''"Mom Always Liked You Best!"'' is the eighth comedy album by the

Smothers Brothers The Smothers Brothers are Thomas ("Tom" – born February 2, 1937) and Richard ("Dick" – born November 20, 1938), American folk singers, musicians, and comedians. The brothers' trademark double act was performing folk songs (Tommy on acoustic gu ...

(released August 17, 1965 on

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). It reached number 39 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Albums chart. The album was recorded at The Troubadour,

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, The Golden Bear,

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, and the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. The cover photograph shows Dick surrounded by a dog, a wagon, a scooter and many other toys while Tom is sitting there with just his chicken, Frank, thereby justifying the title as a word balloon. The album is dedicated to the Smothers Brothers' producer David Carroll and the comments on the back were written by

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Track listing

#"Mom Always Liked You Best" (4:43) - Tom and Dick fight. #"Impersonation" (1:17) #"The Three Song" (2:44) - Written for the two of them by

Mason Williams Mason Douglas Williams (born August 24, 1938) is an American classical guitarist, composer, singer, writer, comedian, and poet, best known for his 1968 instrumental "Classical Gas" and for his work as a comedy writer on ''The Smothers Brothers ...

. #"Little Known Song and Dance" (3:22) - "Songs about diseases" (The Scurvy Song) #"The World I Used To Know" (3:29) - by Rod McKuen #"My Favorite Holiday" (0:58) #"You Can Call Me Stupid" (2:43) - Continues the fight from the first track. #"We Love Us" (2:26) - Tom recites a love poem he's written. #"Longtime Blues" (3:18) - Another

song. #"Tattoo Song" (3:44) #"Santa Claus" (0:36) - Tom's version of "

Santa Claus is Coming to Town "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is a Christmas song featuring Santa Claus written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie. The earliest known recorded version of the song was by banjoist Harry Reser and his band on October 24, 1934. It was then ...

" ends rather ironically. #"The Last Great Waltz" (4:11) - A song about Jonathan W. Astor who meets the perfect waltz partner. #"Reminiscences" (2:33) - Tom reminisces about Dick's wedding, with Tom loudly claiming that Dick had refused to let him be the 'Best Man.' What may have been the largest recorded laugh the duo ever provoked came in this track. Tom said that, after the wedding, everyone went upstairs to the "Conception." Dick states, over the large laughter, that it was a nice, normal "Reception." Tom then finished off the audience by sheepishly saying, "I must have been in the wrong room." (Based on an actual incident involving a little girl at a wedding Tom attended.)

Personnel

*Dick Smothers – vocals, double bass *Tom Smothers – vocals, guitar *Mason Williams - Accompanist

Chart positions

External links

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