Pat Paulsen

[@johnschlosser8472]

This man was an absolute treasure! We need somebody like this to run in 2024!

[@Newsboy1410]

That droll, deadpan delivery...the ability to tweak the noses on BOTH sides of the political aisle...and having both side love him for it! It was the equivalent of audience members buying tickets to see Don Rickles in Vegas in the hope of being ridiculed by him. Pat was (and is) a national treasure.

[@worldsgreatestimpressionis6462]

Paulsen and his dead pan delivery were brilliant

[@93Jubilee]

Brilliant humor, Mr. Paulsen. WIsh you were still here to make us laugh in these horrible times of trump!

[@angusmcpherson8599]

The one I loved more than most of his "bits" was when he told his joke about him finding "jaw breakers" and would break up while telling us that he took it home and put it in a jar! One of the many that you have to see to find out how good he was! He along with Foster Brooks were 2 of the most underrated comics out there at that time.

[@dherz108]

I too have been searching for the "jaw breakers" bit on KZbin. Endless monotone "joke" delivered on the #1 show on TV...which ended with NO punchline. Wonderful. Let me know if you ever find it.

[@normanacree1635]

For some reason, this didn't hit a nerve for me but he was an extremely talented comedian and any videos of his I can watch, I look forward to the time spent.

[@vestibulate]

Pat Paulsen was indeed elected in 1968. Yet when he stood at his inauguration, with one hand on his family's tattered first edition of the Betty Crocker Cookbook, and intoned the oath of office for the Presidency, he removed the dour, haggard mask from his face, revealing himself to be Richard M. Nixon. He grinned and waggled his arms aloft, saying, "They called me Tricky Dicky. Alright. Take a good look. The joke's on you America." And so it was. Although nobody was laughing.

[@sunsetswest]

This was heavenly to watch again. Thanks so much for posting!

[@Kobe29261]

Love it, the best are always obscure! Thank you for sharing this, he was a genius!

[@richardranke7878]

First telecast on March 3, 1968. For the last five weeks,Paulsen had been building up to a campaign by denying he had any intention of running.:-) In this official start, he reviewed the competition after announcing. I always remembered his remarks about Nixon, Percy, Reagan, Rockefeller, Wallace and Johnson. Later on I saw him in person-once at a local college and then with the Smothers Brothers on their summer tour.(His act was longer than the brothers' was.)

[@Lee-fi4vo]

His last few lines: "I am an independent candidate... In other words, I'm nobody's fool."

[@750count]

Exactly, that was the genius line

[@davewitter6565]

Don't sell yourself short, Pat you can be my fool anytime. As a president, there have been worse.

[@brentholman168]

Brilliant Comedian, George Carlin wished to be this funny. So did Lenny Bruce

[@billyb6001]

They were

[@93Jubilee]

Governor Rockefeller once sent me a wall calendar, a very clever thought; granted, it was for the previous year, but the pictures were quite pretty.

[@darrylstout1345]

How could someone dislike this?

[@John-pm1hk]

Rumors of the worst kind...true rumors.

[@richardcook6284]

Pat Paulsen for president!

[@kristinesmart9932]

He passed away in 1997 of Colon Cancer.

[@brentholman168]

2016!! BABY!

[@shiftintohigh5564]

You have my vote !!!

[@felixmadison5736]

Pat Paulsen: "Where are all the great names like Washington, Jefferson, and Jackson...They are all playing in the NBA"...LOL!!

[@kurt-foster5925]

these Paulsen bits all have "Steve Martin" stamped all over them .....

[@vidmama]

It just occurred to me that Pat Paulsen's candidacy was the true dawn of the 2016 election.

[@ge484]

if buster keaton would talk

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Drole, very drole. But a great glimpse of the beginning of the '68 campaign!

[@richardbryan4611]

Fields/Paulson 2020

[@Hare_deLune]

That's deliberate mumbling. A little known comedic technique he used often, if the videos on here are any indication.

[@Qrayon]

Hare I used to send away for a written copy of his speeches. That "mumbling" was actually just made-up nonsense words. E.g. "... and codge at the parges for slare all." I thought it was hilarious. I would memorize his editorials and recite them at the playground.

[@cuda426hemi]

It's called double-talk - not mumbling, not little-known. It's been used since vaudeville and Charlie Chaplain (Little Dictator)- more recently Jackie Gleason, Irwin Corey, Sid Caesar etc. 🎬

[@brentholman168]

I Am

[@cathy-pz2to]

lol

[@Ron1453]

Can anyone transcribe 6:25-30 ? I get, " ... dedicated to blabla sports, blabla, blabla, blablaing, and the American people."

[@Qrayon]

RandE Clarke. Note that right before that at 6:19 , he says, "I represent the STRAIGHT-TALKING American Government Party," then almost immediately proceeds to speak a few words gibberish. He did that in his editorials on the Smothers Brothers Show, and I always thought it was a riot!

[@vtisgreen]

The non- comedian