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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American comedian, actor, composer and musician (1937–2023)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Tom_Smothers_1967_%28cropped%29.JPG/220px-Tom_Smothers_1967_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Tom_Smothers_1967_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="370" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Smothers in 1967</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Thomas Bolyn Smothers III</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1937-02-02</span>)</span>February 2, 1937<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">New York City, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 26, 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-12-26)</span> (aged 86)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_California" 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2019</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Stephanie Shorr</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1963; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1967)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Rochelle Robley</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1974; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1976)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Marcy Carriker</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1990)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Smothers" title="Dick Smothers">Dick Smothers</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Musical career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">Folk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Guitar</li><li>vocals</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Smothers_Brothers" title="Smothers Brothers">Smothers Brothers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Plastic_Ono_Band" title="Plastic Ono Band">Plastic Ono Band</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas Bolyn Smothers III</b> (February 2, 1937 – December 26, 2023) was an American comedian, actor, composer, and musician, widely known as half of the musical comedy duo the <a href="/wiki/Smothers_Brothers" title="Smothers Brothers">Smothers Brothers</a>, alongside his younger brother <a href="/wiki/Dick_Smothers" title="Dick Smothers">Dick</a>. In the 1960s they were known for their network comedy and variety shows, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Show" title="The Smothers Brothers Show">The Smothers Brothers Show</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour" title="The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour">The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour</a></i>. </p><p>Smothers and <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> played acoustic guitar during the live recording of Lennon's 1969 song "<a href="/wiki/Give_Peace_a_Chance" title="Give Peace a Chance">Give Peace a Chance</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Smothers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas Bolyn Smothers III was born on February 2, 1937, at the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Jay" title="Fort Jay">Fort Jay</a> army post hospital on <a href="/wiki/Governors_Island" title="Governors Island">Governors Island</a> in New York City, the son of Ruth (<i>née</i> Remick), a homemaker, and Major Thomas B. Smothers, a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> officer who died a <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">POW</a> of the Japanese in April 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Grimes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The younger Smothers later grew up in <a href="/wiki/Altadena,_California" title="Altadena, California">Altadena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunland-Tujunga,_Los_Angeles" title="Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles">Tujunga</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Redondo_Beach,_California" title="Redondo Beach, California">Redondo Beach, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a child, Smothers played guitar and piano <a href="/wiki/Playing_by_ear" title="Playing by ear">by ear</a> due to difficulty reading <a href="/wiki/Sheet_music" title="Sheet music">sheet music</a>; Smothers would be diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Dyslexia" title="Dyslexia">dyslexia</a> at age 31.<sup id="cite_ref-Bianculli_11-12_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bianculli_11-12-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning in fifth grade, he played guitar in bands formed with friends and began incorporating humor with his music and in-school interactions.<sup id="cite_ref-Bianculli_11-12_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bianculli_11-12-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Zucco_2000_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zucco_2000-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Athletically, he grew up competing in <a href="/wiki/Gymnastics" title="Gymnastics">gymnastics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smothers first attended <a href="/wiki/Verdugo_Hills_High_School" title="Verdugo Hills High School">Verdugo Hills High School</a> before transferring to <a href="/wiki/Redondo_Union_High_School" title="Redondo Union High School">Redondo Union High School</a> as a senior. At Redondo Beach, he and his brother sang in the school's madrigal choir, Tom as a bass and Dick as a tenor; Tom graduated from Redondo Union in 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-Grimes_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smothers then enrolled at San Jose State College (now <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_State_University" title="San Jose State University">San Jose State University</a>) in 1956 as an advertising major and competed at <a href="/wiki/Pole_vault" title="Pole vault">pole vault</a> on the track team as a freshman in 1956–57.<sup id="cite_ref-Bianculli_14-15_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bianculli_14-15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then in 1957–58, Smothers competed on the gymnastics team, where he tied for first place on the <a href="/wiki/Parallel_bars" title="Parallel bars">parallel bars</a> at the 1958 State College Gymnastics Championships.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Smothers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Inspired by the popularity of <a href="/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio" title="The Kingston Trio">The Kingston Trio</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Tom_Dooley_(song)" title="Tom Dooley (song)">Tom Dooley</a>", the Smothers Brothers initially wanted to be folk musicians.