Friday, August 15, 2008

Kevin Gallagher interviews Dick Smothers

7:00 p.m. - Kevin Gallagher Kevin rebroadcasts his interview with Dick Smothers of the Smothers Brothers Folk/Comedy duo. We discuss the Pete Seeger incident, when he sang "waist Deep in the Big Muddy" on prime time television. This thinly veiled critique of the Johnson administrations escalation of the Vietnam war, was a contributing factor in the cancelation of their comedy hour by CBS. This song and Pete's and the brothers defiance of the censors is a unique piece of television history. Technorati tags: ,