OH, OH, OH...NOT AL, NOT AL!  AT 11:32 A.M. ET:  Is it true?  Can it be?  Al Franken?  Comedian, actor, US senator, liberal Democrat.  He, too...ACCUSED!  From KABC: 

On the day of the show Franken and I were alone backstage going over our lines one last time. He said to me, “We need to rehearse the kiss.” I laughed and ignored him. Then he said it again. I said something like, ‘Relax Al, this isn’t SNL…we don’t need to rehearse the kiss.’

He continued to insist, and I was beginning to get uncomfortable.

He repeated that actors really need to rehearse everything and that we must practice the kiss. I said ‘OK’ so he would stop badgering me. We did the line leading up to the kiss and then he came at me, put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth.

I immediately pushed him away with both of my hands against his chest and told him if he ever did that to me again I wouldn’t be so nice about it the next time.

I walked away. All I could think about was getting to a bathroom as fast as possible to rinse the taste of him out of my mouth.

I felt disgusted and violated.

Not long after, I performed the skit as written, carefully turning my head so he couldn’t kiss me on the lips.

COMMENT:  This may be the end of American history as we know it.  I mean, what does the United States Senate do?  A senator stands accused.  Dirty doings!  Dirty doings!

Does Franken reply?  Does he tell a joke?  "A funny thing happened to me backstage..."

This will be fascinating.  Mitch McConnell, not of Franken's party, is already saying that Roy Moore of Alabama will not be seated in the Senate, if elected, because of the accusations of women.

So what do they do with Al?

Stand by.   This is better than a TV soap opera.  It is a TV soap opera.

November 16,  2017