July 6, 2024

20,000 vinyl LPs 368: Pat Paulson for President

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Pat Paulson  ~ Pat Paulson for President                        
vinyl LP front cover 
Art Direction – Les Weisbrich 
 cover photo by Frank Bez 
photo of album cover by Styrous®


Today is the birthday of American comedian and satiristPat Paulson, who was born on July 6, 1927, in South Bend, Washington. He is primarily known or 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.             

He only recorded three albums, Live At The IcehouseUnzipped and this one. Somehow, this one seemed to be the most appropriate at this moment in our history.          
 
 
Pat Paulson  ~ Pat Paulson for President 
vinyl LP back cover 
Art Direction – Les Weisbrich 
photos by Frank Bez & Ken Kragen
photo of album cover by Styrous®
 
 
Paulson attended San Francisco City College and met the Smothers Brothers during an appearance in San Francisco. He made a guest appearance on The Monkees in the 1968 episode Monkees Watch Their Feet, playing the Secretary of National Defense. In 1968, he appeared as timid Federal Agent Bosley Cranston in The Night of the Camera in Season 4 of The Wild Wild West which starred Robert Conrad.         
 
 
 
 
 
 
on The Smothers Brothers Show c. 1967
 
 
After CBS sold five minutes of airtime on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for a political ad, the show's writers came up with a bit in which Paulsen disclaimed association with the ad and stating that the ad was unfair to him as a candidate. CBS refused to air the bit, but the incident became the impetus for the Smothers Brothers writers launching a Pat Paulsen presidential campaign. His campaign in 1968 and 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". There're videos of him on the The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour that is incredibly right on target for almost every single issue we face today (link below).       
 
 

 
Paulsen's name appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire for the Democratic primary several times. In 1996, he received 921 votes (one percent) to finish second to President Bill Clinton (76,754 votes); this was 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.            
 
 

Shortly after Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, California in 1986, the LA Times reported that Paulsen proclaimed himself "mayor" of Asti, the small town near his vineyard. The office was of his own invention.          
 
In 1995, Paulsen was diagnosed with colon cancer, and doctors discovered that the cancer had spread to his brain and lymph nodes in 1997. He sought alternative medicine treatment for his cancer in Tijuana, Mexico, and died there from complications of pneumonia and kidney failure on April 25, 1997.        
        


Pat Paulson  ~ Pat Paulson for President 
vinyl LP, side 1 & 2
photos by Styrous®



   
Tracklist:
       
Side 1:
        
A1 - Meet The Candidate - 1:30
A2 - Two Cows - 2:43
A3 - Soldiers' Lament - 1:53
A4 - Freedom To Censor - 2:45
A5 - I Will Not Run... - 2:23
A6 - I Will Not Serve... - 2:35
A7 - The Critics Attack - 1:17
A8 - Counter-Attack - 0:38
A9 - Slip Of The Tongue - 2:28
A10 - Formal Announcement - 1:43
A11 - In Your Gourd, You Know He's Good - 0:45
A12 - The Bandwagon - 1:17
       
Side 2:
       
B1 - Humble Beginning - 1:25
B2 - The Age Of Reason - 2:45
B3 - Ruthless Denial - 0:35
B4 - Big Shot - 2:32
B5 - Victory Rally - 1:37
B6 - Meet The Prez - 5:15
B7 - Questions And Evasions - 0:45
B8 - Messing Around - 1:14
B9 - The Simple Savior - 3:05
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Copyright © – Rubicon River Records
    Record Company – Kragen, Smothers & Fritz, Inc.
    Record Company – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
    Record Company – Conelco Corporation
    Published By – KSF Music
    Published By – Big Drum Music (2)
    Pressed By – Mercury Record Manufacturing Company
       
Credits:
       
    Art Direction – Les Weisbrich
    Engineer [Recording] – Jesse Hodges
    Liner Notes – Ralph Story
    Management [Pat Paulsen Campaign] – Kragen/Fritz, Inc.
    Other [Photos by] – CBS-TV, Chase, Ltd.
    Photography By [Photos by] – Frank Bez, Ken Kragen
    Producer – Cecil Tuck, Gary Blair
    Voice [George Putty Portrayed By] – Thom Beck
    Voice [Press Conference Reporters] – Bill Thompson (5), Cecil Tuck, Ralph Story
    Written-By [Commentary], Narrator [Commentary Narrated By] – Ralph Story
    Written-By [Material] – Al Gordon, Allan Blye, Cecil Tuck, Ernie Chambers, Hal Goldman, Lorin Paulsen, Mason Williams, Ron Clark (3), Sam Bobrick
       
Notes:
       
On the top right rear of the jacket and on the labels (all caps): Electronically Altered To Simulate Stereo.
Catalogue #s: SR 61179 is on the jacket front, rear and spine; SR-61179 is on the labels.
       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
        
    Rights Society: ASCAP
    Rights Society: B.M.I.
    Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching, variant 1): SR 61179-A-M2 II MR B
    Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching, variant 1): SR 61179-B-M1 III MR D
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped, except R, ll, MR, G etched, variant 2): SR 61179-A-M1 R ll MR G
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped, except l, MR, E etched, variant 2): SR 61179-B-M1 l MR E
    Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): SR 61179-A- M1 || A MR
    Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): SR 61179-B- M1 G MR |

Pat Paulsen – Pat Paulsen For President
Label:    Mercury – SR 61179, Rubicon River Records – SR-61179, Mercury – SR-61179
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1968
Genre:    Non-Music
Style:    Comedy        
 
 
Viewfinder links:        
        
Johnny Carson        
Robert Conrad         
Clint Eastwood        
The Kingston Trio         
The Monkees           
        
Net links:        
        
Christian Science Monitor ~ Stephen Colbert and laughable politics   
LA Times ~ Mayor Pat Paulsen Has the Last Laugh            
NKY ~ Pat Paulsen for President        
www.paulsen.com         
        
         
        
        
YouTube links:         
 
Pat Paulson and RFK        
Pat Paulson ~ Hey Jude                 
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ~     
         Pat Paulsen For President    
         Pat Paulsen various Smothers links         
         
        
        
        
         
        
"I've upped my standards. Now, up yours."
                   Pat Paulson
         
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Saturday, July 6, 2024       
       
 
 





    
     
      
     
      
    
     
      
     
     
     
      
     
     

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