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Patrick Layton "Pat" Paulsen (July 6, 1927 – April 24, 1997) was an American comedian and satirist notable for his roles on several of the Smothers Brothers TV shows, and for his campaigns for President of the United States in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, and 1996, which had primarily comedic rather than political objectives, although his campaigns generated some protest votes for him. Contents. Early life and education. Paulsen was born 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. [1] [2] When he was 10, the family moved to California. After graduating from Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley in May 1945, Paulsen immediately joined the United States Marines. World War II was still being waged at that time, but it ended before he was shipped overseas. However, he did experience overseas duty, including guarding captured Japanese soldiers during their repatriation. [1] He returned home after the war and worked as a posting clerk, a truck driver, a hod carrier, a Fuller Brush salesman, and as a gypsum miner. Later, he was employed as a photostat operator for several years. After attending San Francisco City College, Paulsen joined an acting group called "The Ric-y-tic Players" and formed a comedy trio which included his brother Lorin. Career in comedy. Paulsen went on to become a solo act, appearing as a comedic guitarist in various clubs on the West Coast and in New York City. During one of his appearances in San Francisco, he met the Smothers Brothers. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour premiered in 1967. Paulsen said he was hired because he sold them cheap songs and would run errands. At first he was cast as their editorialist, and his deadpan, double-talk comments on the issues of the day propelled him into the national consciousness. (His deadpan work was nearly flawless: on one isolated occasion, in a talk about Hawaii, he defined a "wahine" as something you put on a bu-hun with lots of mu-hustard. His composure started to crack, but he recovered.) His work on The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour earned Paulsen an Emmy in 1968. [3] In addition to his work with the Smothers Brothers, Paulsen made a memorable guest appearance on The Monkees , appearing in the 1967 episode "Monkees Watch Their Feet", playing the secretary of National Defense. In 1968, Paulsen appeared as timid, tenderfoot Federal Agent Bosley Cranston in "The Night of the Camera", Season 4/Episode 10 of The Wild Wild West . Pat's character had a photographic memory and ended up with the "girl(s)", much to the surprise of agents James West (Robert Conrad) and Jeremy Pike (Charles Aidman). During the inaugural season of Sesame Street (1969–1970), Paulsen appeared in a series of comical skits: reciting the alphabet, and fumbling on a few of the letters; counting to 10 and to 20, and forgetting a few of the numbers; and talking about the word "full" with a wastebasket full of wastepapers that fall out the bottom of the basket, forcing him to talk about the word "empty" instead. He was prominently featured in the 1970 Get Smart episode "The Mess of Adrian Listenger". Early in 1970, Paulsen headlined his own series, Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour , which ran 13 weeks on ABC. Guests on the first show were former US Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and an animated Daffy Duck, whom Paulsen interviewed. In 1971, Paulsen performed in the play, Play it Again, Sam at Cherry County Playhouse. He starred in a production every summer, with the exception of 1973, all the way through the 1995 season. He enjoyed this professional summer stock theater so much, that In 1976, he became business partners with television writer and producer Neil Rosen and bought Cherry County Playhouse in Traverse City, Michigan. He ended up starring in 24 different plays, including The Fantasticks , The Odd Couple , Harvey , and The Sunshine Boys. Also, during these later years, he appeared in nightclubs, theaters, and conventions throughout the country. Political campaigns. Paulsen was approached by the Smothers Brothers with the idea of running for President in 1968. His reply, he was later to recount, was: "Why not? I can't dance – besides, the job has a good pension plan and I'll get a lot of money when I retire." (The dance crack was a reference to actor/dancer George Murphy, then a U.S. Senator representing California.) Paulsen's campaign in 1968, and in succeeding years, was grounded in comedy, while not bereft of serious commentary. He ran the supposed campaigns using obvious lies, double talk, and tongue-in-cheek attacks on the major candidates, and responded to all criticism with his catchphrase "Picky, picky, picky". His campaign slogan was "Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny." Every question on social issues received basically the same response: "I feel that it is too directly bound to its own anguish to be anything other than a