Most cringe-inducing Franken gag

[UdoKier]

Poll question: Most cringe-inducing Franken gag

There's plenty of stale, borscht-belt material to work with, but what's the most cringe-inducing Franken gag?

[NYCGirl]

1. BTW, that "Talk to Me" song's real title is "Misty"

And I like all of it...although my all-time favorite is the "Supply-Side Jesus" comic strip from his "Lying Liars" book.

Edited to add: the most cringe-inducing was his interview with the pillow that smothered Arafat (although not a fan of Arafat by any stretch of the imagination), I thought that wasn't very funny

[librechik]

2. His little leprechaun that has a " weeeeeee bit o' the diarrhea"

hands down.

[UdoKier]

5. Oh God, I had blocked that from my mind.

Thanks a lot.

[NYCGirl]

7. Liam the Loose-Boweled Leprechaun. I think the idea of that bit is that it

is cringe-inducing, and for Katherine's reaction to it.

[Pirate Smile]

22. Right. It IS cringe-inducing AND funny.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

3. i think they are all kind of funny

i tend to like listening to Al and his corny bits. i find most of his humor humorous. :shrug:

[Sugarcoated]

6. What, no option to vote for Katherine Lampher?

I don't like a couple of the bits - the "sexy wonk" thing, the oi oi oi show is kind of lame. But, I listen to Al because I for the most part like his humor very much. But that side kick needs a kick literally. She contributes nothing and is annoying as hell.

[Gold Metal Flake]

17. haven't you noticed?

She is there to defend journalists.

[LSdemocrat]

4. I find his impersonations of people with Arab accents annoying

[not fooled]

8. "the pillow that smothered Arafat"

I luv Al, but that one (which gets replayed in "best of" shows so they like it) doesn't do it for me.

[RubyDuby in GA]

9. How could we all forget Strom?

His Strom Thurmond impersonation annoys the hell out of me.

[Sugarcoated]

10. I really like his impersonations

I love his Cheney, Strom Thurmond and Kissinger.

[UdoKier]

12. I actually find his Thurmond pretty funny.

I liked his Stewart Smalley character on SNL, too.

[Pirate Smile]

20. Thurmond is one of the impersonations that cracks me up.

[tedoll78]

24. I love it!

"Tha pecka knows no bigotrah!"

:rofl:

[Jane Austin]

11. I LOVE the Oy, Oy, Oy Show!

But the sexy wonk thing does bother me.

[Sugarcoated]

13. LOL

He's channeling the Stromster now

[bunkerbuster1]

21. Yesterday I about busted a gut when he started riffing on George Cohan

"Give my regards to... HITLAH!"

[NYCGirl]

23. I was laughing out loud at that one in the office —

while listening on earphones — and my co-workers just stared.

[Gold Metal Flake]

14. I would choose "all of the above", if I had that option.

[Sugarcoated]

16. Tom Oliphant up next

Love to hear his take on things. I wish his show was four hours instead of three - they need to spend more time on things

[mahina]

15. I love the oy oy oy show and Wait Wait don't lie to me.

Cause I love the guy and I'm grateful to him for working so hard for Democrats, for never failing to hold the liars to account when just about nobody would. Even now! But the diahrea leprechaun does sound nasty.

[RushIsRot]

18. EVERYTHING Franken does causes me to cringe.

And I hate it when he interrupts his guests, which he does frequently. He's NOT funny and seldom cogent.

[Touchdown]

19. Radio news crawl...or something like that.

HE and Katherine would be debating, and some other voice would come on and give little factoids of current events, talking over them. Katherine hated it and stopped it after about a minute or so. He thought it was funny. It wasn't. Sort of like his last hour of SNL writing. Who turned it off after the Coneheads or Ed Grimley?

Another annoying one was this Iraqi brother to a candidate during the Jan elections. It was a root canal!