<sup id="cite_ref-couch_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-couch-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Dick transferred to San Jose State in 1957, Tom and Dick began performing music at San Jose nightclubs, with audiences mostly of other college students.<sup id="cite_ref-Briley_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Briley-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bianculli_14-15_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bianculli_14-15-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1959, the Smothers brothers were discovered by a detective who became their first manager and invited them to an audition at the Purple Onion, a nightclub in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following month, the brothers left San Jose State to focus full-time on working in entertainment, after the Purple Onion asked them to substitute for other acts who were ill.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their show was so successful that the Purple Onion extended their original two-week contract to 16 weeks; the brothers returned to the Purple Onion for another 16-week contract after playing a <a href="/wiki/Lake_Tahoe" title="Lake Tahoe">Lake Tahoe</a> club in the summer of 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1960, the Smothers Brothers made their professional debut at <a href="/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado" title="Aspen, Colorado">Aspen, Colorado</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tom recalled in 2006 interview: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I did all the introductions. I'd just make up stuff for every song. And Dickie said, "Why don't you try repeating some of that stuff?" I said, "I don't know." I didn't know that you could repeat the stuff. And I started repeating it and Dickie would say, "That's wrong." And pretty soon he'd say, "That's wrong, you're stupid." It sort of became an argument.<sup id="cite_ref-couch_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-couch-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Tom's first foray into the medium of television was as a regular on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Steve_Allen_Show" title="The Steve Allen Show">The Steve Allen Show</a></i> in 1961. He followed that role with a single episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Burke%27s_Law_(1963_TV_series)" title="Burke's Law (1963 TV series)">Burke's Law</a></i>. </p><p>The Smothers Brothers next appeared on the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Show" title="The Smothers Brothers Show">The Smothers Brothers Show</a></i> from 1965 to 1966. Tom felt that the show did not play to the brothers' strengths<sup id="cite_ref-couch_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-couch-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and wanted creative control over their next venture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour_and_aftermath"><i>The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour</i> and aftermath</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Smothers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Smothers_Dick_Smothers_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour_1968.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Tom_Smothers_Dick_Smothers_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour_1968.JPG/200px-Tom_Smothers_Dick_Smothers_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour_1968.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Tom_Smothers_Dick_Smothers_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour_1968.JPG/300px-Tom_Smothers_Dick_Smothers_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour_1968.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Tom_Smothers_Dick_Smothers_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour_1968.JPG/400px-Tom_Smothers_Dick_Smothers_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour_1968.JPG 2x" data-file-width="695" data-file-height="926" /></a><figcaption>Tom with Dick Smothers in a publicity photo for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour" title="The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour">The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour</a></i> in 1968</figcaption></figure> <p>Tom Smothers negotiated creative control over their next CBS show, a variety show titled <i><a href="/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Comedy_Hour" title="The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour">The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour</a></i> in 1967. The brothers had conflicts with the CBS <a href="/wiki/Standards_and_practices" class="mw-redirect" title="Standards and practices">standards and practices</a> department with jokes about religion, recreational drugs, sex, and the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, topics considered taboo on primetime television of the era.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Zucco_2000_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zucco_2000-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The brothers' political action on the air led to their show's demise,<sup id="cite_ref-Corbin_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corbin-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/David_Steinberg" title="David Steinberg">David Steinberg</a> later claiming "The most innovative variety show on television shut down because of political pressure."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, Tom revealed that he and his brother actually disagreed on politics.<sup id="cite_ref-couch_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-couch-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the same years, Tom recorded mainstream songs, such as "Can't Help Falling in Love with You". Tom later stated, "When the Smothers Brothers came on the air we had no political point of view or social consciousness, it just evolved as the show was on the air."