cry of negation, carrying within itself the seeds of its own destruction. However, to get to the meat of the matter, I will come right to the point, and take note of the fact that the heart of the issue in the final analysis escapes me." [4] Paulsen's name appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire for the Democratic Primary several times. In 1996, he received 921 votes (1%) to finish second to President Bill Clinton (76,754 votes); this was actually ahead of real politicians such as Buffalo mayor James D. Griffin. In 1992 he came in second to George Bush in the North Dakota Republican Primary. In the 1992 Republican Party primaries he received 10,984 votes total. Personal life and death. In the 1980s, Paulsen struck up a relationship with a social worker he met at a Denver comedy club, Linda Chaney. Chaney soon begin serving as Paulsen's booking agent and in 1988 Paulsen and Chaney married. However, Paulsen was notified that she was diverting his funds into her own personal accounts and he filed for divorce after only 40 days. He later sued Chaney and was awarded a judgement of $233,000, to which Chaney said that even if she had the money, she would rather "go out and shred it rather than turn it over" to Paulsen. [5] In 1995, Paulsen was diagnosed with colon cancer and in early 1997 it was discovered that it had spread to his brain and lymph nodes. [6] He sought alternative treatment for his cancer in Tijuana, Mexico, and died there from complications of pneumonia and kidney failure on 24 April 1997. [3] Hope for America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture Satire Enters Television. Television, famously dubbed the “cool medium” by Marshall McLuhan, would seem an unlikely stage for political satirists. Yet variety shows, featuring a playbill of acts designed for diverse audiences, allowed stand-up comics, sketch comedians, and folk singers an outlet for topical material. Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen, and other variety and late-night hosts provided a venue for comedians of the 1950s and early 1960s, though they had to dilute or eliminate material offensive to some members of the national audience. From the mid-1960s to the present, shows like That Was the Week That Was (1964–1965), The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969), Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In (1968–1973), and Saturday Night Live (1975– ) courted controversy when they commented on current events. Political and social satire entered the sitcom when All in the Family (1971–1979) situated the liberal-conservative culture clash within a working-class household in Queens, New York. I honestly think that the secret of TV is being relaxed, casual and easy. . . . The truth is that when you’re right in the room with those who watch you and listen to you, as you are in TV, practically sitting in their laps and muttering into their ears, your personality is more important than anything you can say. —Bob Hope, 1954. The Smothers Brothers. Tom (b. 1937) and Dick (b. 1939) Smothers attained national success as a folksong and comedy duo during the folk revival of the early 1960s. Their innovative variety show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, debuted in February 1967, mixing old and new acts and styles of comedy. Their political satires on war, religion, guns, drugs, and racism, during increasingly polarized times, antagonized CBS officials and affiliates. The series was censored and eventually cancelled in 1969. Photograph of the Smothers Brothers, June 9, 1964. Copyprint. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (051.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0051] Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/hope-for-america/satire-enters-television.html#obj0. Bob Hope and the Return of the Smothers Brothers. Less than six months after CBS fired the Smothers Brothers, Bob Hope invited them to appear on his NBC comedy special that satirized television censorship. “I'm revolting against NBC on this show,” Hope quipped. A few months later, when the brothers hosted their own NBC special on censorship and freedom of speech, Hope's appearance on the show provoked letters of outrage from fans. Tom Smothers sent Hope a respectful note of gratitude for his appearance. Letter from Tom Smothers to Bob Hope, February 16, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (049.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0049] The Return of the Smothers Brothers , February 16, 1970. Script. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0048] Letter from McCabe to Bob Hope, February 17, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (050.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0050] Letter from Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kaulf to Bob Hope, February 22, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (050.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0050_01] Letter from Judy Mills to Bob Hope, February 17, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (048.