Wasn’t Sen. Al Franken once a featured cast member on “Saturday Night Live”? You know, the show that NBC broadcast live every Saturday night?
For a comedian, Al Franken's improv skills leave something to be desired.
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) July 26, 2016
No kidding. Franken and fellow comedian Sarah Silverman were told to stretch out their bit at the Democratic National Convention because Paul Simon was apparently having technical problems. A few minutes of improvisation shouldn’t have been a problem, but something threw off the timing of these two masters of comedy — maybe it was the loud chants of, “Bernie! Bernie! Bernie!”
DNC organizers tell @SarahKSilverman to stretch – so Paul Simon can get set – but that allows space for chants of Bernie to break out.
— Savannah Guthrie (@SavannahGuthrie) July 26, 2016
Oh dear. Silverman chanting "Unity" and Franken chanting "Hillary."
— Ali Rogin (@AliRogin) July 26, 2016
Quick, think of something funny to defuse the situation.
Sarah Silverman goes off script: "To the 'Bernie or bust' people, you're being ridiculous!"
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 26, 2016
Brilliant.
"Thank God they can fix this in post" — Sarah Silverman, showbiz-signaling #checkyourprivilege
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 26, 2016
.@SarahKSilverman had some words for the @BernieSanders supporters at the #DemConvention https://t.co/hOt9beyBoF pic.twitter.com/QZ0hyNzl7n
— POLITICO (@politico) July 26, 2016
Sarah Silverman: "Can I just say, to the Bernie or Bust people: you're being ridiculous." pic.twitter.com/KJRURerAZ6
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) July 26, 2016
Al Franken: “We’re like a bridge over troubled…” Sarah Silverman: “Oh good lord.” pic.twitter.com/o4lrPasAso
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 26, 2016
Sarah does the "feel the bern" joke, and Al reprises it – because no one has heard that enough. they're as edgy as a snowball.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) July 26, 2016
oh man they are sinking like a corpse filled with rocks.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) July 26, 2016
this is what they do for a living. and they're dying.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) July 26, 2016
Oh, this is where Al Franken does his impersonation of a struggling, hapless comedian.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) July 26, 2016
Honestly, I can vamp better than that
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 26, 2016
given that Garrison Keillor and Al Franken were apparently the funniest people in Minnesota, I'm starting to have certain questions
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) July 26, 2016
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