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Smothers Brothers' show is still funny and pointed

Tom Smothers got a standing ovation at the recent Emmy Awards when he took the stage to accept a statue he'd been due 40 years for helping write CBS' controversial 1968 winner "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour."

Smothers then got a huge hand for saying, "I dedicate this Emmy to all the people who feel compelled to speak out and who are not afraid to speak truth to power and won't shut up...

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