Stuart Smalley ‘Disappeared?’

With the announcement of his Senate bid, the call came in from headquarters to go dig up some old clips of Al Franken from his days on Saturday Night Live — including the classic “Franken & Davis” show with Tom Davis and his mincing self-help caricature Stuart Smalley.

stuart_saves_his_valley.jpgBut a search of YouTube turned up nothing — not a single clip, including his turn as a drunken railroad porter in Trading Places. Even the notoriously copyright-ambivalent DailyMotion was bare. Of course, there’s plenty of stuff from his more recent career as a pundit like his show on Air America, promotional appearances on book tours, appearances on Comedy Central’s faux news shows and more screeds from Bill O’Reilly, who calls Franken ‘Stuart Smalley’ at every opportunity.

I’m not one to indulge in conspiracy theories except for entertainment value, but is this a reflection of NBC’s efforts keep their content off YouTube, or something more insidious — is there anyone out there wearing a tinfoil hat who knows what kind of pull Franken has with the Illuminati?

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