Pat Paulsen Editorials (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hr,1967/68)

[@RandolphAgarn1]

Pat Paulson is one of my favorite comedians. So under appreciated.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I have a notion to second that emotion !! :-)

[@24klc67]

I remember watching the Smothers Brothers when I was a kid. My Mom & Dad would die laughing every time Pat Paulsen came on. Brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for posting.

[@acehandler1530]

He learned the art of dead-pan look from Buster 🙂

[@terryhutchings7701]

OMG, still makes laugh! Great show!

[@RichardCook-on3gf]

It never gets old. I really miss him.

[@thepoliticalcat]

Hilarious! This is so much better than most of what's on the air today!

[@calescapee9642]

I was 4 years old when this was on tv.. for some reason I. Loved Pat Paulsen

[@melodyofpsalm9468]

Mee too❤

[@prxbkl]

I was looking for his editorial on Fluoride. He said, “for those of you who don’t drink water, I suggest you fluoridate your martinis” 😎

[@ernestkinas5973]

I never realized how much Pat Paulsen's comedy meant to me until the day he died back in 1997. I was driving to work south of Boston when I heard the obit. I literally had to pull over and cry because I was so overcome with grief.No joke.

[@gmoops8986]

He still has my vote.

[@ernestkinas5973]

@@gmoops8986 Amen brother.

[@cherylcampbell9369]

Those moments can take you by surprise. One I remember being shocked by, is when I starting really crying when Jack Lemmon died. Why?!? I still don't know. Not a comedian, but similar reaction.

[@216cheri1]

He was so ahead of his time, I remember watching him “back in the day”

[@dherz108]

He was such a bright spot in that very difficult time. Still totally relevant today. I have looked for his long "jawbreaker/old neighborhood joke" on KZbin but still have not found it. He is classic deadpan. Steven Wright is the closest thing today but it is just not Pat.

[@MrNodamnit]

Pat Paulsen was a genius. He was an influence on what I think is funny.

[@viarro22]

"picky, picky, picky" "if you're old enough to get arrested, you're old enough to carry a gun. A gun is a necessity. Who knows? If you're walking down a street, you'll spot a moose." I love that!!

[@__Tat__]

I still have my Pat Paulsen for President button and wear it every election year :-)

[@jewell92]

Ialways loved Pat Paulsen's humor! Thanks.

[@RichardCook-on3gf]

He made sense.

[@LittlexLeota]

I loved watching this show and Pat had me in stitches along with the Smothers brothers.

[@holeysmoke217]

Intelligence with out any cussing & it still makes me laugh today

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

AND it's all still valid and the topics are all still valid except for the illegal immigration problem, which WASN't much of a problem until 1965, when the USA basically started encouraging only poor Latinos from Central and South America to gain entrance to the USA, while turning back white Europeans and Russians (well, they were communists, after all, right?) and Asians (well...?) because of an act written by two bureaucrats working for the early globalists using the Hart-Seller Act to increase immigration from a mass of third world countries from 65,000 a year to 250,000/year effective immediately in 1965. W T F?

[@russdavis6744]

Went to one of his shows in Napa,CA around 1975 or so.....still remember him. Loved it!!!

[@tuttt99]

Pat was the MAN! I'd vote for him if he were alive today!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Great video. Things change but not much. Don’t know if we will never have a comedian like this nowadays. Thanks for sharing.

[@TJOPootertoot]

I always loved the out-of-sync gestures (making a verbal point, then a second later, pounding the table). Also, the sickly, forced smiles. Ben Stein owes a lot to Pat.

[@Qrayon]

One of the greats.

[@casame]

Pat paulson His famous line "Nothing to fear but fear itself......and of course the boogie man"

[@quixote5844]

“What’s this I hear about violins in the street?” RIP Pat and Gilda. Irreplaceable

[@acehandler1530]

Ah yes, Emily Lytella, "What's this I hear about liver boats on the Mississippi?!"

[@TS-ef2gv]

And youths in Asia

[@Bwilliams2]

Absolutely

[@roadlesswandering]

The most interesting thing about this clip is that none of the issues have changed. Same issues, different year!

[@fixitmann6685]

Yeah, we should still be paying those old people 1500 dollars a year!!! Oh crap I'm gonna be an old person soon:O

[@brentholman168]

One of the funniest guys America ever produced.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I totally agree !! :-)

[@bear1568]

My favorite Pat Paulsen line when he was running for President was, "When I become President, Im going to up the standards...so, up yours!" Split a gut every time he said that.

[@Featureman]

That show was so great. It was one we would quote from the next day at work.

[@RustyBuzzard]

My school had a mock-vote at this time of the presidential election.... Pat Paulsen won by a landslide !! True !

