Al Franken
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Sep 25, 2026
speaker_8UNKNOWN
[cheering] Ladies and gentlemen, it's, it's important for your own good y- you, you need to sit down because I'm afraid I have some terrible news Nation, shh, it's, it's, it's going to be that bad.
speaker_8UNKNOWN
[laughs] Because, nation, today the Minnesota Supreme Court ordered that Al Franken be certified as a US senator.
speaker_8UNKNOWN
[cheers]
Adriana CortezHOST
Al Franken became the senator from Minnesota.
Adriana CortezHOST
On election night 2008, the former Saturday Night Live comedian had actually on paper lost the election by 725 votes.
Adriana CortezHOST
But in a race where 2.9 million people voted, the slim margin of victory set in motion an automatic recount.
Adriana CortezHOST
It was later reported that roughly 1,100 felons illegally cast a ballot in the race, just about the same number that flipped the outcome.
Adriana CortezHOST
Prisoners voting could turn an election towards the Democrats.
Skye JataniHOST
And some of those voices, I think, have dominated certain segments of the society, the culture, higher ed in some cases, not everywhere.
Skye JataniHOST
And there is a sense, I think it was Al Franken, back when he was a senator from Minneapolis or from Minnesota, Democratic senator, very progressive guy, he talked about how This is an oversimplification, but he was talking about how Republicans love the country the way a five-year-old loves mom.
Skye JataniHOST
Just this adoring, can do no wrong, love my mom.
Skye JataniHOST
She cares for me.
Garland NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The other part of it is this.
Garland NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As I've always said, and I must give credit to Al Franken for this.
Garland NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Years ago, I read a book called Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot.
Garland NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I love to read, and sometimes I just read books for the hell of it.
Garland NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And to be quite frank, it was written by Al Franken, and it was a hell of a book, regardless of the content.
Garland NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Limbaugh, he was a showman, right? He was an early version of Trump.
Garland NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He was a showman.
Garland NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But In that, one of the things that Al Franken spoke of lying, and he put it like this.
Brian ThomasHOST
2016, remember Me Too, Harvey Weinstein using the old casting couch of Hollywood producers to coerce sex from actr- actresses so they could get a role? Started out legitimately, as did climate change worries, as did nuclear bomb worries, as did AI worries, but that didn't last long.
Brian ThomasHOST
And all of a sudden, careers as varied as Garrison Keillor, Brett Kavanaugh, Al Franken, a senator, everybody, if they did anything in their past, stole a kiss, patted somebody too long, hugged somebody.
Brian ThomasHOST
Half the country was worried over the last 30 years had they said an off-color joke.
Brian ThomasHOST
There was a climate of paranoia, and it was right during what? The 2016 election.
John SchneiderHOST
But, uh, that's SNL for you where we have, uh, Smigel and Downey largely considered two of the greatest writers in SNL history leading the pack both with 13 sketches here.
John SchneiderHOST
Al Franken in third with 11.
John SchneiderHOST
Will Ferrell, who is not a traditional writer but wrote a lot of his own sketches at nine.
John SchneiderHOST
At eight we see Tom Davis, Colin Jost, and Mikey Day.
Matthew KeeferGUEST
I mean, it was unlike all the other ones I did.
Matthew KeeferGUEST
Talked about like, um, Al Franken and stuff like that.
Matthew KeeferGUEST
He was talking about Al Franken, and I was-
Steve ZieglerHOST
Oh, wow
Matthew KeeferGUEST
... on my computer Googling it.
Justin RiemerGUEST
I'm sorry, we've had major national elections decided by very small margins.
Justin RiemerGUEST
In 2008, Al Franken beat Norm Coleman by a couple hundred votes.
Justin RiemerGUEST
I believe the final margin in Florida was in 2000 was under a thousand votes.
Justin RiemerGUEST
We've had-
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
But that didn't last long.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
All of a sudden, Careers as varied as Garrison Keillor, Brett Kavanaugh, Al Franken, the senator.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
Everybody, if they did anything in their past, stole a kiss, patted someone too long, hugged somebody.
Victor Davis HansonGUEST
Half the country was worried over the last 30 years had they said an off-color joke.
Justin ReimerGUEST
I'm sorry, we've had major national elections decided by very small margins.
Justin ReimerGUEST
In 2008, Al Franken beat Norm Coleman by a couple hundred votes.
Justin ReimerGUEST
I believe the final margin in Florida was in 2000 was under a thousand votes.
Justin ReimerGUEST
We've had-
SamHOST
I know that ridiculous show and that crochet bikini she would wear.
SamHOST
But that, her, like Alf, was it, not Al Franken.
SamHOST
Joe Franklin.
SamHOST
There's all these weird, like, [laughs] fucking local fucking-
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