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You can call Franken ‘Senator-elect’ but don’t call him ‘Funnyman’

By Chris Steller | 05.07.09 | 10:52 am

He’ll answer to “Senator-elect,” but Al Franken won’t tell jokes on demand when addressed as “Funnyman” by a stranger. That’s the story from an eavesdropper who took notes in a Washington, D.C. bar.