For no obvious reason, I’ve been thinking about Watergate and the scandal that bought down a Presidency. So I thought I’d look for some contemporary comedy about the whole affair.
Here’s Johnny, marking the fifth anniversary of Nixon’s resignation.
https://youtu.be/0pRdE1ApqOA
And that’s pretty much all I could find.
So I guess there was only ever one joke performed on TV about Watergate.
Weird.
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