CNN: CNN This Morning
3/13/2024 9:54am
... little bit woof march madness. now we're portland, son 14 franken zagat in the west coast conference, live in shambles chip game, me, share drain into three, which just over a minute and a half to go putting a pilots up for good and stealing a bid in the process as ...
CNN: CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip
1/30/2024 7:35am
... of donald trump are the ones who work for him. al franken, thank you very much for joining us. i appreciate it. thank you, abby. ahead, sunny hostin will join me on e. jean carroll speaking out for the first time since that huge 83 million-dollar verdict against ...
CNN: CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip
1/30/2024 7:28am
... looking to censure james lankford for even taking part in these talks. joining me now, to discuss all of this, former minnesota senator and host of the al franken podcast, al franken. so, what do you make of this? donald trump, basically, as we like to say, saying the quiet part out loud. he is ...
CNN: CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip
1/30/2024 7:22am
... definition of cynical politics. donald trump and house republicans blowing up a bipartisan border deal. al franken is here, and he joins me live onset to react. plus, we will talk about how civil war is being loosely ...
CNN: CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip
1/30/2024 3:35am
... our government. some of the toughest critics of donald trump are the ones who work for him. al franken, thank you very much for joining us. i appreciate it. thank you, abby. ahead, sunny austin will join me on e. jean carroll speaking out for the first time ...
CNN: CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip
1/30/2024 3:28am
... franken podcast, al franken. so, what do you make of this? donald trump, basically, as we like to say, saying the quiet part out loud. he is telling everyone with the playbook is. don't pass a border deal so he can run on and out of control ...
CNN: CNN NewsNight With Abby Phillip
1/30/2024 3:22am
... definition of cynical politics. donald trump and house republicans blowing up a bipartisan border deal. i'll franken is here, and he joins me live onset to react. plus, we will talk about how civil war is being loosely ...
CNN: The Eighties
12/18/2023 4:02am
... now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. shales: there was a real question of whether 'saturday night live' would continue at all or whethther it woululd just d. the press s hasn't beeeen overerly kind. yeah, i read that stuff. ...
CNN: The Eighties
12/18/2023 4:02am
... was this b big enterprprise. franken:n: after fifive golden n years, lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. ...
CNN: Erin Burnett OutFront
12/8/2023 0:40am
... again, immigrant children. yeah. that's -- i think that's what this -- the santos thing highlights is that they've done nothing. done nothing. all right. thank you very much, senator. i appreciate your time. thank you. senator franken, good to see you. ...
CNN: Erin Burnett OutFront
12/8/2023 0:32am
... jews violates harvard code of conduct, correct? again, it depends on the context. all right. 'out front' now former democratic senator al franken. so much i want to talk to you ...
CNN: Erin Burnett OutFront
12/8/2023 0:26am
... presidents of mit, harvard. al franken, he went to harvard, he's next. plus, was the wife of the spy chain poisoned through her food? this is one of the leading ...
CNN: Erin Burnett OutFront
12/8/2023 0:17am
... israel. plus, former democratic senator al franken and why george santos will not go away. plus, chilling details emerging tonight. we are learning more about the former professor behind the mass shooting in las vegas. ...
CNN: Erin Burnett OutFront
12/8/2023 0:01am
... biden. details ahead. kamala harris's husband doug emhoff lashing out about anti-semitism and genocide. al franken is 'out front.' ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
12/3/2023 11:14pm
... it. that's how his former constituents feel about it as well. senator al franken, thanks so much. appreciate it. great talking to you. still to come, we will turn back to the middle east. israel has been bombing gaza after a temporary truce expired ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
12/3/2023 11:02pm
... in the united states. joining me to talk about this is former democratic senator al franken. great to see you. thanks for coming back on the program. we appreciate it. my pleasure. what do you make of all this talk from trump this weekend ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
12/3/2023 10:59pm
... on january 6, says president biden is the real threat to democracy. we will discuss that with al franken. he is coming up in a few moments. stay with us. in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. ...
CNN: CNN This Morning Weekend
11/12/2023 1:51pm
... congressman from california until his untimely and accidental death. but i don't think that's how it works. reporter: which minnesota senator started out as a comedian? that's right, me, al franken. reporter: of course, arnold ...
CNN: Erin Burnett OutFront
11/11/2023 0:34am
... untimely and accidental death. which minnesota senator started out as a comedian? that's right, me, al franken. reporter: and of course, ...
