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The Smothers Brothers
Photograph of the Smothers Brothers, June 9, 1964. Copyprint. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (051.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0051]
Bob Hope and the Return of the Smothers Brothers
Letter from Tom Smothers to Bob Hope, February 16, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (049.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0049]
The Return of the Smothers Brothers, February 16, 1970. Script. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0048]
Letter from McCabe to Bob Hope, February 17, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (050.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0050]
Letter from Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kaulf to Bob Hope, February 22, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (050.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0050_01]
Letter from Judy Mills to Bob Hope, February 17, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (048.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0048_02]
Letter from Bob Hope to “Outcasts” [Tom and Dick Smothers], September 30, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (050.02.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0050_02]
Pat Paulsen for President
Archie Lieberman, photographer. Pat Paulsen at the Democratic National Convention, August 1968. Copyprint. Look Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (056.00.00)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-24774]
Courtesy of Archie Lieberman, www.archielieberman.com
David Frye
Geoffrey Gilbert, photographer. David Frye performing at the Shoreham, Washington, D.C., March 8, 1973. Copyprint. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (055.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0055]
Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In
Guest Sammy Davis, Jr., (1925–1990, left) and cast member Judy Carne (b. 1939, right), with hosts Dan Rowan (1922–1987) and Dick Martin (1922–2008), from the first season of Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, 1968. Copyprint. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank (053.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0053]
Saturday Night Live
Dan Aykroyd as Richard Nixon and John Belushi as Henry Kissinger in “Final Days” skit on Saturday Night Live, May 8, 1976. Copyprint. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank (054.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0054]
The Tonight Show
Paul Drinkwater, photographer. George Carlin and Richard Pryor with host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, May 20, 1981. Copyprint. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank (052.00.00)
[Digital ID# bhp0052]
Letter from John Krusack to NBC, January 19, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (048.01.00)
[Digital ID # bhp0048_01]
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