Video: Franken on SNL, spoofing senate Supreme Court hearing

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NBC just dug a timely video out of its vaults: Al Franken playing a U.S. senator on the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, questioning a U.S. Supreme Court nominee. Now viewers can compare and contrast his 1991 and 2009 performances.

Here’s Franken in 1991 on SNL, in a spoof on the Clarence Thomas hearings (Franken starts at the 5:00 mark):

UPDATE: The video, posted by NBC at its Hulu site, is now down. The Minnesota Independent has contacted Hulu to find out why. Until we hear back or they put it back up, you can read the transcript of the sketch here (though it’s much better on video). 

And here’s Franken this week, playing himself, in the real Sonia Sotomayor hearings (via The UpTake):