It was fifty years ago today- September 16, 1968- the Republican nominee for President RIchard Milhous Nixon against the advice of his advisors- appeared for a brief cameo on the highly popular television show “Laugh-In.” One of the trademark phrases of the show was “Sock It to Me.” and Nixon after six takes he finally got it right- he was only on for five seconds but some have written over the years that those five seconds helped him in the election in November. Nixon wasn’t known for his sense of humor but this was funny. I remember watching Laugh-In that night.
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https://www.history.com/news/richard-nixon-laugh-in-cameo-1968
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Was it known that he was appearing or was it a surprise?
That is a good question- I don’t know if it was known he was going to be on or not.
That is cool that you got to see that piece of history live regardless.
Off topic- I just saw a report that the new McCartney #1 album this week. His first since Tug of War.
That is great. It’s unbelieveable really to think he started in 1962 making records.
He has made the charts in 6 decades…
I believe he has with The Beatles- Wings- solo had #1 albums in every decade.
That is incredible… You are right because the Beatles had Anthology and 1
.I hope Dylan and Simon are paying attention. You can make an album now of your songs.