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Introduction
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Chapter 1
The Birth of the Smothers Brothers (and the Smothers Sister)
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Chapter 2
The Smothers Brothers-All Three of Them-Take the Stage
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Chapter 3
Tom and Dick Shoot for Paar
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Chapter 4
The Smothers Brothers, on the Record
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Chapter 5
"High Noon on the Ponderosa"
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Chapter 6
Revolution in a Shoe Box
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Chapter 7
And So It Begins: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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Chapter 8
Testing the CBS Censors-the First Encounters
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Chapter 9
From Hit Status to Elaine May Not
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Chapter 10
Becoming More Creative, and More Substantive
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Chapter 11
Homegrown Talent: Pat Paulsen, Leigh French, Mason Williams
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Chapter 12
Season Two: Breaking the Blacklist of Pete Seeger
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Chapter 13
The Who Explodes
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Chapter 14
The Generation Gap Widens, Even on TV
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Chapter 15
Wading Back into "The Big Muddy"
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Chapter 16
"Classical Gas"
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Chapter 17
The Summer Brothers Smothers Show
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Chapter 18
Season Three: "We're Still Here"
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Chapter 19
Meet the Beatles-This Time on Comedy Hour
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Chapter 20
Pat Paulsen for President
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Chapter 21
David Steinberg Finds Religion
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Chapter 22
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
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Chapter 23
Beeping Censors Lurking in-the Wings
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Chapter 24
Classics and Controversies
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Chapter 25
Fired, Not Canceled
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Chapter 26
The Aftermath, the Bed-in, and the Trial
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Chapter 27
After the Fall, and Couples Therapy
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Chapter 28
The Smothers Brothers Legacy
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Acknowledgments
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Bibliography
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Index
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