Name: Al Franken | You Made It Weird
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Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Al Franken | You Made It Weird' from Pete Holmes on Comedy Buff. Published 2022-10-26. Transcript available. Al Franken makes it weird! #alfranken #peteholmes #youmadeitweird #podcast.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Al Franken | You Made It Weird' from Pete Holmes on Comedy Buff. Published 2022-10-26. Transcript available. Al Franken makes it weird! #alfranken #peteholmes #youmadeitweird #podcast.

Al Franken | You Made It Weird

You made it weird. You made it weird. You made it weird. Oh, yeah. You made it
weird. You made it weird. Yes, you did. You made it weird. Oh, yeah. You made
it weird. With Pete Holmes. Yes, you did. You made it weird. Oh, yeah.
What's happening, weirdos? This is my chat with the comedy legend and the only
former U.S. senator currently on tour, Al Franken. That's the name of his tour,
by the way. Go to alfranken.com if you want to see the man live. He's so funny.
He's so smart. He's so interesting. The only former U.S. senator currently on
tour tour. Go to alfranken.com to get tickets today. Also, maybe both.
Go to peteholmes.com. Thank you to everybody that was in Toronto, Atlantic City,
and Boston. Those shows were awesome. Up next is Chicago for three nights at
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great to be back in Chicago. Followed by San Francisco, Portland, Seattle,
Atlanta, Charlotte, and Washington, D.C. It's been awesome, awesome, awesome. I'm
so pleased with this new hour. Hope to see some weirdos out on the road.
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Hope to see you out on the road.
It would mean so much.
Go to PeteHolmes.com for all of my tour tickets.
And in the meantime, enjoy the incredible Al Franken and go see him on the road.
AlFranquen.com.
All right.
Get into it.
Yeah.
Marketing.
I mean, here, it's an old stand-up bit I had about when people go, here we are
talking about it.
And it always bothered me when people would say, here we are talking about it.
And I was like, that would only be true if we said, but here we are against our
will, buying dozens of cases of liquid death water.
You know what I mean?
Although now I kind of disagree with the premise because, yeah, we'll just
start.
Oh, and please sit as far back as you can.
Put your feet on it.
It's like a sleepover.
It's the filthiest couch in the world.
You're so welcome.
I'm going to do that.
Do it.
Like an airplane.
That.
That.
Oh, yeah.
Here, have another one.
This is.
Oh, my God.
I just threw a pillow and it went right behind you.
There you are.
Is that a half lotus you're doing?
It's weird.
I always thought this was good, that I was flexible.
And then I had a masseuse finally say, your ligaments are too loose.
And I went, no.
Jesus Christ.
The one thing I took some pride of.
Regarding your body.
Regarding my body.
Yeah, our bodies are shame spirals.
Yeah, yes.
Of course.
And I'm just going like, I'm short.
You know, but I'm flexible.
I actually, I hate to yes and your shame.
But one of my first thoughts was I did think you were taller.
I want, do you get that all the time?
Yes, I did.
I hate that.
I'm sorry.
Well.
I hate that I'm being typical.
It reminds me of a funny story.
Well, we actually have to go to a break.
Should I tell those?
Yeah, in one second.
This episode.
Yes, please tell the story.
Please tell the story.
So, the first day I'm in the Senate.
I do my, I get sworn in.
The U.S. Senate.
U.S. Senate.
So, I get sworn in.
The United States Senate.
So, I get sworn in, go back to my office, do some stuff there.
Then I got votes.
And I'm sitting on the subway.
There's subways between the Capitol and the different office buildings.
That's fun.
And sitting right across the little subways.
People still pee in them?
Is it filthy?
This is frowned upon.
Depends.
I've never seen anyone do it, nor, they keep good care of the subway.
Okay, good.
In terms of that.
Is this the subway that Kevin Spacey pushed his assistant?
Remember in House of Cards, he murders his assistant?
I didn't, no, I was not, I didn't get to watch that.
You don't have to watch that as a member of the subway?
No, no.
But I don't think, well, it's possible.
I