Tom Smothers on 'Hair', social controversy and comedy
KTVU news footage from June 4th 1969 with Claud Mann featuring scenes from a press conference with comedian Tom Smothers, who discusses the opening of the "revolutionary rock love musical" 'Hair' by ACT at San Francisco's Geary Theater, scheduled for August 29th. He reflects on how the so called controversial scenes might actually be considered "tame" by San Francisco audiences and also talks about social and political comedy, sharing plans for new Smothers Brothers comedy specials. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
Tags: comedy, hair, ktvu 45-2, musicals, political comedy, smothers brothers, social comedy, tom smothers, william ball
Added to Bay Area Television Archive on August 5, 2016.
Related Items
Comments
Add comment
Information
- Originally aired on: KTVU
- Date aired: 6/4/1969
- Recording medium: 16mm color magnetic sound film
- Rights for this video belong to: Fox Television Stations, LLC/KTVU
- Duration: 3:40
- Type of material: local newsfilm
Content
- KTVU 45-2.mp4 (61.29 MB – MPEG4 video)
- KTVU 45-2-still.jpg (108.20 KB – JPEG image)
Statistics
- Views: 576 (576 for this version)
Version history
- Current version
- Update by Alex Cherian over a year ago
- Initial upload.
- Update by Alex Cherian over a year ago