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rock_and_Roll,_"Give_Peace_a_Chance""><span id="Rock_and_Roll.2C_.22Give_Peace_a_Chance.22"></span>Rock and Roll, "Give Peace a Chance"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Smothers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rock and Roll, "Give Peace a Chance""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smothers introduced some musical acts at the <a href="/wiki/Monterey_Pop_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Monterey Pop Festival">Monterey Pop Festival</a> in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As he became more politically active, he befriended similarly inclined celebrities like <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969, Smothers and Lennon played acoustic guitars on Lennon's recording of his single "<a href="/wiki/Give_Peace_a_Chance" title="Give Peace a Chance">Give Peace a Chance</a>" (Smothers' name was also mentioned in the song).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song was written and performed during Lennon's and <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Ono" title="Yoko Ono">Yoko Ono</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Bed-in" title="Bed-in">Bed-in</a>" <a href="/wiki/Honeymoon" title="Honeymoon">honeymoon</a> on June 1, 1969, in Room 1742 at the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Hotel" title="Queen Elizabeth Hotel">Queen Elizabeth Hotel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montreal,_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Montreal, Quebec">Montreal, Quebec</a>, Canada. Smothers can be seen in the hotel room in the 1988 documentary film <i><a href="/wiki/Imagine:_John_Lennon" title="Imagine: John Lennon">Imagine: John Lennon</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_involvement">Political involvement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Smothers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Political involvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smothers_Brothers_(210965404)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Smothers_Brothers_%28210965404%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Smothers_Brothers_%28210965404%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Smothers_Brothers_%28210965404%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Smothers_Brothers_%28210965404%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Smothers_Brothers_%28210965404%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/400px-Smothers_Brothers_%28210965404%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="481" data-file-height="481" /></a><figcaption>Dick (left) and Tom Smothers in August 1988</figcaption></figure> <p>After <i>Comedy Hour</i> was canceled, Smothers became outspoken in politics. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I lost perspective, my sense of humor. I became a poster boy for the <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="First Amendment to the United States Constitution">First Amendment</a>, freedom of speech, and I started buying into it. It was about three years when I was deadly serious about everything.... I'm still politically active, I'm still angry, but I've got it in the right position now.<sup id="cite_ref-couch_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-couch-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In the 1970s, Smothers mocked <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> for not taking a stand on political issues of the day, such as <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a>. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>At the time I was very volatile, and thought everyone should take a stand. I guess I said something that really pissed him. For a couple years after that, I'd say, 'Hiya Bill, how ya doing?' and he wouldn't shake hands with me – you know, like, 'Fuck off.'<sup id="cite_ref-cosby_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cosby-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In October 1976, Cosby and Smothers attended a <a href="/wiki/Playboy_Mansion" title="Playboy Mansion">Playboy Mansion</a> party. The tension between the two culminated in Cosby punching Smothers in the head.<sup id="cite_ref-cosby_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cosby-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smothers's politics were in marked contrast to those of his brother Dick, whom Tom described as "more <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservative</a>". Tom publicly criticized <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> president <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> and his involvement in and perpetuation of the Vietnam War. Tom stated in 2006 that the duo's real-life political and philosophical differences were a key part of their ability to maintain their act for as long as they did.<sup id="cite_ref-couch_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-couch-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_roles">Film roles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Smothers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Film roles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In motion pictures, Smothers portrayed corporate-executive-turned-tap-dancing-magician Donald Beeman in <a href="/wiki/Brian_De_Palma" title="Brian De Palma">Brian De Palma</a>'s 1972 film, <i><a href="/wiki/Get_to_Know_Your_Rabbit" title="Get to Know Your Rabbit">Get to Know Your Rabbit</a></i>. He also played a banker in <i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Bears_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Bears (film)">Silver Bears</a></i>. He later portrayed Reverend Spike in <i><a href="/wiki/Serial_(1980_film)" title="Serial (1980 film)">Serial</a></i> (1980). </p><p>In 1973, he voiced Ted E. Bear (Theodore Edward Bear) in the <a href="/wiki/DePatie%E2%80%93Freleng_Enterprises" title="DePatie–Freleng Enterprises">DePatie-Freleng</a> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> animated Christmas special <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bear_Who_Slept_Through_Christmas" title="The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas">The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas</a></i>. Ten years later, he voiced Ted E. Bear again for its <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a> sequel <i>The Great Bear Scare</i>. </p><p>In 1980, Smothers starred in the film <i><a href="/wiki/There_Goes_the_Bride_(1980_film)" title="There Goes the Bride (1980 film)">There Goes the Bride</a></i>. In 1982, he played with an ensemble cast in <i><a href="/wiki/Pandemonium_(1982_film)" title="Pandemonium (1982 film)">Pandemonium</a></i> in which he was a brave <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police" title="Royal Canadian Mounted Police">Canadian Mountie</a> chasing down a serial killer at a cheerleader camp. In 1983 he appeared in an episode of the UK TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_Unexpected_(TV_series)" title="Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)">Tales of the Unexpected</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also voiced one of the characters in the cartoon Christmas movie <i>Precious Moments: Timmy's Special Delivery</i> in 1993. