In 2010, I was a guest at Tom Smothers’ table when he and his brother Dick were inducted into the TV Hall of Fame. I’d been a writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour reboot in the late ‘80s and watched as Rob Reiner, one of the writers from the original show, which aired in the late ’60s, moved to the podium.
Reiner had been hired as a writer for the brothers at the age of 21. The gig didn’t last long. The original show’s run was cut short when the brothers spoke out against racism and the Vietnam War, and CBS fired them after three seasons. Still, the show had a lasting impression on Reiner.
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