[@TheOwenstube]

"And they didn't charge me a cent for the horn they left in me (honk)." Paulsen was way ahead of his time. I had forgotten about the gibberish he would break into in these editorials, where you could have sworn he said a real sentence but it sounds like mangled recording tape. A singular talent.

[@acehandler1530]

Extra funny with the subtitles turned on!

[@beadbop]

It's so good to know that I'm not the only ancient senior citizen on here that remembers and still loves Pat Paulsen. The whole SBCH team of performers and writers were classic and still -so- funny!

[@zimjun7]

That car horn! I'll NEVER forget that!!!

[@chrishickey7502]

I loved this when I was a kid.

[@pcsbeat]

always loved this guy! pat paulsen for president! (wish he were still around...)

[@jerryg1964]

Great satire! What gets forgotten is that these are great spoofs of the old station manager editorials that every station used to run on the news. You'd get some stiff, old station exec droning on about some current issue complete with awkward gestures.

[@diamonddog13]

A great piece of trivia is that one of the old station manger/editorialists who was an inspiration for these sketches was Robert Wood, who would go on to be president of CBS and was instrumental in firing the Smothers Brothers.

[@acehandler1530]

@@diamonddog13 Kinda Karma back-firing!

[@samscott54]

loved him..... watched every week

[@1leadvocal]

I write Pat Paulsen in to my absentee ballot every 4 years. Gotta do something for laughs in the Old Hippie's Home

[@acehandler1530]

Those were fun years weren't they? We were all so full of hope and love - it was the Age Of Aquarius, Baby! Then we ended up with Trump!

[@prxbkl]

@@acehandler1530 thank GOD for Trump, (and that we’ll ’end up’) with him again in 2024 ♥️)

[@acehandler1530]

@@prxbkl You learning to speak Mandarin too? Oh and you gotta eat with chopsticks don't forget 😛

[@prxbkl]

@@acehandler1530 I’m more fluent in English, especially the dialect used in 1776. I don’t speak ‘sheep’.

[@acehandler1530]

@@prxbklLike 'Maaaaaagaaaaah'?

[@Strandysmommy]

It's that little grin at the end of the gun control editorial that gets me...and the shaky hand "do I look unstable?"

[@stephenm.klevas3637]

"if you're old enough to get arrested you're old enough to carry a gun"

[@RichardCook-on3gf]

I remember these shows. Could not wait each week to see Pat Paulsen.

[@lisamorales3914]

Opened the door for Saturday Night Live.

[@TS-ef2gv]

I had a "Pat Paulsen for President" t-shirt as a fourth grader in 1968. I wish I still had it.

[@calvinbealer7264]

I Remember Watching this as a kid. People took This Man very Serious as President. RIP Mr Pat Paulsen.

[@RichardCook-on3gf]

Never heard of anyone burning his social security card. I never would have thought of that. Great stuff.

[@MortonforMayor]

The rhetorical gestures in #3 three had me in stitches, as did the final address. And I echo the sentiments about his satire feeling eerily similar to some of the serious and mainstream views expressed today. Thanks for posting this!

[@Dreadbagel]

I remember at the time some critic called Paulsen "the deadest pan since Buster Keaton"

[@brianbaxter3913]

Smothers Brothers is my all time favorite variety show. Those guys had so much talent and always had great guests. Pat Paulsen was always awesome. I have kind of adopted one of Tommy's lines when someone says something like I am crazy and I say thankyou. Only I don't have Dick telling me that was not a compliment lol. I loved the expression on Tommy's face after Dick said that. It is just too bad they got cancelled but they did have a great song come out of that and Mason Williams has a video doing that song haha

[@lv2fidl]

Just saw a film clip of Pat Paulsen on Public TV, & reminisced on how entertaining he was. Funny how these topics are just as controversial now as they were 35 years ago!

[@zekelucente9702]

When I was growing up in the 60’s Pat Paulson lived in the same town of Orange, CA. I took swimming lessons with his daughter at the Orange Plunge which was name of the community pool at Hart Park. When I saw in his bio that he died in Tijuana I knew he must have been seeking alternative care for cancer. RIP Mr. Paulsen you we absolutely one of a kind.

[@madliberal7710]

Boy these topics still make great talking points just wish they were as funny as Pat Paulson!!!

[@pyralux01]

tears........this man was unique.....hilarious...

[@OriginalCaliKitty]

Pat's the one who convinced the Smos. Bros. to add comedy to their music act - much of which he wrote for them. He also wrote several of their songs.

[@namklak6]

"I've upped my standards, now up yours!"

[@carchavtube]

Firearms! A good one! He shoots the annoucer unknowingly as he reads on air! Hilarious!

[@alittlepale]

One of the funniest guys...ever. Too bad the TV network couldn't take a joke and bounced the show.

