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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 4 Feb 2017

    Nostalgia from my early adolescence: The square but subversive Smothers Brothershttps://nyti.ms/2kyus6B 

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      1. DOB1234‏ @DOB1234 4 Feb 2017
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        Back when young people believed in freedom of speech.

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      1. Fabulous Abominable Hugman‏ @HondaGuy4 5 Feb 2017
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        I was like 11 years old when this show was on, I remember it. This show and Laugh-In as well.

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      1. Mike Wise‏ @buckroemike 4 Feb 2017
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        and now we've all fallen into a vat of chocolate!

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      1. Jim Austin‏ @JimAustin45 4 Feb 2017
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        I remember. Smothers Brothers launched their own leftist propaganda hour. Network news does that now.

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      1. Kyle Sitton‏ @kmfs1 4 Feb 2017
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        I was in an elevator with them both in Tulsa. I was about 6 and too shy to say anything to them.

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      1. Lex RN  🌷‏ @lexi203 4 Feb 2017
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        one tv and I took it over for them to the chagrin of my dad, he hated them. Our politics were at odds from age 12 🙂

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      1. Jon Luning‏ @jonluning 4 Feb 2017
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        As a child, discovered and listened to my parents' subversive Smothers Brothers and Kingston Trio records. #SuburbanRadicals

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      1. Suzanne Stout Parcel‏ @StoutParcel 4 Feb 2017
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        Public Broadcasting aired an interesting documentary about them.

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      1. foundpoem‏ @foundpoem1 4 Feb 2017
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        Never missed a show.

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      1. Terry M‏ @tmannet 4 Feb 2017
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        I recall this from childhood...my dad loved their skit "looking up into the air trick." Never realized how cutting-edge it was-

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