The Smothers Brothers: Forcing The Establishment To Bend
Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 17 June 1967
WHILE THE love-ins, be-ins, chiquita stickers and protest marchers give the Establishment an inkling of what the younger generation thinks, feels and hopes to change, the two Smothers Brothers hit hard into millions of homes each week, pulling the wool from sensitive adult eyes.
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