[@dartagnin]

I have been tempted to write him in a few times in the last 20 years as president

[@bawdybill]

Incredible that this is TODAYS situation! Still crazy after all these years.

[@amyznewz]

My parents took me to a rally in phoenix. He had the cops take him from the stage. I got upset and started to cry. He came over and kissed my cheek and told me it was alright.

[@JakeMcClake2]

Pat Paulson, one of the funniest people ever.

[@tarful58]

He was great great comedy!!!!

[@kauphaart0]

Pat Paulsen for President

[@allenmitchell8846]

A member of the Stag Party.

[@brentholman168]

He Nails It

[@stellarbiz]

OMG!!! These were back in '67-68? The more things change the more things stay the same!

[@gmoops8986]

These days, Pat Paulsen is the logical vote. He's an admitted crazy and still the best choice. At least we know where he stands/doesn't stand/might stand/could stand/Huh? what was that again?

[@m1t2a1]

His words, "If nominated I will not run. If elected I will not serve."

[@douglasthompson7464]

Iwould have voted for him no problem

[@davewitter6565]

The grand daddy of the Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver. The Smother's Brother's the SNL of the 60's.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

BURNING A DRAFT CARD burning a social security card HILARIOUS!!!

[@whip21]

I actually wrote in at the time and received typed copies of his editorials with his original signature on them. I still have them in my collection. Thank god I saved them...real collectors items. Too bad I didn't do the same with my baseball cards.

[@dinahnicest6525]

I had a couple, including the one about censorship. I was only 13,and too trusting. I lent it to a friend so he could copy it. Guess what never happened.

[@jimsmethurst6113]

There was a guy in england who used to manipulate words to become gibberish called Stanley unwin. Very hard to do yet so funny. This guy is so good. There's also a hint of bob newheart in there. A very funny guy.

[@genghiskhan7041]

What a kooky act. Love it.

[@1Phoebus]

He did run for office in the late '60's...there was a huge concert atg the (Kalidescope (now the Nikleodeon theater in Hollywood)...and Pat came out to "Hail to The Chief"...escorted by Mama Cass...there wer bumper stickers...and he actually got 'some' write-in votes on the ballot. fun times back then amidst social turmoil...

[@MichelleBrooksMema]

history repeats itself... and US citizens never change.

[@beadbop]

Pat Paulsen for President!

[@RichardCook-on3gf]

I would vote for him today.

[@beadbop]

@@RichardCook-on3gf I wonder if people still put him in as a write-in candidate for Presidential elections. Even though he died 27 years ago, he still remains a superior candidate to anybody in the GOP. Yours truly, ~from the child-free cat lady who is the polar opposite of miserable. 😸

[@donh7909]

I was a teen, when this first aired.. In retrospect, nothing much has changed in the 'political theater'.. WE survived then.. An WE will again.. (Vote Pat..!)

[@paulaharrisbaca4851]

Great stuff and always spot on when it came to the Democrats at the time (and Republicans obviously as well, because they were just at that time really working on all politicians in the federal government basically being all pro-government, with a little lean left or right in order to keep their jobs). The laugh tracks are so clearly laugh tracks because anytime a really funny but rather edgy or intellectual joke is made, the guys adding the laughs don't get the joke. I used to notice it a lot in shows like "Green Acres" that I saw decades after their initial broadcast, many of the hysterically funny jokes were ignored by the soundtrack editors. They clearly either sailed over their heads, or the network told them not to have any laughs on the track for this because they didn't get it themselves... or they were worried about losing advertisers or Nielsen ratings...

[@acehandler1530]

Smoke & Mirrors baby - that's what matters the most in Reality.

[@jeff8565]

the more things change the more they stay the same

[@garymcaleer6112]

Pat was the consummate comedian.

[@tomitstube]

great stuff, the smothers brothers were constantly at "war" with the censors, they were against the vietnam war, especially tommy, and were constantly trying to get that message across. anti-war sentiment wasn't allowed in those days, we forget that corporate media was in full swing back then too. the smothers brothers eventually got cancelled because they refused to give in to network execs who wanted a cleaner, less controversial show.

[@cessnaace]

Actually this was from the 1967/68 season. STAY AWESOME! :)

[@mortimerzilch2608]

VERY FUNNY !!!

[@mrjack4808]

I wonder if these editorials inspired the Floyd R Turbo editorials that Johnny Carson did on the Tonight Show.

[@bobrehmer]

Since Pat's not around to garner my vote, I'm casting mine for Jesse "The Body" Ventura, his the ONLY one that makes sense and can save us all!

[@fixitmann6685]

Odd. That's the Libertarian candidate in 2020...

