Tom Smothers – MRQE

Once Upon a Mattress (TV)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Queen Aggravain has ruled that none may marry until her son, Prince Dauntless marries. However, she has managed to sabotage every princess that come along. When Sir Harry and Lady Larken learn that they are going to be parents, wed or not, he goes off to the swamps and brings back Princess Winnifred (“Fred” to her friends).

Pandemonium

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of closure for being targeted by a serial killer.

Tales of the Rat Fink

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This is an interesting look at the Life and Times of car customizer/cartoonist Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. Through the use of many graphically enhanced photographs and “talking” cars, it is a loving look at the car culture in Southern California from the Early 50’s to Ed’s Passing in 2001.

“Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The”

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers Brothers and initially airing on CBS from 1967 to 1969.

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV)

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The history of the irreverent “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” and the content battles it fought with its television network.

“Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The”

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Tom and Dick Smothers return to TV in this revival of the traditional variety show, mixing comedy skits, stand-up routines and musical numbers. Joining the Smothers each week were a number of aspiring young talents and veteran performers.

Speed Zone

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan’s car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.

Shake!: Otis at Monterey

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. Comedian Tom Smothers introduces Redding to a crowd that is leaving — until Redding grabs them with his charged rendition of “Shake.” Redding’s performance also includes “Respect” (which he wrote), “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” “Satisfaction,” and “Try a Little Tenderness.” Tragically, Redding died in a plane crash six months later. An innovative filmmaker who started in the 1950s making experimental films, Pennebaker garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature in 1993 for The War Room, his behind-the-scenes look at Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign. His other subjects have included Norman Mailer, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie.

A Pleasure Doing Business

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In this comedy, three middle-aged men renew their boyhood friendship at a stag party and hatch a crazy scheme that involves making money off of a luscious prostitute.

Silver Bears

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Financial wizard “Doc” Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his associate Prince di Siracusa, consists of some shabby offices above a restaurant. To make up for this, the Prince suggests that Fletcher invests in a silver mine owned by Shireen and Agha Firdausi. This solves one problem, but the mine also attracts the attention of some of the most powerful people in the silver business. Fletcher must pull out all his wheeler-dealing skills in order to keep hold of everything he’s worked for, in the process romancing a banker’s discontented wife.