Say Anything Blog

Keep on keepin’ on, Hollywood. Or in this case, New York. You’re becoming more and more transparent all the time:

Al Franken, the former “Saturday Night Live” star now running in a high-profile Senate race in Minnesota, helped craft the opening sketch mocking John McCain that kicked off the NBC comedy show Saturday, according to two well-placed sources inside the network.

Franken, who hasn’t been a staff writer on the show for 13 years, “phoned in” a spoof of McCain recording campaign ads in an edit booth, said an NBC source. Seth Meyers, the show’s current head writer, wrote it, but the sketch was hatched by Franken, a longtime liberal satirist and comedian.

An SNL insider said that, as of the Wednesday script read-through, Franken was the “credited writer with Meyers” on the opening sketch. Show veteran Darrell Hammond is to play McCain.

Okay, no partisanship there on behalf of NBC, is there? I like the way Franken’s spokesperson tried to soft-soap the issue when asked about it, but then had to wriggle about and admit there had been some collusion when pressed on the issue:

A spokeswoman for Franken, Colleen Murray, first said the Democratic Senate candidate “didn’t write anything for SNL tonight.” But pressed if he was involved in the show or had been in contact with staff members, Murray admitted Franken had a role in Saturday’s program.

Oh, and another thing. It looks sort of like the people of Minnesota are being co-opted by Holywood liberals - if not being outright bought - whether they know it or not:

Franken has relied heavily on his show business connections to help fund his race.

He’s raised more money from California than any other state (including Minnesota), fueled by support from deep-pocketed Hollywood donors. He has received campaign donations from a host of famous actors including Tom Hanks, Candice Bergen, Paul Newman, Meg Ryan, Robin Williams, Steve Martin and Kevin Kline.

All told, Franken has raised over $523,000 from contributors connected to Hollywood in the movie and music industries.

This isn’t a political race between two political parties, it’s a power grab by the left and as we can see from all of the above they’ll use any means necessary to get it. Just win, baby.

But - Franken does say one thing in the article that is absolute truth:

For 35 years I was a writer. I wrote a lot of jokes. Some of them weren’t funny.

Hoo, boy, he can say that again.