Dynamic Duo: The Smothers Brothers

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GATHER 'ROUND, KIDS, for a history lesson. Way back when Pat Paulson was running for president — don't ask — two clean-cut guys hoisted a guitar and stand-up bass onto comedy stages and proceded to knock the stuffing out of the establishment. The Smothers Brothers, Tom and Dick, used such sly, sardonic humor that audiences almost didn't believe what they were hearing, considering the Haight-Ashbury fratboy package these poison pills came in.

Fifty years into puncturing the pompous' balloons and bickering over familial minutae, SmoBro are still at it, bringing their sunny brand of satire to the Kennedy Center this weekend.

» Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW; Thu, 7 p.m., Fri. & Sat., 8 p.m., $20-$85; 800-444-1324. (Foggy-Bottom-GWU)

Photo courtesy The Smothers Brothers