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Each of these actors brings a special energetic libation to the party, as does Al Franken, who no longer works in Congress but is content to pretend he does on TV.

The plot is framed by testimony developed at a subsequent congressional investigation, chaired by a senator played by Al Franken, formerly a real-life senator, with Eliza Coupe as an opposition troublemaker.

Marino’s character will accuse Franken’s character of turning the hearing into “a murder mystery.”

“Murder mysteries are so popular right now,” replies Franken, getting meta for a moment.

Which is why Franken’s son Don, who helped his father promote his events, is having trouble embracing the Grand Slam series, where eight races will be run in roughly three hours on each meet day.