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0048_02] Letter from Bob Hope to “Outcasts” [Tom and Dick Smothers], September 30, 1969. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (050.02.00) [Digital ID # bhp0050_02] Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/hope-for-america/satire-enters-television.html#obj1. Pat Paulsen for President. Comedian Pat Paulsen (1927–1997) won an Emmy for his appearances on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour as an editorialist commenting nonsensically on political issues. To satirize the political process, in 1968 Paulsen ran a faux campaign for president on the show in the tradition of earlier comedians, including Will Rogers (1879–1935). At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Paulsen addressed California delegates before other candidates spoke to them. Archie Lieberman, photographer. Pat Paulsen at the Democratic National Convention, August 1968. Copyprint. Look Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (056.00.00) [Digital ID# ppmsca-24774] Courtesy of Archie Lieberman, www.archielieberman.com. Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/hope-for-america/satire-enters-television.html#obj2. David Frye. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, David Frye (1934–2011) frequented variety and late-night talk shows, creating some of the most acclaimed impersonations of politicians. Frye aimed “to get not just a few characteristics, but the whole presence” of his subjects. “Comedy,” he believed, “lies in the fact that all politicians pretend to be statesmen when they’re really politicians.” Frye’s career suffered after the downfall of Richard Nixon, of whom Frye did his most celebrated impersonation. Geoffrey Gilbert, photographer. David Frye performing at the Shoreham, Washington, D.C., March 8, 1973. Copyprint. Courtesy of the District of Columbia Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post (055.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0055] Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/hope-for-america/satire-enters-television.html#obj3. Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. In Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In , with its “ Laugh-In Looks at the News” segment, light-heartedly interwove satiric political barbs into a mélange of silly and absurd one-liners, sight gags, and blackouts. It became television’s top-rated show during its first two seasons. Producer George Schlatter (b. 1932) noted that although the show presented “very barbed references to the Pentagon and the military-industrial complex,” it lacked anger and tried not “to change political views, but to comment humorously on all political views.” Guest Sammy Davis, Jr., (1925–1990, left ) and cast member Judy Carne (b. 1939, right ), with hosts Dan Rowan (1922–1987) and Dick Martin (1922–2008), from the first season of Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, 1968. Copyprint. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank (053.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0053] Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/hope-for-america/satire-enters-television.html#obj4. Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live took advantage of the immediacy of live television to offer satiric commentary on the news. Shortly after Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s account of the end of the Nixon presidency, The Final Days, was released, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi lampooned its depiction of the night before Nixon’s resignation when the president summoned Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to the Lincoln Room and kneeled with him to pray. Dan Aykroyd as Richard Nixon and John Belushi as Henry Kissinger in “Final Days” skit on Saturday Night Live, May 8, 1976. Copyprint. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank (054.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0054] Bookmark this item: //www.loc.gov/exhibits/hope-for-america/satire-enters-television.html#obj5. The Tonight Show. For thirty years as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Johnny Carson (1925–2005) delivered topical monologues that lightly skewered those in power. “Carson’s comedic take on the events of the day,” critic Richard Zoglin judged, “has been the most reliable barometer of the public’s mood.” However, some viewers were at times offended by Carson’s topical humor, as the letter displayed here demonstrates. Carson provided late-night national exposure for leading comedians, including George Carlin (1937–2008) and Richard Pryor (1940–2005), shown here , and those hoping to break into the big time. Paul Drinkwater, photographer. George Carlin and Richard Pryor with host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, May 20, 1981. Copyprint. Courtesy of the NBC Universal Photo Bank (052.00.00) [Digital ID# bhp0052] Letter from John Krusack to NBC, January 19, 1970. Bob