SMOTHERS BROTHERS (TOM SMOTHERS) - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 190700

THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS: TOM SMOTHERS. Photograph signed: "Tom/Smothers". B/w, 9¼x8 overall, image 9¼x7 (one surface). Publicity photograph for the 1972 comedy, Get to Know Your Rabbit, which starred Smothers as Donald Beeman. ©1971, Warner Bros. Inc. Captioned at lower margin: "GROUPIE, played by Katharine Ross, has a thing for tap-dancing magician (TOM SMOTHERS) in the zany new comedy from Warner Bros., 'Get To Know Your Rabbit.' Technicolor film, directed by Brian De Palma for producers Steven Bernhardt and Paul Gaer, also stars John Astin and Orson Welles." TOM SMOTHERS (1937-2023) and his younger brother, DICK SMOTHERS (born in 1939), first appeared professionally at the Purple Onion in San Francisco in 1959, and they made their first national television appearance on The Jack Paar Show in 1961. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hourwas televised on CBS from 1967 until, after numerous censorship battles, they were cancelled in 1969. They revived the show in 1988, and the new version of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ran until 1989. Tom and Dick have appeared, both together and separately, in feature films and made-for-TV movies and made guest starring appearances on TV series. Tom has appeared on multiple episodes of such TV series as Love, American Style, The Love Boat and Suddenly Susan. The Smothers Brothers, who hold the record for longevity for a comedy duo, still tour across the nation. Lightly creased at lower margin. Surface creased (most not evident head on). Lightly worn at left and upper edges. Overall, fine condition.