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(4,421 posts)
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:31 PM 17 hrs ago

Everybody laughed at Foster Brooks when he was humorously the campaign manager for Hubert Humphrey in 1968...

On the Dean Martin Comedy hour show.

Hic!

An amazing comedian that could make everyone laugh acting as a drunk, miss that now days.

I truly think Foster, in his role of a drunk, would have made a better president than one we have now.

Foster, RIP.

Hic!

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Everybody laughed at Foster Brooks when he was humorously the campaign manager for Hubert Humphrey in 1968... (Original Post) Enter stage left 17 hrs ago OP
Well, Pat Paulsen would have been better, House of Roberts 17 hrs ago #1
I liked Pat Paulsen too, but IMHO Foster was funnier. Enter stage left 17 hrs ago #2
As a comedian.... OAITW r.2.0 17 hrs ago #3
I loved Pat Paulsen's campaign motto: usonian 17 hrs ago #4
Foster Brooks was hilarious MO_Dem 17 hrs ago #5
I always thought that the funniest thing about Foster Brooks was DJ Synikus Makisimus 16 hrs ago #6
Her ya go werdna 15 hrs ago #7

OAITW r.2.0

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3. As a comedian....
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 09:38 PM
17 hrs ago

Pat could have been a breath of fresh air. Before Zelensky was the leader of Ukraine, he was a comedian.

DJ Synikus Makisimus

(1,286 posts)
6. I always thought that the funniest thing about Foster Brooks was
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 10:58 PM
16 hrs ago

that he was a teetotaler. He just had the talent to play a convincing drunk on stage and screen.

And Brooks as Humphrey's campaign director WAS hilarious!

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