Here's a great piece talking about the impact of Nixon's "Sock it to me?" utterance on Laugh In. I had no idea that the writing for Laugh In was so supportive of the Nixon administration, and conversely, I didn't know how much Nixon hated the Smothers Brothers. This blog piece has some great clips in it, including the above mentioned gag. There is also a bit of Nixon playing piano on the Jack Parr show, and a clip of some of the ending jokes from laugh in. I've only ever seen bits and pieces of Laugh In. I'm sure that a lot of it would look dated now, but it does look like they had a good time...
The Comedy Writer That Helped Elect Richard M. Nixon - WFMU's Beware of the Blog: ""
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