LOL! SNL Does McCain

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[stephanie]

Franken helps craft McCain 'SNL' skit
By JONATHAN MARTIN & JOSH KRAUSHAAR | 9/20/08 10:00 PM EDT Text Size:



Minnesota democrat hopes to inspire a few laughs.
Photo: AP





Al Franken, the former "Saturday Night Live" star now running in a high-profile Senate race in Minnesota, helped craft the opening sketch mocking John McCain that kicked off the NBC comedy show Saturday, according to two well-placed sources inside the network.

Franken, who hasn’t been a staff writer on the show for 13 years, “phoned in” a spoof of McCain recording campaign ads in an edit booth, said an NBC source. Seth Meyers, the show’s current head writer, wrote it, but the sketch was hatched by Franken, a longtime liberal satirist and comedian.

An SNL insider said that, as of the Wednesday script read-through, Franken was the “credited writer with Meyers” on the opening sketch. Show veteran Darrell Hammond is to play McCain.

Franken’s input to the show blindsided his campaign staff, who have been forced to explain away some of the more crass and profane parts of his past writing and acting that have been used as fodder against him in a state known for its polite manners.

A spokeswoman for Franken, Colleen Murray, first said the Democratic Senate candidate “didn’t write anything for SNL tonight.” But pressed if he was involved in the show or had been in contact with staff members, Murray admitted Franken had a role in Saturday's program.


read the rest..
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13684.html

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read the rest..
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13684.html

Darn - ya beat me to it!

Oh well, I still got a chuckle out of the skit...:)

[stephanie]

Darn - ya beat me to it!

Oh well, I still got a chuckle out of the skit...:)

I was just reading about it when I saw you post this..:thumb:

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