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They ought to put an amendment to the First Amendment that says there shall also be freedom of hearing.

~Tom Smothers

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We were against the war in Vietnam and for voter registration and social issues. Everybody has their choices, and the obligation of a comedian is first to entertain. And if you're so inclined, and you have some bigger thought, make sure you express it, because that's a gift.

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Every day I think, 'Gosh, I wish I could be like George Carlin, Bill Maher: I want that edge.' But every time I start to get that edgy thing, I get kind of mean.

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So it - we have one enduring, uh, idea that will always live on with the Smothers Brothers, that 'Mom always liked you best.' We're the universal, uh, feeling that every child, every sibling has had somewhere along the line. Or, 'Who did she like best?' And that became kind of a little mantra.

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If you're ahead of your time, who's going to listen? If you're behind the times, it's boring.

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I wanted to be in show business, and I was funny.

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Our mother was so public - we always talked about her. But with her passing, all of a sudden we don't even want to talk about her.

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We weren't radical chic. Jane Fonda embarrassed me. We belonged to no political parties. Basically, we were vaudevillians.

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I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me.

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No comedian's wife thinks he's funny. The first few years of the marriage, maybe. I was funny as hell the first couple of years.

~Tom Smothers

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: February 2nd, 1937

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