In my ongoing attempt to entertain you by unearthing the worst cover songs of all time, I offer you this particularly putrid gem: Pat Paulsen adding an extra dollop of poop to the already pretty execrable “Hey Jude.”

This is actually quite funny in a smart funny type of way. Paulsen is skewering the whole hippie dippy thing, youth culture in general, and the cornball sentiment of a song that has all the lyrical depth of a Hallmark greeting card. So, in fact, this may actually be a brilliant cover version of “Hey Jude” in that it shines a light on the mindnumbing banality of the tune. Whatever the case, the Indian gets the last laugh.
 

 
File under “Quite Odd”: Comedian—and perennial presidential candidate—Pat Paulsen appears in black face, telling ethnically insensitive jokes in a 1974 appearance on The Merv Griffin Show that never aired… for reasons that should be rather obvious.

Griffin and guest actor Doug McClure (who seems a bit drunk) actually walk off the stage in nervous embarrassment, but upon his return at the end, Merv fires off a great improv’d line.