Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In- debuted on NBC this day in 1968. Later in September of 1968 Presidential candidate Richard Milhous Nixon would appear on the show saying “Sock it to me” the most memorable 4 seconds in the history of the show. Nixon would later say that appearing on “Laugh In” won the election for him.
below is a link to Dick Nixon on “Laugh In”
slicethelife 
he was probably correct that this won him the election.