# Was Candidate Pat Paulsen misquoted? ;) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477 "2016-06-16T00:08:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/1 "2016-06-16T00:08:08Z")
One of my fondest memories of the [Smothers Brothers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smothers_Brothers_Show) Show was their own Presidential candidate, the very handsome and dynamic Pat Paulson. (Although I’m beginning to think it had all been a big joke…) I recall one time he claimed after an embarrassing statement that he had been misquoted. This was during some kind of press interview. The only problem with his denial was that a tape had just been played back. 😛 I’m having trouble finding the segment, though. This is strange because youtube has several other clips on him. Can anyone find it elsewhere? Thank you in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/2 "2016-06-16T00:14:36Z")
When I ran for student council president in high school, I wrote Pat Paulson asking him to endorse me. Unfortunately, he didn’t receive my letter until three months after the election, but he wrote a very nice apology and sent an autographed photo. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/3 "2016-06-16T00:35:42Z")
[Some Pat Paulsen editorials.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4kWLUnorTU) Picky, picky, picky. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/4 "2016-06-16T03:07:27Z")
**"We Can’t Stand Pat.** One of the best slogans ever. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/5 "2016-06-16T03:43:19Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > **"We Can’t Stand Pat.** > > One of the best slogans ever. Wasn’t that also used against Nixon? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/6 "2016-06-16T05:57:31Z")
Help jog my failing memory here. Was he on Smothers Brothers or Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In? I’m kinda remembering Laugh-In. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/7 "2016-06-16T06:29:32Z")
Smothers Brothers: > **[Pat Paulsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Paulsen)** > > Patrick Layton Paulsen (July 6, 1927 – April 24, 1997) was an American comedian and satirist notable for his roles on several of the Smothers Brothers television shows, and for his satirical campaigns for President of the United States between 1968 and 1996. > Paulsen was born July 6, 1927, in South Bend, Washington, a small fishing town in Pacific County. He was the son of Beulah Inez (née Fadden) and Norman Inge Paulsen, a Norwegian immigrant who worked for the Coast Guard. The family moved to... ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/8 "2016-06-16T06:46:11Z")
Both! He was a guest on Laugh-In also. He sang! I remember the words to this day: “My brain is green with drippings of yellow and red. But I don’t mind. I’m color blind.” Also… This one I only remember imperfectly… “I was standing by the side of the road when a dirty old man came up and tied his horse to me.” ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/9 "2016-06-16T07:04:49Z")
I can’t find any evidence that he appeared on _Laugh-In_: > **[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series 1967–1973) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062601/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast)** > > Laugh-In (TV Series 1967–1973) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. He appeared on a lot of shows: > **[Pat Paulsen - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667323/)** > > Pat Paulsen. Actor: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Pat Paulsen was a comedian specializing in satire who thrived on television in the late 1960s. The highlight of his career came in the watershed year 1968 when - emulating Gracie Allen''s... Note that you have to look under both Actor and Self, since the IMDb considers the times when someone uses their own name to be different from those in which they appear with a different name. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/10 "2016-06-16T10:14:47Z")
If nominated, I will not run. If elected, I will not serve. If impeached, they’ll have to drag me out. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/11 "2016-06-16T16:43:28Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > I can’t find any evidence that he appeared on _Laugh-In_: > > [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062601/fullcredits?ref\_=tt\_cl\_sm#cast](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062601/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast) > > He appeared on a lot of shows: > > [Pat Paulsen - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667323/) > > Note that you have to look under both Actor and Self, since the IMDb considers the times when someone uses their own name to be different from those in which they appear with a different name. There’s also this: > [@](#): > > Archive footage > > 2014 The Sixties (TV Mini-Series documentary) > Himself - Laugh-In > > - [When Television Came of Age](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3768786/combined) (2014) … Himself - Laugh-In IMDb cast lists aren’t very reliable for some Sixties shows. I know several of Johnny Carson’s guests are missing for that period. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/12 "2016-06-16T21:39:39Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > I can’t find any evidence that he appeared on _Laugh-In_: . . . As noted below, maybe. I confess, I’m working from nearly fifty years of wetware memories, and personal memory is known to be a really rotten cite for evidence. But I think I watched him on Laugh-In singing those two songs. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/13 "2016-06-16T21:42:39Z")
> [@Find\_Friends](#): > > I’m having trouble finding the segment, though. This is strange because youtube has several other clips on him. Can anyone find it elsewhere? You might try searching a multiple-DVD set called _Smothered._ Even if you don’t find the clip you want, it’s a good watch. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-candidate-pat-paulsen-misquoted/757477/14 "2016-06-16T22:19:12Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > There’s also this: IMDb cast lists aren’t very reliable for some Sixties shows. I know several of Johnny Carson’s guests are missing for that period. Yes, I believe Al Traina has been left off some lists of _Tonight Show_ guests.