''Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour'' is an American half-hour television variety show that ran on ABC-TV on Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. from January 22, 1970, to April 16, 1970.
The star was
Pat Paulsen, who ran for the office of President of the United States in 1968. Paulsen had been a regular on ''
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour''.
Jean Byron was a semi-regular. Writers included
Steve Martin.
Paulsen often spoofed ''
Then Came Bronson'' and played a science teacher. Guest stars included
Hubert Humphrey,
Angie Dickinson,
Tiny Tim, Miss Vickie,
Mike Connors,
Dan Blocker,
Henry Fonda,
Tommy Smothers,
Don Rickles,
Don Adams,
Carl Betz, the animated
Daffy Duck and
Foghorn Leghorn and
Joey Heatherton. On the April 9, 1970, episode, Paulsen sang the song "Did I Ever Really Live?", which was from his Mercury record album, ''Live at the Ice House''.
The show was cancelled after 13 episodes.
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released the entire series on
DVD in 2009.
The series is available on
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and
Tubi.
References
*TV.COM
*MPI DVD sleeve notes
*TV GUIDE, 1970 issues
External links
Paulsen.com*{{IMDb title, 0065334
1970 American television series debuts
1970 American television series endings
1970s American sketch comedy television series
1970s American variety television series
American Broadcasting Company original programming