Re:Comedian Tommy Smothers dies at 86
by geocrasher on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:46AM
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When I was 11 or 12 years old I was simply obsessed with yoyos. And Tommy Smothers had his yoyo act, and I was just enthralled. Here was this fully grown adult (this was in the late 80's) doing things with a yoyo that I wanted so badly to do. I always thought him to be the funniest, nicest guy, just based on his act. When I read that he passed, I wept. So long, Tommy.
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Re:Comedian Tommy Smothers dies at 86
by brandall10 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @03:24AM
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Yo-young was so popular at my elementary school in ‘88 that we had a competition in the cafeteria (during finals mine snapped and hit the ceiling during an around the world!)
My Dad went thru a similar phase as a kid and introduced me to Tommy. I recall he actually had an instructional video and I would watch his tricks in slow motion to figure them out. At the same time became a bit obsessed with the Smothers Brothers, remember saying to a friend they gave off ultimate cool uncle vibes, so wholesome that they could be deceptively biting and irreverent.
I watched their Just Say Yo video so much as a kid. It was so much fun.
Wonderful human being, Tommy was.