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Arts & Culture

Mason Williams, from the Smothers Brothers to the Wildish Theater

KLCC

Published May 19, 2017 at 6:00 AM PDT

Ten years ago, Mason Williams was the featured performer for the first event at the Wildish Theater in Springfield. Now he returns as a guest at the theater’s 10^th anniversary gala on Saturday, May 20^th. He speaks with KLCC’s Eric Alan about his career, including the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, his instrumental hit “Classical Gas,” his art projects and a new movie he’s in with Tom Hanks and others.