CNN: Erin Burnett OutFront
9/26/2023 11:56pm
... stepping aside as your governor. reporter: following allegations of sexual misconduct, the sole charge against him was dismissed n 2018 when senator al franken resigned his senate seat following allegations he touched women ...
CNN: CNN News Central
9/26/2023 6:23pm
... standards, right, when it comes to politics. for some reason, democrats like to hold themselves up to a higher standard, when you look at al franken. when you look at what's happening with bob menendez. on the other side, you've got donald trump 40 points ahead on ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom Live
9/26/2023 6:14am
... you do anything, you break the law, you get found liable for sexual assault, e. jean carroll, and then you defame her, and then you get hit with a couple finds, right, and that's the world we're living in. so whether or not the foreign government worked him seems to be of little consequence. and ...
CNN: CNN Primetime
9/26/2023 2:15am
... that donald trump gets more popular, the worse it gets, the more popular he gets. this is what democrats have had a challenge with. al franken, 2017, he stepped aside, he resigned, and now says he regrets it. because clearly at the same time somebody got elected president with more credible ...
CNN: CNN News Central
9/25/2023 3:08pm
... guilty as appropriate and not forcing one of their colleagues out, because they did just that in effect with al franken, and to much regret down the line. but the core idea should be clear, as democratic crook is as ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
9/23/2023 8:18pm
... trump to get out of the race or that he's not qualified to run for president and so on? well, you know, that's kind of actually a mixed bag, i think. there's a lot of regret in democratic circles about pressure that al franken faced ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
9/23/2023 7:24am
... are going to lose the right to play this card down the line. senator al franken as one example in a very different context obviously. but this notion of a moral high ground whether a politician ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
9/23/2023 3:24am
... say, hold on a second. if we do this we'll lose the ability to play this card down the line and talking to fellow minnesotaens, this happened around senator al franken as one example in a different context obviously but this notion of a ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom Live
8/8/2023 6:56am
... director william franken died at the age of 87. and thank you for your company, i'm rosemary church. i will be back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment. ...
CNN: The Eighties
7/23/2023 3:03am
... now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. shales: there was a real question of whether 'saturday night live' would continue at all or whether it would just die. the press hasn't been overly kind. yeah, i read that stuff. ...
CNN: The Eighties
7/23/2023 3:03am
... was this big enterprise. franken: after five golden years, lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. ...
CNN: The Eighties
7/9/2023 5:03am
... lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. ...
CNN: The Eighties
7/9/2023 5:03am
... and the characters that they had created. there was just something that you got behind. whereas, you know, 'snl' right from the -- from the gate and through the '80s was this big enterprise. franken: after five golden years, ...
CNN: Early Start With Christine Romans
6/28/2023 9:54am
... makes my stock portfolio look better. all right, dan, thank you so much. and wildlife officials want people to be on the lookout for the franken fish, the nickname for the northern snake head fish which can breathe air and slither on land. this is originally from asia but ...
CNN: The Eighties
5/14/2023 5:04am
... including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. now, most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. well, there was a real question of whether 'saturday night live' would continue at all or whether it would just die. the press hasn't been overly kind. ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
5/12/2023 2:36am
... franken resigned over accusations of inappropriate touching. and i'm not here to defend him. he later said that he regretted stepping down so soon before there was a senate inquiry. he felt other people had been treated differently. ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
5/5/2023 2:54am
... i am back with van lathan and al franken. then, i've never heard let's get down in that song? can you hear the echoes in? i've watched several youtube videos i compared the melodies. ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
5/5/2023 2:49am
... prayer, day of party, pot. weed. okay. the three p's. that's what we're doing. you'll be at 7-eleven, you won't have time to get mad. stay away from senator franken, it's bad for your blood pressure. we're leaving it on a note of ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
5/5/2023 2:20am
... side, some people believe that it was one of the most vicious political campaigns. i'm back with van lathen, al franken, senator, i think that's interesting. i bet that that vicious campaign ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
5/5/2023 2:02am
... lathen, we have former senator al franken, we have former senate candidate, joe pinion and rabbi, rolling stone writer and former law clerk for merrick garland, jay michaelson. great to have all of you here. ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
4/29/2023 11:12pm
... al franken joins us. he'll talk about how he provided the entertainment during the clinton years. so stay tuned for that. you will sigh the white house correspondents dinner right here. president biden and roy was on ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
