Sooo…Dave Chappelle tries to do a last-minute surprise show in the middle of Downtown Portland at 1 AM, and 4,000 people show up. Chappelle supposedly only expected an audience of about 200, so he arrives in the outdoor Pioneer Square alone with a small portable amplifier and microphone in hand. The mob kinda prevents him from doing a proper show, but it’s still crazy to see him walk amongst us—Chappelle has become the Cam’ron of Comedy.
And yeah, we would call this out for being a carefully orchestrated viral publicity stunt of Joaquin Phoenix proportions, but…Oregon? You can’t make that shit up. [Oregon Live via HP]
Well, somehow it’s official (if still in legal limbo): SNL alumni and prodigious pundit/writer Al Franken has defeated the incumbent by 225 votes to become the new U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Yes, senator. Show-business congressmen (Fred Grandy, Sonny Bono), mayors (Clint Eastwood, Kevin Johnson), even governors (Ahnold, Jesse Ventura) aren’t unheard of, but Franken’s ascension to the Senate is frankly (zing!) a little weird.
We’re sure he’ll make a great rabblerouser, especially as the tantalizing 59th Democrat (a party needs 60 to become a filibuster-proof majority, but we’ll save that conversation for a nerdier time), but it also kinda opens up the playing field. If a guy who starred in one of the worst movies of all time can become a Senator, then we’ve got six other comics who are at least qualified to be his chief of staff…
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