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Dan Lambskin said:
Just heard someone say The Smothers Brothers were pretty cool for their day
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They fought the man, had cool music guests and introduced Super Dave. Yeah, they were pretty cool.

History[SIZE=small][edit][/SIZE]The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour started out as only a slightly "hip" version of the typical comedy-variety show of its era, but rapidly evolved into a show that extended the boundaries of what was considered permissible in television satire.[6][7] While the Smothers themselves were at the forefront of these efforts, credit also goes to the roster of writers and regular performers they brought to the show, including Steve Martin, Don Novello ("Father Guido Sarducci"), Rob Reiner, Presidential candidate Pat Paulsen, Bob Einstein ("Super Dave Osborne", "Marty Funkhouser", and "Officer Judy"), Einstein's brother, Albert (who works professionally as Albert Brooks), and resident hippie Leigh French ("Share a Little Tea with Goldie"). The show also introduced audiences to pop singer Jennifer Warnes (originally billed as Jennifer Warren or simply Jennifer), who was a regular on the series. The television premiere of Mason Williams' hit record, Classical Gas, took place on the show; Williams was also the head writer for the series.

Musical guests[SIZE=small][edit][/SIZE]The series showcased new musical artists that other comedy-variety shows rarely gave airtime, due to the nature of their music or their political affiliations.[citation needed]George Harrison, Joan Baez, Buffalo Springfield, Cass Elliot, Harry Belafonte, Cream, Donovan, The Doors, Janis Ian, Jefferson Airplane, Peter, Paul and Mary, Spanky and Our Gang, Ringo Starr, Steppenwolf, Simon and Garfunkel, The Who and evenPete Seeger were showcased on the show, despite the advertiser-sensitive nature of their music.

Seeger's appearance was his first appearance on network television since being blacklisted in the 1950s; it became controversial because of his song choice: Waist Deep in the Big Muddy, an anti-war song that the network considered to be an insult to Lyndon Johnson and his Vietnam War policy. The song was censored on Seeger's first appearance but permitted on a later appearance.[8]

In 1968, the show broadcast in successive weeks "music videos" (not called that at the time) for The Beatles' popular songs Hey Jude and Revolution. Before a rowdy crowd at the Los Angeles Forum, Jimi Hendrixdedicated I Don't Live Today to the Smothers Brothers, as heard on The Jimi Hendrix Box Set.

The Who incident[SIZE=small][edit][/SIZE]The performance by The Who in 1967 was another defining moment in the series; as the group often did during that period, The Who destroyed their instruments at the conclusion of their performance of "My Generation", with the usual addition of mild explosives for light pyrotechnic effect. The piece would end with guitarist Pete Townshend grabbing Tommy's guitar and smashing it. On the Smothers Brothers show that night, a small amount of explosive was put into the small cannon that Keith Moon kept in his bass drum. But it didn't go off during the rehearsal. Unbeknownst to Moon, a stage hand had added another explosive before the taping, and later Moon added another charge so that now there were three explosive charges in the cannon instead of one.[9] When Moon detonated it, the explosion was so intense that a piece of cymbal shrapnel cut into Moon's arm; Moon is heard moaning in pain toward the end of the piece. Townshend, who had been in front of Moon's drums at the time, had his hair singed by the blast; he is seen putting out sparks in his hair before finishing the sketch with a visibly shocked Tommy Smothers. Allegedly, the blast contributed heavily to Townshend's long-term hearing loss.[citation needed]

Controversies and cancellation[SIZE=small][edit][/SIZE]With the focus of the show having evolved toward a more youth-oriented one,[10] the show became both popular and controversial. Three specific targets of satire — racism, the President of the United States, and the Vietnam War—would wind up defining the show's content for the remainder of its run, and eventually lead to its demise.[11]

The Brothers soon found themselves in regular conflicts with CBS' network censors. At the start of the 1968/69 season, the network ordered that the Smothers deliver their shows finished and ready to air ten days before airdate so that the censors could edit the shows as necessary. In the season premiere, CBS deleted the entire segment of Belafonte singing "Lord, Don't Stop the Carnival" against a backdrop of the havoc during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, along with two lines from a satire of their main competitor, Bonanza. As the year progressed, battles over content continued, including a David Steinberg sermon about Moses and the Burning Bush.