4/16/2023 9:28pm
... is has to be done in congress. alright al franken, scott jennings. it's an issue that is not going away because the shootings keep happening. that is for sure. gentlemen. thanks so much for your time. we appreciate it. coming up. russia ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
4/16/2023 9:21pm
... attacking the republican governor of florida trump's stealing pages from the biden pelosi playbook, repeating lies about social security should fight democrats not lie about governor desantis. what happened to donald trump? joining us to talk about this. al franken, ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom Live
4/7/2023 6:32am
... back with my panel. alyssa farah griffin, senator al franken, linette lopez and john avlon center. i know you're chomping at the bit to talk about this. so what do you think about what's happening in? i mean, pick your state about north carolina, tennessee talk about north carolina. abortion is a ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom Live
4/7/2023 6:12am
... next. thanks so much for your time. thank you. okay we need to talk more about this because here with me, i have my panel former trump white house communications director alyssa farah griffin, former senator al franken. we also have linette lopez, a columnist for insider and senior political ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
4/7/2023 2:29am
... election, which marks a significant political realignment there. it all shows that partisan fights in the states are shaping the laws that affect millions of americans and back with my panel. alyssa farah griffin, senator al franken, linette lopez and john avlon center. i know you're chomping ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
4/7/2023 2:09am
... steps of what's going to happen next. thanks so much for your time. thank you. okay we need to talk more about this because here with me, i have my panel former trump white house communications director alyssa farah griffin, former senator al franken. we also have linette lopez, a columnist for ...
CNN: The Eighties
12/25/2022 2:03am
... so nbc had to pick a new producer. now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. well, there was a real question of whether 'saturday night live' would continue at all, whether it would just die. ...
CNN: The Eighties
12/25/2022 2:03am
... whereas “snl” right from the gate and through the '80s was this big enterprise. after five golden years, lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. ...
CNN: The Eighties
11/28/2022 0:03am
... so nbc had to pick a new producer. now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. well, there was a real question of whether 'saturday ...
CNN: The Eighties
11/28/2022 0:03am
... gate and through the '80s was this big enterprise. after five golden years, lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. ...
CNN: Anderson Cooper 360
11/23/2022 5:02am
... have neil franken joining us, a former maryland state police officer. juliette, let's start with you, what details are you learning? walmart opened two days before thanksgiving opened late. and so, you are going to have ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
11/23/2022 3:44am
... congress access to donald trump's taxes. and the court is also the subject of one of al franken's podcast episodes. so, let's talk about. al, you are talking about legitimacy of the court on your podcast with dahlia lithwick, ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
11/23/2022 3:36am
... simply shuttered. alison? back with me, or louis, a franken and suddenly, john berman, how did you get yourself us? fleet of foot. that was great, john. you made us all smarter. it is not just a sports lesson, it was a history lesson, which ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
11/23/2022 3:21am
... ms. joining me now cnn political correspondent earl lewis, also al franken and joe walsh, back in. the i don't want to, say that's not anything we heard from his background. people looking into his background, and i don't know if anyone here -- are you guys lawyers? i mean, you know, i don't know ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
11/23/2022 3:02am
... trump's taxes. he would meet our cnn senior legal analyst elliott honig, former senator al franken, and former senator joe walsh. great to have all of you here. elie, this is something he's been fighting for years, since 2015, when donald trump i was running for president he ...
CNN: Election Night in America
11/9/2022 2:26am
... grassley in a tight race with mike franken. there is very little vote in iowa at this hour. we only have 11% in. let's dip in on ...
CNN: Election Day in America
11/8/2022 8:39pm
... meantime has been closed doors no plans to make any kind of public appearance, his party is playing defense in many parts of the country. let's bring back republican arkansas governor asa hutchinson. and al franken. ...
CNN: Election Day in America
11/8/2022 7:33pm
... border. that plays into the hands of the republican national message. and we are hearing it again and again. please stay with me. al franken and asa hutchenson. we will check in with a close race in new hampshire, where a challenger backed by the former ...
CNN: Election Day in America
11/8/2022 7:29pm
... these voter conversations have been so fascinating. if you're willing to speak to reporters, you have something to say, but there's been very thoughtful and considered comments from many of these voters. al franken and republican governor asa hutchenson are both ...
CNN: Election Day in America
11/8/2022 7:21pm
... a live report and predictions from arkansas governor asa hutchenson and former senator al franken, as election day in america rorolls on. ...
