Al Franken's freaky past

10 Zen Monkeys has a piece on the newly elected Senator Al Franken, and recalls some of his finer moments in sleazeball comedy. Includes a classic parody commercial where Al smokes a joint on camera, plus other great memories from SNL, etc.

As an aside, one of my favorite Franken quotes from his talk show days, during the run-up to the Iraq war Franken suggested the UN go up to the space station and drop acid together. His co-host replied, "How do you know they haven't?"

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