‘Street Artist’ Pranks Al Franken With Enormous LA Billboard

Listen…. I don’t condone vandalism… but I have to admit this kinda made me chuckle.

Los Angelinos woke up to this work of art…

Um…yikes.

According to the Hollywood Reporter:

A giant image of Sen. Al Franken grabbing at a half-naked woman greeted rush-hour commuters on a packed Los Angeles freeway early Thursday.

The billboard came courtesy of Sabo, a conservative street artist known for skewering Hollywood with fake advertisements aimed at celebrities.

This time, Sabo went further by hijacking an actual billboard, bought and paid for by 20th Century Fox to advertise The Greatest Showman, which opens Dec. 20 and stars Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron.

Before the sun rose in the morning, Sabo plastered on one half of the sign a giant version of the infamous photo of Al Franken groping radio host Leeann Tweeden. On the billboard, Sabo made it appear as if Franken was trying to grab Zendaya as she flies through the air dressed in a sexy trapeze outfit.

The billboard was off of the 405 freeway on the National Blvd. exit, which happens to be really close to the Fox studios.

“Efron wanted to catch her, but Franken got there first, I guess,” Sabo told The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, adding that the alteration is temporary and doesn’t ruin the original billboard. “I don’t need that kind of hell raining down on me.”

So it didn’t cause any permanent harm… that’s cool. Makes me feel less bad for laughing.

Thoughts?