Arlen’s night at the Improv
Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 2:00 PM by Domenico Montanaro
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From NBC’s Julia Steers and Domenico Montanaro
Sen. Arlen Specter -- the Pennsylvania Republican who oversaw the appointment of two Bush Supreme Court justices, went after Alberto Gonzalez, Democratic presidential contenders and had a rare kind word for Larry Craig -- took second place in a celebrity comedy contest last night at the Washington, D.C. Improv.
A 77-year-old, five-term senator and cancer survivor, Specter showed a humorous side that is often rare in Washington.
Here are a couple of his jokes (some, well, one in particular, were perhaps too suggestive for this post):
--“Bob [Dole] then told me Elizabeth was very angry with him, because he complained about the cost of Viagra. He said, ‘Arlen, you know they cost $10 a pill?’ And I said, ‘Bob how in the hell would I know about that?’ And then Elizabeth said to him in anger, so he reported, ‘Bob, you can afford $40 a year!’”
--“Trent Lott was really despondent after the hurricane hit, had a lot of property damage, but the thing he was most concerned about, was that it destroyed his entire library -- both books. And Trent wasn’t even finished coloring one of them.”
Here is a video link to his performance.