With some local stations making their own deletions of controversial skits or comments, the continuing problems over the show reached a boiling point after CBS showed a rerun on March 9, 1969. The network explained the decision by stating that because that week's episode did not arrive in time to be previewed, it would not be shown. In that program, Joan Baez paid tribute to her then-husband, David Harris, who was entering jail after refusing military service, while comedian Jackie Mason made a joke about children "playing doctor." When the show finally did air, two months later, the network allowed Baez to state that her husband was in prison, but edited out the reason.

Despite the conflict, the show was picked up for the 1969-70 season on March 14, seemingly ending the debate over the show's status. However, network CEO and President, William S. Paley, abruptly canceled the show on April 4, 1969. The reason given by CBS was based on the Smothers' refusal to meet the pre-air delivery dates as specified by the network in order to accommodate review by the censors before airing. This cancellation led the Brothers to file a successful breach of contract suit against the network, although the suit failed to see the Brothers or their show returned to the air.[12] Despite this cancellation, the show went on to win the Emmy Award that year for best writing. The saga of the cancellation of the show is the subject of a 2002 documentary film, Smothered.[13]

 
-fish- said:
Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between professionals and scammers on dating sites, so it can be fun to throw out a quick message to see what you get back.

Thanks that have answered my message. My name Anastasiya. To me of 29 years. I the sociable and cheerful person. But my life is similar tothe night sky without stars. As in my life there is no the most important, love. In searches of the man of all my life, I have come on a

site match.com. It seems to me to communicate through letters, very romantically and as it allows to learn much better the person before a

meeting. I already communicated through the Internet, but it has not crowned success as men asked to send them my naked photos, for me it

was first attribute of their frivolous attitude. And consequently I have stopped dialogue with them. I think, that you will agree with me

that the decent girl not when will not send similar photos on e mail. I the rectilinear and fair person, I search only for serious

attitudes, only the present feelings. I think what to construct attitudes, it not a simple problem and if you are ready to it I shall be

glad to continue dialogue with you. If for you, it is simple entertainment, I do not see sense to continue our correspondence. I apologize,

if I something have offended you. But at there is no time for games. I wait your answer! Anastasiya.
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So, Studs has a Russkie sister?

 
Many Years ago around 1977 I was standing on the front porch of my mom's house. I heard a loud swooshing sound and I looked up. It was around 8:OO in the morning and a crystal clear day. The sun was to the east of me and I was facing south. I looked up and flying directly over me was a huge pterodactyl. My oldest son who was around 4 at the time saw it also. It was such a clear beautiful day and it was an awesome sight. I live in the Mojave Desert and there was absolutely nothing obstructing my view. I called for my mom to come out but by the time that she got there it was too far away for her to make it out.

Of course everyone thought that I'd lost my mind and certainly no one believed me. It was a tannish color and had wings like a bat. I would say that it's wing span was approximately 14 feet. It was flying (at a guess) about as high as 1 1/2 telephone poles. It was quite large. The thing that puzzled me was after seeing pictures in books, these birds don't seem to have a tail but this one had what appeared to be a long bony type tail behind it. Around 10 years later I heard a story of someone being on the El Mirage dry lake and seeing the same thing. Of course, no one believes them either. I wasn't crazy and I know what I saw and I loved it. It was great and I'd like to see it again but this time holding a camera in my hand.

 
Limp Ditka said:
Albert Brooks and SuperDave are bros?

Did not know that
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Real last name is Einstein. That's right...Albert Einstein.

Cool story...

