Anyone catch the footage of Al Franken drawing a map of the USA from memory?

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at the MN state fair as seen on KO.

WOW! It was impressively accurate.

[NMDemDist2]

1. check youtube

there's a clip of him doing it on Letterman several years ago

[Bonobo]

5. I remember him doing it on SNL in 1988.

For the Dukakis presidential run, where my heart was first broken.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. I would hope so. He's been looking at them for over 5o years.

Most people born here should be able to do that, poor drawing skills (such as mine) aside.

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3. Most people - not so much...

many have poor drawing skills and even worse spatial skills. I believe I could do it but would probably have a hard time with Rhode Island and Delaware because they are so small. I could probably fake them though because I could figure it out by the surrounding states. That said, accurate free hand drawing with a marker in front of a crowd isn't so easy.

[onestepforward]

4. He is awesome!

When he had his Air America show televised on the Sundance channel, his intro showed a clip of him drawing the map on a plexiglass board. He's good!

[question everything]

6. And a nice one from his victory party last June

that can benefit from more viewers and ratings on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLen2TrqCAw

[NYC_SKP]

7. Yes, very impressive and something I'd like to teach myself to do... but...

I get lost East of the big square states. :P