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Sen. Al Franken was famously contained during the long period of limbo between Election Day and his swearing-in, suppressing his wit by keeping mum in an effort to seem more senatorial. So when a video of Franken impersonating the late Sen. Paul Simon surfaced last week and then quickly disappeared, it suggested more humor-management. Not so, [...]

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.

In a story on the Senate Judiciary Committee taking up Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court next week, the New York Times makes mention of something noted here last week: committee member Al Franken’s 1991 TV portrayal of a U.S. senator on the same committee, questioning a Supreme Court nominee.

Michele Bachmann received an apology on NBC-TV last night. Amy Poehler — formerly of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and now the star of the network’s new series, “Parks and Recreation” — looked straight into the camera and said “I’m sorry” to the Minnesota Republican.

The Democrats’ response to Sen. Joe Lieberman’s vigorous campaigning for John McCain, which included the former Democrat taking to CNN to endorse the GOP’s talking point that “Hamas endorsed Obama”: He got to keep his chairmanship and was allowed to remain part of the Democratic Senatorial Caucus. Since his party won’t deal with Leiberman harshly, [...]

The Republicans are bringing out the big guns in defense of Sen. Norm Coleman this week. A new video by the National Republican Senatorial Committee enlists Hollywood has-beens Pat Boone, Stephen Baldwin, John “Cliff Clavin” Ratzenberger, Robert (who?) Davi and former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Victoria Jackson in a Minnesotacentric commercial that accuses Al [...]

Will Farrell returned for a cameo as George W. Bush on last night’s Thurday edition of SNL weekend update. The video, for sizing reasons, is below the jump.

Norm Coleman’s campaign and his henchmen are bloviating overtime about Al Franken’s reported contribution to a Saturday Night Live skit last week mocking John McCain. The skit was conceived from some comments made by Franken in a phone conversation with his old friend and boss, SNL creator and Executive Producer Lorne Michaels.