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_work">Later work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Smothers&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom-smothers-2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Tom-smothers-2011.jpg/200px-Tom-smothers-2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Tom-smothers-2011.jpg/300px-Tom-smothers-2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Tom-smothers-2011.jpg/400px-Tom-smothers-2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1138" data-file-height="1812" /></a><figcaption>Smothers in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>The Smothers Brothers hosted the NBC sketch comedy show <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i> in 1982, with a parody of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show" title="The Tonight Show">The Tonight Show</a></i> as its opening sketch, with Tom playing Johnny Carson, interviewing Dick. The sketch derailed after Tom (in character as Johnny) tried to goad Dick into talking more about Tom. </p><p>During the 1980s and 1990s, the brothers turned to television commercials, filming spots for <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Fried_Chicken" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky Fried Chicken">Kentucky Fried Chicken</a> and <a href="/wiki/Planters" title="Planters">Planters</a> peanuts, in which Tom invoked his famous line, "Mom always did like you best!". Tom made a solo endorsement for <a href="/wiki/Cheetos" title="Cheetos">Cheetos</a>. </p><p>In 2007, Tom and Dick Smothers filmed a series of 30-second commercials and promotional spots for the <a href="/wiki/River_Rock_Casino" class="mw-redirect" title="River Rock Casino">River Rock Casino</a> in <a href="/wiki/Geyserville,_California" title="Geyserville, California">Geyserville, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To augment their act in recent years, "Yo-Yo Man" became part of their shows. Tom Smothers had created the mostly non-speaking character in the late 1960s, a comedic performer of tricks using a <a href="/wiki/Yo-yo" title="Yo-yo">yo-yo</a>. The term "Yo-Yo Man" is registered in his name.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their 2008 tour, Yo-Yo Man was listed as the group's opening act. </p><p>In 2008, during the 60th Primetime <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy Awards</a>, Smothers was awarded a special Emmy. In 1969, when he was head writer of <i>The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour</i>, the writing staff was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedic Series. Smothers had refused to let his name be on the list of writers nominated for the Emmy because he felt his name was too contentious. The award at the 2008 ceremony was presented by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a>, one of the writers who originally won the award.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2009, Tom and Dick both guest starred in <a href="/wiki/O_Brother,_Where_Bart_Thou%3F" title="O Brother, Where Bart Thou?">a 21st-season episode</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> that also featured <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Manning" title="Cooper Manning">Cooper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eli_Manning" title="Eli Manning">Eli Manning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Smothers Brothers announced in May 2010 that their shows at <a href="/wiki/The_Orleans" title="The Orleans">The Orleans</a> near Las Vegas would be "farewell performances" marking their retirement from touring.<sup id="cite_ref-Friess_2010_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friess_2010-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Corbin_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corbin-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 6, 2011, the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a>'s Sonoma County chapter honored Smothers with its Jack Green Civil Liberties Award for his work against television censorship and for speaking out for peace and civil liberties.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tom and Dick Smothers reunited in 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of <i>The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour's</i> abrupt cancellation.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 11, 2022, in an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/CBS_News_Sunday_Morning" title="CBS News Sunday Morning">CBS News Sunday Morning</a></i>, the brothers announced they would go on tour in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Smothers&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smothers was the owner of <a href="/wiki/Remick_Ridge_Vineyards" title="Remick Ridge Vineyards">Remick Ridge Vineyards</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sonoma_County,_California" title="Sonoma County, California">Sonoma County, California</a>, which he established in 1977 and sold in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smothers and his wife, Marcy Carriker, have two children, Bo (born 1991) and Riley Rose (born 1996). He also had a son from his first marriage, Thomas Bolyn Smothers IV (Tom Jr.),<sup id="cite_ref-SB_Bio_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SB_Bio-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who died in April 2023; and one grandson, Phoenix Parrish-Smothers.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tom and Dick had a sister, Sherry, born in September 1941 in <a href="/wiki/Pasadena,_California" title="Pasadena, California">Pasadena, California</a>; she died in April 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, Smothers announced he had been diagnosed with stage two <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died from the disease at his home in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_California" title="Santa Rosa, California">Santa Rosa, California</a>, on December 26, 2023, at age 86.<sup id="cite_ref-Grimes_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grimes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Smothers&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_celebrities_who_own_wineries_and_vineyards" title="List of celebrities who own wineries and 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