[@wms72]

He's still more coherent than our present Commander in chief

[@m1t2a1]

What was Pat Paulsen the vice president of? If nominated I will not run. If elected I will not serve.

[@karlfisher1864]

Pat Paulson wasn't a vice president of anything. It was all a joke. K

[@glenmatteson149]

How did he keep a straight face?

[@fixitmann6685]

You call that face "straight?" He purposely pulled it to one side, same as he pulled your leg.

[@kearlstig1961]

@morethansalt : You are sooo right. This was Colbert years before Colbert.

[@MONGOOSE1ful]

After the cancelation of "THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR" by CBS (who, 20 years later, revived the variety series in 1988), ABC aired "PAT PAULSEN'S HALF A COMEDY HOUR", which debuted on January 22, 1970, and ran for 13 half-hours. one episode of this unique comedy series even featured an animated appearance by Warner Bros. cartoon star, "Daffy Duck", along with skits like "Then Came Paulsen", a spoof of NBC's "THEN CAME BRONSON" (1969-70) and "Hobby Hut". Overall, Pat Paulsen's first solo TV series , though short-lived, was still an interesting comedy experiment.

[@57highland]

Thanks for the info and nostalgia. I remember "Then Came Bronson", though I was a kid and the theme was a little over my head. And my father liked "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", though he didn't have strong political views either way, and I think he mostly liked Pat Paulsen's deadpan delivery and his ironic/sarcastic views even without fully understanding them, or so I suspect because my father eventually leaned conservative, though I don't know why because like most conservatives he didn't live like one.

[@Richard-zd8pg]

Does anyone know if Pat Paulsen wrote his own material? He was so funny.

[@paint1955]

This used to be satire!

[@mytvmemories]

holy crap... Pat Paulsen for president. The memories of this come rushing back. This would have been about the time of the 68 elections.. my dad adored Hubert Humphrey. Back when the Democrats were for the working man.

[@DarthJend]

Vote Colbert/Paulsen in 2016!

[@resurrectionsunday]

Pat was great

[@dw45761]

This is so timely now! The Republicans need to see this!

[@ciadanixy]

40 Years PLUS ago Boys & Girls... FORTY Freaking Years ago ... when will We EVER Learn???......PEACE

[@SolarTiger]

...this from a guy with the moniker "Charley Manson"...sorry but questioning authority and thinking for yourself never goes away, no matter what decade it is...

[@chrisweidner4768]

67’ 68’ “$1,500 a month in social security.” Fast forward to 2023 and it’s the same. Despicable. “We keep her in the back yard.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@burffle]

Hey thanks for replying. Is that routine any where to be found. I was 10 years old when I first heard his wa heenie joke & it has stayed w/my to this day. I sure would like to see his Hawaiian travelogue. Thanks again for the reply!

[@edwardgroenendal7223]

Any chance of getting "Should Sex Education Be Taught in Our Schools"

[@broadwayjoe12jets]

I suspect Pat Paulson was the inspiration for Johnny Carson's "Floyd R. Turbo".

[@digitalbookworm5678]

I was not even ten when this stuff was on TV. Watched with my parents. Most of the jokes went right over my head. Although Colbert's character is to make fun of GOP, he doesn't deliver in the deadpan style that Pat perfected. All the old SBCH is available on DVD now with lots of extras.features. I don't think this type of stuff will ever get old.

[@sidDkid87]

I was thinking Guy Smiley from Sesame Street - check it out - I can see your Biden comparison too

[@bruceheimbach1136]

"Bullfeathers!"

[@herzogsbuick]

what a good mumbler

[@TheSentinel64]

56 years on from when these Pat Paulson editorials were aired on the Smothers Brothers show. And here we are in 2023.....still trying to get our arms around Social Security, sensible Gun Legislation and the ever spiraling cost of Health Care ( which is actually Sick Care, not so much about bolstering health before getting sick ). And although not mentioned back in 1968, but had just landed on President Lyndon Johnson's desk, was the first real scientific report handed to an American President of the coming Climate Change emergency. And guess what we will STILL be fighting over 56 years from now in the year 2079 ?? All the above. With the exception of Social Security. Which if it survives will be OK as all us Boomers and most Gen-X'ers will be dead.

[@TS-ef2gv]

It's almost like there are certain subjects and catch phrases which have been politically useful wedge issues for decades. The political class can't and doesn't really want to do anything about them one way or the other, because if any of those issues were supposedly "solved" then they wouldn't have them as useful clubs to beat the other side over the head with, thereby keeping their own base riled up with hot button, "red meat" issues.

[@Treashuntr2020]

Mini ice age!

[@nancymac6970]

Yep this is Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell today.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I liked his straight face when he showed his comedy. Yes, Pat Paulsen was a gifted comedian.