[Skooz]

I dunno.

I think his "me, Al Franken," schtick was pretty funny for awhile. And his stint as a roving reporter for the Weekend Update had it's moments, ie the funny looking doofus in the rain with a satellite dish on his head.

Not hilarious, but mildly amusing to watch.

[Yardstick]

I thought Franken was great on SNL. He easily held his own with the dream-team SNL cast of the '88 ~ '95 era, and he's funnier than any of the recent SNL cast, with a few exceptions. His roving reporter routine was always good for a laugh as was his Stuart Smalley character. Franken's skill as a humorist gets dissed around here for obvious reasons, but I think it might be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. He was a funny guy IMO.