CNN: Election Day in America
11/8/2022 5:41pm
... house. they do though say publicly and privately they may hold the senate. i'm joined by al franken and republican governor of arkansas. so thanks very much to both of you. senator, let's just start with ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
11/5/2022 7:17pm
... what we heard from republican strategists, staffers on capitol hill was that trump was alienating and turning off swing district voters in places like pennsylvania, the very state we are talking about now. al franken, charlie dent. thanks to both of you very much ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
11/5/2022 7:06pm
... -- optimistic. i really am. joining us is al franken, congressman from pennsylvania charlie dent. al, let some he start with you first. that's a pretty big prediction from the president. obviously he wants to remain hopeful and optimistic in all of ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
10/28/2022 6:45am
... reagan, al franken, schwarzenegger, we have jerry springer. jerry springer was actually a mayor before he was a celebrity. sunny bono was actually alive during color film, but for some reason he used a black ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
10/28/2022 2:45am
... celebrity certainly works. so here as you'll see donald trump, ronald reagan, al franken, arnold shwarzenegger. we have jerry springer. jerry springer was actually a mayor before -- that's right. what i love about this, though, ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto
10/27/2022 2:08pm
... and i certainly didn't think we would talk about at all even as a sleeper race is iowa. chuck grassley has been in the senate for 40 odd years. he's always won with 60 plus% of the vote but there is polling shows that mike franken who has ...
CNN: New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar
10/27/2022 11:35am
... franken, the democratic nominee, i'd be surprised. we talk about florida, the swing state, a state that has seen massive amounts of spending. this is one that democrats hoped would come online. val demings, congresswoman with ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
10/26/2022 7:04pm
... this one is stunning. chuck grassley. he has been in the senate for longer than i have been alive and i'm not that young, but there is polling out that suggests -- quality polling out that suggests he's only a few points ahead of mike franken. ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield
10/23/2022 7:26pm
... tease, my staff telling me, as a postscript to that conversation between scott and al franken earlier on in our program, scott jennings and al franken, yes, kevin mccarthy did say that if republicans win control of the house, the gop may use raising ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield
10/23/2022 7:18pm
... there's nothing about social security and medicare in there. inflation, economy, crime, immigration. that's the bottom line. all right. we're going to leave it there, guys. thanks a lot. great debate. appreciate the time and the 'snl' shout-out to al franken. that was -- nice work there. it's an ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield
10/23/2022 7:01pm
... to film and take pictures of people who show up. joining me now, former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, al fran nk, and cnn political commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush, scott ...
CNN: Inside Politics With John King
10/21/2022 4:19pm
... level, too, grassley's numbers have been soft for months. that poll did was a big favor for chuck grassley. he came on the air this week with an ad against mike franken tying him to joe biden. so if there was any sort of sense of closeness there that probably is changing because ...
CNN: Inside Politics With John King
10/21/2022 4:18pm
... done by the des moines register by al seltzer who is the gold standard in iowa that had grass had i ahead 46 to 43 against mike franken. now, those of you who any of us that have doubted ann salter ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera
10/20/2022 5:00pm
... chuck grassley is out with a new ad. the focus, the president and inflation. joe biden is leading us into another recession and mike franken wants to help pass joe biden's radical recession ...
CNN: Inside Politics With John King
10/20/2022 5:00pm
... chuck grassley is out with a new ad. the focus, the president and inflation. joe biden is leading us into another recession and mike franken wants to help pass joe biden's radical recession ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom Live
10/17/2022 6:18am
... to avoid -- what about the iowa senate race, where the longest serving republican senator chuck grassly holds a narrow lead over the democrat mike franken. that's according to a new poll. what's going on there, and what do you think will likely be the ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Pamela Brown
10/16/2022 10:35pm
... represents what the people of iowa want and franken does not. he's a rubber stamp for biden's policies and what he's done with the economy, what he's done at the border, what he's done with agriculture and energy independence, that is not what the people of iowa want and franken represents that. ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Pamela Brown
10/16/2022 10:34pm
... republican senator. he could be in danger of losing his seat. there's a new poll out that has senator chuck grassley nearly even with democratic challenger mike franken. franken is getting a boost from independents who favor him by 11 points. ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
10/11/2022 7:12am
... isn't isn't georgia, because rick scott and tom cotton -- they're there tuesday, tomorrow or today and democrats what's interesting i believe a good question is would democrats do it again? would they do al franken again? and i don't know the answer to ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
10/11/2022 7:11am
... of win at all costs unlike dems they never hold their candidates to standards al franken katy hill are who recent examples, i think that kind of echos what they were saying that democrats do that better than -- do it to a great -- they hole. _ ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
10/11/2022 6:07am
... the race, nothing to get lose something more important, their integrity. a political party has to draw the line somewhere. my democrats booted out of franken out of the senate for almost nothing as opposed to what herschel walker is accused of. they helped kick comb out of fear much less than ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
10/11/2022 3:12am
... question is whether democrats would do it again. what they do all franken again? i don't know the answer to that question. because, you talked a lot democrats in the regret. i do think herschel walker ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
10/11/2022 3:11am
... out of the twitter burst. we have a viewer also weighing in on the herschel walker controversy. this is from my kick. the eight weeks of the gop is the party of win it all cost. unlike them, they never hold their candidates and the standards, how franken, katie hill, are two recent examples. ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
10/11/2022 2:07am
... what but much less than her so. the time of the human side missed side with this. what is the equivalent to your drawing? our franken accused of being of inappropriate behavior than the idea paying for abortion. your quitting the? ...