Brooks attended Beverly Hills High School with Joey Bishop’s son Larry and Carl Reiner’s son Rob, both who are actors and directors. He spent many days at the Reiner residence entertaining Carl and Rob, leading Carl to one day tell “Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson that the two funniest people he knew were Mel Brooks and his son’s high school friend “Albert Einstein.”
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I just searched "flaccid penis fetish" on Google. :bag: Definitely went Incognito mode for that one.

I found one entry that predates the Reddit that Officer Pete referenced. It doesn't relate to self attraction, but is still full of win. It is from the Bodybuilding.com forum, which I have previously noted contains an average poster IQ even lower than the Better Call Saul thread.

Flaccid Fetish --- Need Help!Hello guys I need advice. I met a girl off of craigs list and we are pretty compatible. The thing is she has a flacid penis fetish, where she can only derive sexual pleasure if my penis is flacid. So I was hoping to get tips from you guys how to stay flacid during penetration all the way to completion, please no trolls.
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RedmondLonghorn said:
I just searched "flaccid penis fetish" on Google. :bag: Definitely went Incognito mode for that one.

I found one entry that predates the Reddit that Officer Pete referenced. It doesn't relate to self attraction, but is still full of win. It is from the Bodybuilding.com forum, which I have previously noted contains an average poster IQ even lower than the Better Call Saul thread.

Flaccid Fetish --- Need Help!

Hello guys I need advice. I met a girl off of craigs list and we are pretty compatible. The thing is she has a flacid penis fetish, where she can only derive sexual pleasure if my penis is flacid. So I was hoping to get tips from you guys how to stay flacid during penetration all the way to completion, please no trolls.
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Where's this girl been all my life?

 
I was just piling through receipts and the dog is looking at me funny like I don't deserve the powers that the remote control I hope to find will give me. Catching up.

 
Officer Pete Malloy said:
shuke said:
Just a horrible week at work so far. Being pulled in so many directions and can't get anything done. Dropped the F bomb in multiple conversations this morning and abruptly hung up on a conference call because two people kept arguing the same point back and forth with each other. I told them I didn't want to hear it any more and had better things to do.

I can't wait to start drinking at noon tomorrow.
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Sucks for sure.

I love hanging up on people though. One of life's most underrated pleasures.
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"Do you have a closet?"

Hanging up on people isn't the same on a cellphone. Nothing better than slamming a receiver down in the cradle.

 
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So we signed my daughter up for tee ball and got the email yesterday that practices start next week. As I read the email, I happened to notice that instead of sending it with all the parents BCC'd, the coach sent it with everyone's emails included. Wasn't all that thrilled with having my email given out to 30 other people.

But then I noticed a reply in my Inbox. I assumed it was from a parent of a kid that my daughter knew and they saw my email and responded to me or something.

Nope. Some daffy mom hit "reply all" to let the coach know that her kid couldn't make the 2nd week of practice because the mom was going to be in a wedding. Oh, and she couldn't make the first seek of practice because she would be at the bachelorette party. She then went on for an entire paragraph talking about how much fun the bachelorette party was going to be and how much she was looking forward to "getting away with the girls".

I can't imagine how tanked she had to be at 1 in the afternoon to have sent that mess of an email to everyone.

So long story short, I ended up glad the coach didn't use BCC for the email.

 
Just heard someone say The Smothers Brothers were pretty cool for their day
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"There Goes the Bride" sez differently. Well, at least about Tom.

Actually, upon reflection, I suppose it doesn't say anything about whether he was cool or not. It just says something about whether he was very funny(He wasn't).

 
shuke said:
Anyone remember that Bizzare show that had Super Dave on it?
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I do not. But I see it below.

When I first read your post, I thought you might have just randomly capitalized bizarre and assumed it was an adjective rather than the name of the show. I apologize. This is what working with morons does to me...

