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Al Franken Interrupts Senate Campaign To Brainstorm Tonight's McCain SNL Skit
Deadline.com — ... Politico.com  says comedian-turned-candidate Al Franken helped craft the opening sketch mocking John McCain on  Saturday Night Live  tonight. The former SNL actor/writer and ex-Air America liberal radio host  now running in a hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Minnesota as the Democratic candidate opposite incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, “phoned in” a spoof of McCain recording campaign ads in an edit booth. The skit was written by Seth Meyers , the show’s current head writer , but the sketch was brainstormed by Franken. “Al has been friends with Lorne Michaels for ...

Al Franken Hashes Out Anti-McCain SNL Skit [Political Comedy]
Gawker — ... had whiny Wingers complaining that NBC is a bunch of lefty pinkos anyway—since it features McCain recording his approval for campaign ads that accuse Barack Obama of supporting "tax cuts for pedophiles," health care for Osama Bin Laden, and "fathering two black babies." But now that Franken has been outed as the original author of the piece, they're really going to poop their frightened pants. The Franken campaign is downplaying the candidate's involvement, but an SNL insider tells Politico that Franken's name was on the script alongside head writer Seth Meyers as late as ...