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Baby Boomers

canoeist52

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1. Remember it very well. I wish there was something as political as that like it today.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:39 PM

Mar 2012

The Daily Show and Colbert come close, but try to balance it too much. Smothers Bros. were definitely cutting-edge liberals.
Dang, now the theme song, which I didn't know I still knew, is stuck in my head.

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Remember this show, Boomers????? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 OP

Remember it very well. I wish there was something as political as that like it today. canoeist52 Mar 2012 #1

Do you remember Mason Williams? schmice Sep 2012 #2

Name is familiar.... dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #3

"Classical Gas" + also a writer on the Smothers Brothers Show. schmice Sep 2012 #4

ahhh! I knew Classical Gas but not that he was a writer. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #6

He lives in Oregon--impressive resume, he has. MADem Feb 2013 #15

Classical Gas is awesome... haikugal Feb 2013 #14

I remember it well. SheilaT Sep 2012 #5

pat paulsen johnsolaris Oct 2012 #7

Thanks for that tidbit about Williams. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2012 #8

mason website johnsolaris Oct 2012 #9

On the bookshelf right by me HeiressofBickworth Oct 2012 #10

Boomers skiptaylor Oct 2012 #11

Oh yeah - codjh9 Nov 2012 #12

Let's not forget John Hartford BarbaRosa Jan 2013 #13

I remember Bonanza - Lorne Greene, Little Joe, Hoss . . . ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #16

Ask me about test patterns on tv dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #17

That boring looking dart board (we only had a b/w TV) ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #18