(LM: I didn't make this up. Really. It's from the Philadelphia Inquirer.) Arlen Specter 2d funniest in D.C.WASHINGTON _ Is Arlen Specter the funniest celebrity in Washington?
Nope, he's the runner-up.
This is not a joke.
Pennsylvania's longest-serving senator in history turns out to have great comic timing and a sense of humor somewhere between Stephen Colbert and Henny Youngman.
Specter finished second last night in a contest to determine the funniest celebrity in the nation's capital, a charity event to benefit VH1's Save the Music Foundation and the Institute of Musical Traditions.
Most of the other performers were members of the media, so Specter stood out not only for his age - at 77 he was the oldest contestant by a good quarter-century - but for being a good sport among his famously dour and introverted congressional colleagues.
The winner was a guy from the satirical newspaper, the Onion, who probably won many votes from the judges for representing an organization named for a vegetable.
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(Link:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_left_story/20071018_Arlen_Specter_2d_funniest_in_D_C_.html)
(LM: Wonder who finished third. Being judged less funny than Snarlin' Arlen can't be good for anyone's self esteem.)
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