Tomfoolery
I recently read Tom Davis's memoir, the reasonably enjoyable Thirty-Nine Years Of Short-Term Memory Loss. Davis is the lesser-known member of Franken & Davis, the least-loved comedians to regularly appear on Saturday Night Live. The narrative is fractured, and goes more into Davis's travels and attraction to the Grateful Dead that I cared to read. But if you're into SNL, save a spot on your shelf.
It's rare I've laughed at anything coming out of Al Franken's mouth, so let me admit he came up with a good line, on the spot, well before he was famous. According to Davis, some guy he was caddying for was having a terrible round, and blamed Franken. When it was over, he said "You must be the worst caddy ever" to which Franken replied "That would be too big a coincidence."
It's rare I've laughed at anything coming out of Al Franken's mouth, so let me admit he came up with a good line, on the spot, well before he was famous. According to Davis, some guy he was caddying for was having a terrible round, and blamed Franken. When it was over, he said "You must be the worst caddy ever" to which Franken replied "That would be too big a coincidence."
posted by LAGuy @ 12:22 AM
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I laughed at Placenta Helper. I was surprised to learn that was Al's.
Franken and Davis were behind some good sketches in the early years of SNL, but I don't know anyone who looked forward to their appearances on the show.
Michael Jordan's appearance with Franken's character Stuart Smalley was laugh out loud funny, mostly because of MJ's inability to keep a straight face.
p.s. my verification is "coculkin," a word I would define as a "role where you have to let a child hit you in the groin over and over for laughs."
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