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In reply to the discussion: Leeann Tweeden's questionable claims. [View all]tammywammy
(26,582 posts)42. Here's Franken talking about the skit in 2005
Mr. FRANKEN: Yeah. That's a good question. I mean, no, I don't. I--you know, it is really like a Bob Hope kind of show that we do. Like Traylor Howard who is on "Monk"--and I were the emcees, and we'd go out and do--you know, my first joke is, `Anybody here from out of town?' Am I--you know, and then--it was just like--you know, this was my sixth USO tour, my third time here in Iraq. Traylor, however, is a virgin. And they go, `Whoo, whoo.' And she goes, `That's right. It's my first tour.' And I go, `That's what I meant, and I'm going to have to walk you through this, Traylor. First of all, watch out for the Army chow. So far I've had five MREs and none of them seem to have an exit strategy.' So it's very Bob Hope, and then we do this thing where, you know, I have written up this audition piece for me for "Monk," 'cause she's--'cause I want to be on the show, and it's all an excuse to kiss her. And then I kiss her and the guys, like yell, and she says, `Wait a minute. If I were going to kiss anybody here, it'd be one of these brave men.' And everyone goes, `Whoo, whoo,' and then she goes, `Or women.' And then they actually get louder. And then we pick a guy from the audience and he ends up kissing her. You know, that kind of thing.
https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=5071269
https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=5071269
He must have made changes to the basic script to accommodate whomever he was traveling with.
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I was not pay much attention to the "kiss" since it clearly falls into "she said/he said"
question everything
Nov 2017
#1
Of course he is not touching. This is a flat surface this is why is "cupping."
question everything
Nov 2017
#4
Of course she won't since there are plenty of questionable photos coming out from that occasion
still_one
Nov 2017
#8
Right. They won't really want to set the precedent of investigating every single claim
pnwmom
Nov 2017
#9
I think its pretty obvious Franken didn't write the skit for her specifically, considering
LisaL
Nov 2017
#22
If she wants another lawmaker to sponsor the bill, she will have to find another lawmaker to sponsor
LisaL
Nov 2017
#26
That's right. It was a three year old skit he wrote in anticipation of getting his tongue
rzemanfl
Nov 2017
#38