Alleged comedian and cemetery senator Al Franken achieved a career high by telling a funny joke for the first time in his long career of lingering awkwardly near cameras.
Sen. Al Franken let his comedic past get the better of him on Wednesday, apologizing after joking that an injury to a Minnesota Vikings player was akin to Hillary Clinton having an "affair with Anthony Weiner."
New York Times writer Mark Leibovich tweeted Franken's (D-Minn.) response to a gruesome leg injury to Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater that shocked onlookers in practice on Tuesday. Leibovich was tailing Franken at the Minnesota State Fair.
"It's like finding out Hillary's having an affair with Anthony Weiner," Franken said, according to Leibovich.
It's not great, but with Al Franken it's really a low bar. We're talking about a guy whose idea of a hilarious gag was calling Rush Limbaugh a lying liar.
This shocked everyone though because it was Al Franken telling a joke. That was almost mildly funny. Which no one expected from Al, so he had to immediately apologize for it.
The former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and comedian quickly walked back his remark.
"Pretty insensitive and stupid of me. Regret it and sincerely apologize," Franken said on Twitter.
Whom was it insensitive to? Teddy's gruesome leg injury, Anthony Weiner or Hillary Clinton? Or Al Franken's reputation for cerebral comedy by not being funny.