# Pat Paulsen on Social Security, gun control, and health care **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-paulsen-on-social-security-gun-control-and-health-care/656840 "2013-04-27T14:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-paulsen-on-social-security-gun-control-and-health-care/656840/1 "2013-04-27T14:36:53Z")
[From _The Smothers Brothers Show_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4kWLUnorTU) Of course I disagree with his (real) stance on gun control, but… ‘Picky, picky, picky!’ It’s still funny. It’s interesting that after nearly half a century, we’re still debating the same issues. ‘The more things change, the more they stay the same.’ As a child, I didn’t ‘get’ the depth of the satire. Even then though, his humour was accessible. I may not have understood the issues, but I got the jokes. I love his deadpan delivery, and I may have subconsciously picked some of it up in my own humour. (I alternate between deadpan and wacky.) I wish I could find a video of the opening to _Pat Paulsen’s Half A Comedy Hour_. If I remember correctly, Paulsen is riding a chopper and looking tough. The camera zooms out, and the chopper has training wheels. 😛 Anyway, enjoy the linked video. It’s hilarious. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-paulsen-on-social-security-gun-control-and-health-care/656840/2 "2013-04-27T18:40:52Z")
Every 4 years, I still tell people that I wrote him in for president. “We Can’t Stand Pat!” Best campaign slogan ever. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-paulsen-on-social-security-gun-control-and-health-care/656840/3 "2013-04-27T22:56:51Z")
Was he deliberately slurring his words and babbling at points, or is that just very poor sound quality? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-paulsen-on-social-security-gun-control-and-health-care/656840/4 "2013-04-27T23:37:21Z")
Deliberate. It was his shtick. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-paulsen-on-social-security-gun-control-and-health-care/656840/5 "2013-04-28T00:21:58Z")
His presidential campaigns were great. “Once again the people of America have taken the pointed boot of reality to my as…pirations” “Wherever I go across this Great Nation I hear about working people losing their jobs, factories closing, farms being foreclosed, rising taxes, failing schools, pollution, inflation, and I have to say… Shut up, America! I’m sick of all this bitching and moaning!” ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-paulsen-on-social-security-gun-control-and-health-care/656840/6 "2013-04-28T00:45:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I wish I could find a video of the opening to _Pat Paulsen’s Half A Comedy Hour_. If I remember correctly, Paulsen is riding a chopper and looking tough. The camera zooms out, and the chopper has training wheels. 😛 I remember that, but it wasn’t the opening to the show, it was the opening of a recurring sketch called _Then Came Paulsen_, a parody of _[Then Came Bronson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Then_Came_Bronson)_. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-paulsen-on-social-security-gun-control-and-health-care/656840/7 "2013-04-28T00:58:32Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > I remember that, but it wasn’t the opening to the show, it was the opening of a recurring sketch called _Then Came Paulsen_. I remember now! ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-paulsen-on-social-security-gun-control-and-health-care/656840/8 "2013-04-28T01:25:03Z")
I just looked, and Amazon’s got the complete series for about 18 bucks. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pat-paulsen-on-social-security-gun-control-and-health-care/656840/9 "2013-04-28T21:46:01Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Every 4 years, I still tell people that I wrote him in for president. > “We Can’t Stand Pat!” > > Best campaign slogan ever. Well, there’s always the SCTV one from 1982, where Mayor Tommy Shanks is running his campaign while being interned the nuthouse. His slogan: “Help get me out of here!”