Hope Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (048.01.00) [Digital ID # bhp0048_01] 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 TV shows, and for his campaigns for President of the United States in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, and 1996, which had primarily comedic rather than political objectives, although his campaigns generated some protest votes for him. Contents. Early life and education [ edit | edit source ] Paulsen was born 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. [1] [2] When he was 10, the family moved to California. After graduating from Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley in May 1945, Paulsen immediately joined the United States Marines. World War II was still being waged at that time, but it ended before he was shipped overseas. However, he did experience overseas duty, including guarding captured Japanese soldiers during their repatriation. [1] He returned home after the war and worked as a posting clerk, a truck driver, a hod carrier, a Fuller Brush salesman, and a gypsum miner. Later, he was employed as a photostat operator for several years. After attending San Francisco City College, Paulsen joined an acting group called "The Ric-y-tic Players," and he formed a comedy trio that included his brother Lorin. Career in comedy [ edit | edit source ] 1965 publicity photo of Paulsen. Paulsen went on to become a solo act, appearing as a comedic guitarist in various clubs on the West Coast and in New York City. During one of his appearances in San Francisco, he met the Smothers Brothers. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour premiered in 1967. Paulsen said he was hired because he sold them inexpensive songs and would run errands. At first, he was cast as their editorialist, and his deadpan, double-talk comments on the issues of the day propelled him into the national consciousness. (His deadpan work was nearly flawless: on one isolated occasion, in a talk about Hawaii, he defined a "wahine" as something you put on a bu-hun with lots of mu-hustard. His composure started to crack, but he recovered.) His work on The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour earned Paulsen an Emmy in 1968. [3] In addition to his work with the Smothers Brothers, Paulsen made a memorable guest appearance on The Monkees , appearing in the 1967 episode "Monkees Watch Their Feet," playing the Secretary of National Defense. He also made many appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . In 1968, Paulsen appeared as timid, tenderfoot Federal Agent Bosley Cranston in "The Night of the Camera," Season 4/Episode 10 of The Wild Wild West . Pat's character had a photographic memory and ended up with the "girl(s)," much to the surprise of agents James West (Robert Conrad) and Jeremy Pike (Charles Aidman). During the inaugural season of Sesame Street (1969–1970), Paulsen appeared in a series of comical skits: reciting the alphabet, and fumbling on a few of the letters; counting to 10 and to 20, and forgetting a few of the numbers; and talking about the word "full" with a wastebasket full of wastepaper that falls out the bottom of the basket, forcing him to talk about the word "empty" instead. He was prominently featured in the 1970 Get Smart episode "The Mess of Adrian Listenger." Early in 1970, Paulsen headlined his own series, Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour , which ran 13 weeks on ABC. Guests on the first show were former US Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and an animated Daffy Duck, whom Paulsen interviewed. In 1971, Paulsen performed in the play Play It Again, Sam at Cherry County Playhouse in Traverse City, Michigan. He enjoyed this professional summer-stock theater so much that, in 1976, he became business partners with television writer and producer Neil Rosen and bought Cherry County Playhouse. He starred in a production every summer, with the exception of 1973, all the way through the 1995 season. He ended up starring in 24 different plays, including The Fantasticks , The Odd Couple , Harvey , and The Sunshine Boys . Also, during these later years, he appeared in nightclubs, theaters, and conventions throughout the country. In 1984, Paulsen costarred in the film Night Patrol , a vehicle for The Unknown Comic. Political campaigns [ edit | edit source ] Paulsen was approached by the Smothers Brothers with the idea of running for president in 1968. His reply, he was later to recount, was, "Why not? I can't dance—besides, the job has a good pension plan, and I'll get a lot of money when I retire." The dance crack was a reference to actor/dancer George Murphy, then a U.S. senator representing California. Paulsen's campaign in 1968, and in succeeding years, was grounded in comedy, although not without serious commentary. He ran the supposed campaigns using obvious lies, double talk, and tongue-in-cheek attacks on the major candidates, and he responded to all criticism with his catchphrase "Picky, picky, picky." His campaign slogan