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How SNL helped prepare two-term senator Al Franken for the absurdity of Congress
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1
2017
Charles P. Pierce
Mark Peterson
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How SNL helped prepare two-term senator Al Franken for the absurdity of Congress
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Charles P. Pierce
Mark Peterson
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