milestones
Year
Milestone
1959 
Made their debut as a duo of folk singers, with Tom on acoustic guitar and Dick on stand-up bass
1961 
Released their successful debut album, Live at the Purple Onion
1961 
Appeared regularly on "The New Steve Allen Show" (ABC)
1965 
Co-starred with brother, Dick, in the CBS comedy “The Smothers Brothers Show”
1967 
Again collaborated with his brother for the controversial CBS variety show “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”; when the show was abruptly canceled due to issues of censorship, the Brothers filed a successful breach of contract suit against the network
1970 
Appeared on the short-lived ABC variety show “Smothers Brothers Summer Show”
1975 
Debuted on NBC with the low-rated “The Smothers Brothers Show”
1977 
Appeared on Broadway and toured in the play “I Love My Wife”
1980 
Re-teamed for the “The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Specials” I and II (NBC)
1981 
Returned to NBC with the short-lived “Fitz and Bones” an hour-long comedy/drama show about a mis-matched TV news team
1986 
Began appearing in a series of commercials for Magnavox
1988 
Took part in the CBS special “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour 20th Reunion Show” (aired 21 years after the debut of the series)
1988 
Returned to CBS for a brief but successful run in “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”
1990 
Lent (uncredited) singing voice to "Tom and Tom, the Brothers Brothers" a sketch on the FOX comedy show “In Living Color”
1995 
Appeared in a rare dramatic role as a crooked Nevada senator in Martin Scorcese's “Casino”
2002 
Was the subject of the Bravo documentary “Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”
2005 
Appeared in “The Aristocrats” documentary, produced by comedians Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza
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