Government intrusion. Cowed networks. Censorship. It all sounds familiar to Dick Smothers

If any Western New York resident can relate to the free speech controversy surrounding ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, it is Dick Smothers.

Alan Pergament: A nostalgic trip to the National Comedy Center

"I can’t think of many more enjoyable ways to say hello to fall than visiting this priceless jewel," Pergament says.

Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86

Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the h…