Al Franken

It's odd, I don't actually find Al Franken that funny, and didn't even find him particularly likeable for the first half or so of Storyville's 'Al Franken: God Spoke', on tonight - but the more the show went on and the worse things got for a respectable liberal, the more I liked him, rooted for him and wanted him to turn things around; the truth is that he's a good man, and I was quite moved when, after Bush's election victory, he recounted the story of his wife's family surviving on welfare benefits. Having delivered his point perfectly, Franken paused.

"I'm, I'm, I'm thinking of, er, running in 2008 against Norm Coleman", he muttered. Of course the room rose to their feet to applaud. Spine tingling stuff.