SMOTHERS BROTHERS (TOM SMOTHERS) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/19/1969 - HFSID 102599

THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS: TOM SMOTHERS. TLS: "Tom", 1p, 8½x11. No place, 1969 November 19. On stationery imprinted with his name to actor Eddie Albert, Pacific Palisades, California. Begins: "Dear Eddie". In full: "Many young Californians have responded to the enclosed ad [not present] by volunteering to get signatures on the INVOLVE petitions. The movement, as the ad indicates, has enthusiastic, bi-partisan support. What it needs now is enthusiastic financial support. There are many serious, responsible young people anxious to be involved in the affairs of their state and nation. The gift of your name and loot would be of immense help! Many of us have given verbal support on this issue for sometime. Now is the time to put our money where our mouth is and help. Won't you please cut out the attached coupon [not present] and send your check today, payable to INVOLVE, F. A. Heim, Treasurer? Peace...." In the year he signed this letter, Smothers appeared on an episode of TV's, Love, American Style. 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. Best known for his role as city slicker turned farmer Oliver Douglas on TV's Green Acres (1965-1971) with Eva Gabor as his wife, EDDIE ALBERT (1906-2005) had made his movie debut in Brother Rat in 1938; his costars included Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 1953 (Roman Holiday) and 1972 (The Heartbreak Kid), Albert's film career included Airport '79, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Longest Yard, Captain Newman, M.D., The Longest Day, The Sun Also Rises, The Teahouse of the August Moon, Oklahoma!, You're in the Navy Now and Hit Parade of 1947. Worthy of further research. Lightly creased with folds, light horizontal fold through signature. Slightly soiled left blank margin. Fine condition.