was, "Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny." Every question on social issues received basically the same response: "I feel that it is too directly bound to its own anguish to be anything other than a cry of negation, carrying within itself the seeds of its own destruction. However, to get to the meat of the matter, I will come right to the point, and take note of the fact that the heart of the issue in the final analysis escapes me." [4] Paulsen's name appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire for the Democratic primary several times. In 1996, he received 921 votes (1%) to finish second to President Bill Clinton (76,754 votes); this was actually ahead of real politicians such as Buffalo mayor James D. Griffin. In 1992, he came in second to George Bush in the North Dakota Republican Primary. In the 1992 Republican Party primaries, he received 10,984 votes total. Winemaking [ edit | edit source ] In 1971, Paulsen and his wife opened Pat Paulsen Vineyards, a successful vineyard and winemaking operation in Sonoma County, California. [5] Shortly after the actor Clint Eastwood won election as mayor of Carmel, California, Paulsen invented the office of "mayor" of Asti, the small town near his vineyard, and proclaimed himself to have assumed the office. [6] Personal life and death [ edit | edit source ] In the 1980s, Paulsen struck up a relationship with a social worker, Linda Chaney, whom he met at a Denver comedy club. Chaney soon began serving as Paulsen's booking agent, and in 1988 Paulsen and Chaney married. However, Paulsen was notified that she was diverting his funds into her own personal accounts, and he filed for divorce after only 40 days. He later sued Chaney and was awarded a judgement of $233,000, about which Chaney said that, even if she had the money, she would rather "go out and shred it rather than turn it over" to Paulsen. [7] In 1995, Paulsen was diagnosed with colon cancer, and in early 1997, it was discovered that the cancer had spread to his brain and lymph nodes. [8] He sought alternative medicine treatment for his cancer in Tijuana, Mexico. Pat Paulsen died there from complications of pneumonia and kidney failure on 24 April 1997. [3] #QueerQuote: ”I’ve Upped My Standards, Now Up Yours.” – Pat Paulsen. If you are having fun with the idea of Kanye West running for president, remember, please, Pat Paulsen (1927 -1997). Paulsen was a comedian and satirist noted for his appearances on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-69) and for his campaigns for President of the United States in 1968, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, and 1996. His regular appearances on The Smothers Brothers offering double-talk editorials on issues of the day won him an Emmy Award in 1968. Paulsen was approached by Tom and Dick Smothers with the idea of running for president in 1968. His reply was: “Why not? I can’t dance. Besides, the job has a good pension plan, and I’ll get a lot of money when I retire.” The dance joke was a reference to actor/dancer George Murphy , then a Republican senator representing California, who was considering a run for president. He ran under the Straight Talking American Government Party, or the “S.T.A.G. Party”. Paulsen shared his thoughts on the burning political questions of the day with a dry, deadpan delivery, his face immobile, but his speeches still soared. He said in his 1972 campaign: ”Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon.” He used slogans such as ”We Cannot Stand Pat”, ”We Can Be Decisive, Probably” and ”United We Sit”. At the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, he promised: Paulsen’s campaigns were not without serious commentary. He ran them using obvious lies, double talk, and tongue-in-cheek attacks on the major candidates, and he responded to all criticism with his catchphrase: “Picky, picky, picky”. His campaign slogan was: Every question on social issues received the same response: “I feel that it is too directly bound to its own anguish to be anything other than a cry of negation, carrying within itself the seeds of its own destruction. However, to get to the meat of the matter, I will come right to the point, and take note of the fact that the heart of the issue in the final analysis escapes me.” Paulsen’s name appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire for the Democratic primary several times. In 1996, he finished second to Bill Clinton (76,754 votes). In 1992, he came in second to George H.W. Bush in the North Dakota Republican Primary. Paulsen appeared regularly at the Cherry County Playhouse in Traverse City, Michigan. He starred in a production every summer from 1971 to 1997 including The Fantasticks , The Odd Couple , and Harvey . He also appeared in nightclubs, theaters, and conventions throughout the country. In 1971, Paulsen opened Pat Paulsen Vineyards , a successful winemaking operation in Sonoma. Shortly after, Clint Eastwood won election as mayor of nearby Carmel. So, Paulsen proclaimed himself Mayor of the tiny town of Asti near his vineyard.