1975 · Burbank, CA
by Tom Smothers, Dick Smothers, Florence Henderson, David Gates (starring); Bob Einstein (screenwriter, starring); John Hartford, Mickey Rose, Mason Williams (screenwriters)
Burbank, CA: NBC, 1975. Final Draft script for the twelfth episode of the thirteen episode 1975 comedy and variety show television series, SIGNED on the front wrapper, "Tom & Dick," by Tom and Dick Smothers, with an inscription on the top left, partially lost due to dampstaining, "[illegible] Wishes from the Smothers Brothers." Copy belonging to uncredited cast or crew member David Carroll, with manuscript marker and pencil annotations of his name or partial name ("David C.") on the top of the title page and two other pages, with manuscript ink and marker annotations on 32 pages marking music cues.
NBC's tamer and largely unsuccessful revival of CBS's 1967-1969 variety series "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," which aired for thirteen episodes, January 13 through May 19, 1975. The episode on offer here was the penultimate episode which was taped on March 28, 1975 and aired on May 12, 1975, featuring guests Florence Henderson and David Gates.
Of note, the script is labeled as "Production #011 / Air Sequence #11," with a manuscript marker annotation of "12" over the air date of "May 5, 1975." The May 5 episode of the series featured guests Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, and Arlo Guthrie, and the episode found here, featuring Henderson and Gates, was aired as the twelfth episode on May 12, 1975.
Front wrapper integral with title page, dated March 26, 1975, noted as FINAL DRAFT. 90 leaves, with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue, pink, yellow and green revision pages throughout, undated. Pages Very Good with dampstaining throughout and silverfish damage to the extremities of the first three leaves. (Inventory #: 161331)
NBC's tamer and largely unsuccessful revival of CBS's 1967-1969 variety series "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," which aired for thirteen episodes, January 13 through May 19, 1975. The episode on offer here was the penultimate episode which was taped on March 28, 1975 and aired on May 12, 1975, featuring guests Florence Henderson and David Gates.
Of note, the script is labeled as "Production #011 / Air Sequence #11," with a manuscript marker annotation of "12" over the air date of "May 5, 1975." The May 5 episode of the series featured guests Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, and Arlo Guthrie, and the episode found here, featuring Henderson and Gates, was aired as the twelfth episode on May 12, 1975.
Front wrapper integral with title page, dated March 26, 1975, noted as FINAL DRAFT. 90 leaves, with last page of text numbered 77. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only, with blue, pink, yellow and green revision pages throughout, undated. Pages Very Good with dampstaining throughout and silverfish damage to the extremities of the first three leaves. (Inventory #: 161331)