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Dangerously Funny

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Comedy
A dive into an incredible moment in comedy, culture, and politics when Tom and Dick Smothers challenged CBS censors, Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, and ultimately each other. The duo did so via their comedy variety show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, which in its two-year run on CBS, made a major impact with its political satire. The Smothers Brothers used the program as a platform to critique the Vietnam War and tackle other hot topics, coming into conflict with censors, who demanded cuts or last-minute edits to jokes, and fighting management to keep their material intact.

Producer

Brian Grazer

Writer

Elizabeth Kruger

Writer

Craig Shapiro

Producer

Craig Shapiro

Producer

Elizabeth Kruger

Producer

Dan Patterson

vietnam war sibling relationship based on true story political satire censorship television history 1960s biographical comedy

Status

Planned

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Imagine Entertainment
  • Good Walk Entertainment