This is Al Franken's first week on the job, so he didn't have
time to prepare actual questions for Sonia Sotomayor. Instead he
talked about Perry Mason, and how that show made Sotomayor want
to be a prosecutor.  Which is weird! Because, see, the
prosecutor on that show never won. It's funny! Then Al sort of
rambles a bit about how Sonia watched Perry Mason in the Bronx,
as a child, with her mom, and he watched in St. Louis Park, as a
child, with the Coen brothers (j/k!), and now she is going to be
on the Supreme Court, and that's "pretty cool."  This is obvious
proof that he lacks the depth and gravitas necessary to be a US
Senator. Unlike, say, Tom fucking Coburn.