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GroveDiesel said:
So we signed my daughter up for tee ball and got the email yesterday that practices start next week. As I read the email, I happened to notice that instead of sending it with all the parents BCC'd, the coach sent it with everyone's emails included. Wasn't all that thrilled with having my email given out to 30 other people.

But then I noticed a reply in my Inbox. I assumed it was from a parent of a kid that my daughter knew and they saw my email and responded to me or something.

Nope. Some daffy mom hit "reply all" to let the coach know that her kid couldn't make the 2nd week of practice because the mom was going to be in a wedding. Oh, and she couldn't make the first seek of practice because she would be at the bachelorette party. She then went on for an entire paragraph talking about how much fun the bachelorette party was going to be and how much she was looking forward to "getting away with the girls".

I can't imagine how tanked she had to be at 1 in the afternoon to have sent that mess of an email to everyone.

So long story short, I ended up glad the coach didn't use BCC for the email.
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My life.

So I take Mrs. GD is signed up for the class and school and extracurricular activity emails? Because I get emails sent in the clear and dumbasses replying to all every day. For years.

/singledadrant

 
BobbyLayne said:
GroveDiesel said:
So we signed my daughter up for tee ball and got the email yesterday that practices start next week. As I read the email, I happened to notice that instead of sending it with all the parents BCC'd, the coach sent it with everyone's emails included. Wasn't all that thrilled with having my email given out to 30 other people.

But then I noticed a reply in my Inbox. I assumed it was from a parent of a kid that my daughter knew and they saw my email and responded to me or something.

Nope. Some daffy mom hit "reply all" to let the coach know that her kid couldn't make the 2nd week of practice because the mom was going to be in a wedding. Oh, and she couldn't make the first seek of practice because she would be at the bachelorette party. She then went on for an entire paragraph talking about how much fun the bachelorette party was going to be and how much she was looking forward to "getting away with the girls".

I can't imagine how tanked she had to be at 1 in the afternoon to have sent that mess of an email to everyone.

So long story short, I ended up glad the coach didn't use BCC for the email.
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My life.

So I take Mrs. GD is signed up for the class and school and extracurricular activity emails? Because I get emails sent in the clear and dumbasses replying to all every day. For years.

/singledadrant
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No, I get those too, but daughter's school/class use mass email systems so reply all isn't a concern. They actually do things right.

 
GroveDiesel said:
BobbyLayne said:
GroveDiesel said:
So we signed my daughter up for tee ball and got the email yesterday that practices start next week. As I read the email, I happened to notice that instead of sending it with all the parents BCC'd, the coach sent it with everyone's emails included. Wasn't all that thrilled with having my email given out to 30 other people.

But then I noticed a reply in my Inbox. I assumed it was from a parent of a kid that my daughter knew and they saw my email and responded to me or something.

Nope. Some daffy mom hit "reply all" to let the coach know that her kid couldn't make the 2nd week of practice because the mom was going to be in a wedding. Oh, and she couldn't make the first seek of practice because she would be at the bachelorette party. She then went on for an entire paragraph talking about how much fun the bachelorette party was going to be and how much she was looking forward to "getting away with the girls".

I can't imagine how tanked she had to be at 1 in the afternoon to have sent that mess of an email to everyone.

So long story short, I ended up glad the coach didn't use BCC for the email.
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My life.

So I take Mrs. GD is signed up for the class and school and extracurricular activity emails? Because I get emails sent in the clear and dumbasses replying to all every day. For years.

/singledadrant
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No, I get those too, but daughter's school/class use mass email systems so reply all isn't a concern. They actually do things right.
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I guess the public school, afterschool and ballet school get it right. Smaller organizations & individuals tend not to (piano, Mandarin, jazz choir). But the "Class Parents" are the worst. 2-3 moms volunteer every year to run an email/newsletter on behalf of the teacher. The class directory of parents is always a cluster. Same group needed one volunteer for cooking class - that's like 8-10 emails to work it out, including a couple REPLY TO ALLs "I can't do it".

 
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