the pod bay door

Just left Joe’s Pub, where I saw Al Franken perform an hour of brilliant standup. Most of his bits were related to the US election, which is tomorrow. We applauded afterwards until he returned for an encore, for which he admitted he was not prepared. Backstage I heard him say to someone that maybe one time before in his career did he receive an encore ovation. It was deserved. I’m currently reading his book Oh, The Things I Know, and afterwards he autographed my copy, and allowed a picture to be taken of us both. He’s a stand up guy (no pun intended). Now I’m off to see Tully (the movie).

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