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Thu Jun-02-05 12:23 PM
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Poll question: Most cringe-inducing Franken gag |
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Edited on Thu Jun-02-05 12:29 PM by UdoKier
There's plenty of stale, borscht-belt material to work with, but what's the most cringe-inducing Franken gag?
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:25 PM
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1. BTW, that "Talk to Me" song's real title is "Misty" |
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Edited on Thu Jun-02-05 12:29 PM by NYCGirl
And I like all of it...although my all-time favorite is the "Supply-Side Jesus" comic strip from his "Lying Liars" book.
Edited to add: the most cringe-inducing was his interview with the pillow that smothered Arafat (although not a fan of Arafat by any stretch of the imagination), I thought that wasn't very funny
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:27 PM
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2. His little leprechaun that has a " weeeeeee bit o' the diarrhea" |
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:28 PM
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5. Oh God, I had blocked that from my mind. |
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:32 PM
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7. Liam the Loose-Boweled Leprechaun. I think the idea of that bit is that it |
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is cringe-inducing, and for Katherine's reaction to it.
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Thu Jun-02-05 02:11 PM
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22. Right. It IS cringe-inducing AND funny. |
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:27 PM
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3. i think they are all kind of funny |
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i tend to like listening to Al and his corny bits. i find most of his humor humorous. :shrug:
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:32 PM
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6. What, no option to vote for Katherine Lampher? |
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I don't like a couple of the bits - the "sexy wonk" thing, the oi oi oi show is kind of lame. But, I listen to Al because I for the most part like his humor very much. But that side kick needs a kick literally. She contributes nothing and is annoying as hell.
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:59 PM
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She is there to defend journalists.
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:28 PM
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4. I find his impersonations of people with Arab accents annoying |
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:38 PM
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8. "the pillow that smothered Arafat" |
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I luv Al, but that one (which gets replayed in "best of" shows so they like it) doesn't do it for me.
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:42 PM
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9. How could we all forget Strom? |
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His Strom Thurmond impersonation annoys the hell out of me.
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:43 PM
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10. I really like his impersonations |
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Edited on Thu Jun-02-05 12:44 PM by Sugarcoated
I love his Cheney, Strom Thurmond and Kissinger.
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:50 PM
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12. I actually find his Thurmond pretty funny. |
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I liked his Stewart Smalley character on SNL, too.
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Thu Jun-02-05 02:09 PM
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20. Thurmond is one of the impersonations that cracks me up. |
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Thu Jun-02-05 03:11 PM
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"Tha pecka knows no bigotrah!"
:rofl:
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:44 PM
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11. I LOVE the Oy, Oy, Oy Show! |
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But the sexy wonk thing does bother me.
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:56 PM
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He's channeling the Stromster now
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Thu Jun-02-05 02:09 PM
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21. Yesterday I about busted a gut when he started riffing on George Cohan |
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"Give my regards to... HITLAH!"
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Thu Jun-02-05 03:07 PM
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23. I was laughing out loud at that one in the office — |
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while listening on earphones — and my co-workers just stared.
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:58 PM
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14. I would choose "all of the above", if I had that option. |
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:59 PM
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Love to hear his take on things. I wish his show was four hours instead of three - they need to spend more time on things
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Thu Jun-02-05 12:58 PM
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15. I love the oy oy oy show and Wait Wait don't lie to me. |
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Cause I love the guy and I'm grateful to him for working so hard for Democrats, for never failing to hold the liars to account when just about nobody would. Even now! But the diahrea leprechaun does sound nasty.
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Thu Jun-02-05 01:05 PM
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18. EVERYTHING Franken does causes me to cringe. |
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And I hate it when he interrupts his guests, which he does frequently. He's NOT funny and seldom cogent.
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Thu Jun-02-05 02:05 PM
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19. Radio news crawl...or something like that. |
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HE and Katherine would be debating, and some other voice would come on and give little factoids of current events, talking over them. Katherine hated it and stopped it after about a minute or so. He thought it was funny. It wasn't. Sort of like his last hour of SNL writing. Who turned it off after the Coneheads or Ed Grimley?
Another annoying one was this Iraqi brother to a candidate during the Jan elections. It was a root canal!
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