly developing a fuquitous attitude towards society in general. This performance was like, yeah I'm gonna stutter until I break and then I'll go ahead and blow it ALL up. Fuck it. Worked for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted December 29, 2023 Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 Here, you can see Smothers doubling Lennon on acoustic guitar; he’s sitting in a chair just to Lennon's right (advance to 3:35 for a particularly clear view or just look at the still view here): 8 minutes ago, JSngry said: fuquitous Is this a “fuck everywhere” attitude? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 Fuck-you-itous. Learned it from a bandleader who I had never figured to be so perispacious, not even by half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted December 29, 2023 Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, JSngry said: perispacious Does this mean that he could scan a big room? Edited December 29, 2023 by rostasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 Not at all. Not even a little. That was his nine letters of fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted December 29, 2023 Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) OK, as long as you’re not going all Norm Crosby on me… Edited December 29, 2023 by rostasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 Not ALL... But, yes. I do have malaflopasms in the repertoire. And I DO wear hearing aids!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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