CNN: CNN Tonight
10/11/2022 2:06am
... something more important. a political party has to draw the line somewhere. democrats booted al franken out of the senate for almost nothing compared to what herschel walker is accused of. they helped kick andrew cuomo out of the governor's office for more serious than what -- _ ...
CNN: The Eighties
9/25/2022 4:03am
... lorne decided to leave and so did those close to him, including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. now, most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
9/10/2022 7:49pm
... asked you right at the beginning of this to come up with an example, you still haven't. this is an illegitimate court. all right. al franken, alice stewart. we'll have this discussion again. ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
9/10/2022 7:39pm
... court. simply because people disagree with an opinion is not a basis for questioning the legitimacy of the court. let's discuss with former senator al franken, and ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
9/10/2022 7:34pm
... we'll ask al what he thinks about what vice president kamala harris is saying about the supreme court and whether november is shaping up to the roe-vember. al franken coming up in just a few minutes.s. could look like. ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
9/10/2022 7:34pm
... racial heckling and lifted a ban against that fan. does this truly end the matter? we'll have to wait and see. jim. martin, thank you very much. coming up next, there he is, former senator al franken is going to be joining us in just a few moments. ...
CNN: The Eighties
9/5/2022 3:03am
... including me, al franken. so nbc had to pick a new producer. now most knowledgeable people, as you might imagine, hoped it would be me, al franken. well, there was a real question of whether 'saturday night live' would continue at ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
9/3/2022 8:17pm
... so no, it's a silly thing for rob to say i think. all right. well, thanks to both of you. we appreciate it. great talking to you, al franken, once again, charlie dent. thanks so much. appreciate the time. coming up, a frightening ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
9/3/2022 8:11pm
... get anywhere near him. i think bill barr is right. what donald trump has done here, i mean, he was totally careless, reckless, and as al said, dangerous with the way he has handled classified material. hell, he absconded with it is what he did, and al franken and i both know we had the privilege ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
9/3/2022 8:06pm
... for governor featuring doug mastriano, who is an election denier? i mean, he is one of those republicans al franken just mentioned. he is somebody who does not believe the previous election results. well, let me start with president biden's comments. i think, look, a lot of what ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
9/3/2022 8:04pm
... which the rules -- you vote. that is a threat to democracy. and joining me now to talk about this is former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, franken himself and former republican congressman from pennsylvania, charlie dent. ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
7/24/2022 9:27pm
... january 6 as former senator al franken told me yesterday hawley was, quote, hauling ass. hawley went from, you know, the solidarity fist salute to scurrying down the halls of ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
7/23/2022 7:19pm
... franken. great to have you on again. we appreciate it. thanks for having me on, jim. appreciate it. thank you. and a programming note, the vice chairman of the january committee, congresswoman liz cheney, joins jake tapper tomorrow on cnn's 'state of the ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
7/23/2022 7:18pm
... say they were wrong about al france franken. she called on to you resign at the time without a senate investigation into the allegations you were facing at that time. ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
7/23/2022 7:18pm
... decision on whether you would run again. i'm sure you've noticed this week 'the new york times' columnist wrote a piece entitled i was wrong about al franken. i guess a lot of folks who might ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta
7/23/2022 7:11pm
... video. and joining me now is al franken. senator, i guess you have a lot of thoughts on alm of these subjects we tackled the last ten minutes. what did you think when you saw ...