Tom Smothers
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Oct 5, 2026
Lee HabeebHOST
Let's pick up where we last left off with our own Greg Hengler.
Greg HenglerCORRESPONDENT
Here's the former producer for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Stan Irwin, former William Morris agent Ed Summerfield, and comedians Tommy Smothers and Rob Schneider.
Stan IrwinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jack Roy was also known as Mad Jack.
Stan IrwinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Mad Jack comes from his attitude.
Mike RobertsonHOST
couple.
Mike RobertsonHOST
It happened a couple of weeks ago with the Tommy Smothers.
Mike RobertsonHOST
Thanks.
Mike RobertsonHOST
The woman's a plant.
John Henry SotoHOST
You know, very over the top and, you know, ooh, hmm.
John Henry SotoHOST
But he, like, does an actual... [laughs] You know who, who also did, uh, Tommy Smothers?
George BatistaHOST
Oh, the Smothers Brothers, yeah.
John Henry SotoHOST
If you ever go on YouTube, type in Tommy Smothers Johnny Carson, and he does a whole thing where he gets out and he, they introduce him, like, they're sitting on the cou- on the couch, and then he goes out and they say, "Ladies and gentlemen," you know, and Ed McMahon is like, "Here's Johnny," and he comes out as Johnny, and he's like...
George BatistaHOST
[laughs]
John Henry SotoHOST
Like, he does the whole thing, and everybody's on the floor.
John Henry SotoHOST
You know, very over the top and, you know, ooh, hmm.
John Henry SotoHOST
But he, like, does an actual... [laughs] You know who, who also did, uh, Tommy Smothers?
George BatistaHOST
Oh, the Smothers Brothers, yeah.
John Henry SotoHOST
If you ever go on YouTube, type in Tommy Smothers, Johnny Carson, and he does a whole thing where he gets out, and he, they introduce him, like, they're sitting on the co- on the couch, and then he goes out, and they say, "Ladies and gentlemen," you know, and Ed McMahon is like, "Here's Johnny." And he comes out as Johnny, and he's like...
George BatistaHOST
[laughs]
John Henry SotoHOST
Like, he does the whole thing, and everybody's on the floor.
Jim RomeHOST
And then later in the game, I mean, I know he got hyped up, and it was an absolute dime, but a piss missile? Is this the new Brady evolution in the booth? Like, he's just going to go blue and just start saying crazy things that nobody else can get away with saying on TV.
Jim RomeHOST
Like, is that Tommy Brady? Or is that Tommy Smothers up in that booth? Take your S-bombs and your rock the babies and your piss missiles and you're around the moon and get out of here.
Charles BarkleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We're up at Pebble Beach and Clay Walker, you know, my buddy, a country singer.
Charles BarkleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
On Friday night, we do this nice little thing for the volunteers.
Charles BarkleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They loved it.
Charles BarkleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They wanted us to come back.
Charles BarkleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Tommy Smothers comes in.
Charles BarkleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I don't even know who Tommy Smothers is.
Jim RomeHOST
And then later in the game, I mean, I know he got hyped up, and it was an absolute dime, but a piss missile? Is this the new Brady evolution in the booth? Like, he's just going to go blue and just start saying crazy things that nobody else can get away with saying on TV.
Jim RomeHOST
Like, is that Tommy Brady? Or is that Tommy Smothers up in that booth? Take your S-bombs and your rock the babies and your piss missiles and you're around the moon and get out of here.
Jim RomeHOST
We're up at Pebble Beach and Clay Walker, you know, my buddy, a country singer.
Jim RomeHOST
On Friday night, we do this nice little thing for the volunteers.
Jim RomeHOST
They loved it.
Jim RomeHOST
They wanted us to come back.
Jim RomeHOST
And Tommy Smothers comes in.
Jim RomeHOST
I don't even know who Tommy Smothers is.
Alec BaldwinGUEST
The Smothers Brothers hour was a comedy hour, something like that.
Alec BaldwinGUEST
But Dick Smothers and Tom Smothers.
Alec BaldwinGUEST
Dick Smothers was the sharper, more kind of jagged one.
Alec BaldwinGUEST
And Tom Smothers played like he'd been in a car accident and crashed his head open.
Alec BaldwinGUEST
He played this really, really,
Jordan JensenHOST
you
Cody TinsleyHOST
So just a real bunch of great guys.
Cody TinsleyHOST
Despite having already been renewed for a fourth season, CBS fired the Smothers for an alleged breach of contract claiming that they delivered a tape too late, which Tom Smothers said that he would do so that they wouldn't censor it to shreds.
Cody TinsleyHOST
TV Guide, which had previously published support for the duo, then published an article entitled Smothers Out, A Wise Decision.
Cody TinsleyHOST
The owner of TV Guide, Walter Annenberg, was at the time seeking and received the ambassadorship to the UK from President Nixon.