David Letterman: 'The only person I can trust anymore is Al Franken'

The former late-night host sings the praises of the Minnesota senator.

March 6, 2017 at 8:20PM
Sen. Al Franken, talks politics and comedy on the CBS Late Show with David Letterman. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS �2015CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved
Sen. Al Franken, talks politics and comedy on the CBS Late Show with David Letterman. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS �2015CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved (Tom Horgen — CBS/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Sen. Al Franken, talks politics and comedy on the CBS Late Show with David Letterman. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS �2015CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved
(Tom Horgen — CBS/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

David Letterman/photo by John Paul Filo/CBS

David Letterman may have left his late-night perch nearly two years ago, but his words still carry weight.

His scathing comments about Donald Trump during a recent New York magazine interview has been in heavy circulation on the internet, but he also had some nice things to say about a certain Minnesota senator.

"The only person I can trust anymore is Al Franken, who has a great brain and a great heart," he told David Marchese. "I believe what he says."

Letterman went on to call Franken one of the smartest people he's ever met -- and one of the three funniest.

The other two: Norm Macdonald and long-time "SNL" writer Jim Downey.

To read more of the far-ranging interview, go here.

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Neal Justin

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Neal Justin is the pop-culture critic, covering how Minnesotans spend their entertainment time. He also reviews stand-up comedy. Justin previously served as TV and music critic for the paper. He is the co-founder of JCamp, a non-profit program for high-school journalists, and works on many fronts to further diversity in newsrooms.

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