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Happy Smothers Day -- Again!

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Expect to see this blog entry headline more and more this month, because my book manuscript on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is due at the end of the month.

Please be patient, and picture me toiling away, like Bartleby the Scrivener, buried by piles of videotapes, books, articles, audiotapes, transcripts, notes and depositions. Every so often, when I'm on a roll, it's either impossible or unwise to stop. So here it is, another Smothers Day holiday.

I'll always do BEST BETS, but occasional breaks from the blog will help. And every day I pull this stunt, I'll post a new photo or other goodie, just to say thanks for your patience. Today's picture shows Tom and Dick appearing on The Jack Benny Program, before getting their own series...

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I love the image of you as Bartleby...good luck with the work on the book.

Comment posted on November 10, 2008 1:38 PM

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David Bianculli

Behind David in the picture is the first TV owned by his father, Virgil Bianculli, a 1946 Raytheon. (The TV, not his father. His father was a 1923 Italian.)

David Bianculli has been a TV critic since 1975, including a 14-year stint at the New York Daily News, and sees no reason to stop now. Currently, he's TV critic for NPR's Fresh Air, occasional substitute host for that show's Terry Gross, and teaches TV and film history at New Jersey's Rowan University. His most recent book is 2009's Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,' and he's at work on another.

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